Tyrone Newson
Director Te Kuaka, Chief Executive Officer - Ngāti Awa Group Holdings
Mr Newson’s most recent role is as a director at Te Kuaka, which provides project management and engineering services across health, commercial and mixed-use construction. Prior to that, he was a Development Manager at Kiwi Property.
For much of his early career, Mr Newson was based in Singapore and then in Malaysia taking on roles with international companies Beca, McConnell Dowell and Ikea Malaysia. He was the Chief Executive and then a Board member for Te Puna Topu o Hokianga Trust and has served as a chairman for the Ritimana Kohanga Reo.
In 2007, he was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand.