AGGREGATE & QUARRY ASSOCIATION

Management Team

OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM

AQA draws on experienced people to provide a range of management support and advice, and works collaboratively with New Zealand Minerals Council & MinEx.

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WAYNE SCOTT - CHIEF EXECUTIVE

AQA’s Chief Executive is Wayne Scott who took on the role in October 2018. Wayne also jointly acts as CEO of MinEx, which oversees health and safety for mining/extractive industries. Wayne is a Kiwi but returned to the MinEx role in July 2017 after many years working in quarries and quarry and mine safety in Australia. He returned regularly to NZ and has attended 10 of the last 11 QuarryNZ conferences. Wayne works from the offices of Straterra, 93 The Terrace, Wellington and lives with his wife Vicki in a nearby apartment.

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MIKE CHILTON - TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Mike Chilton hails from Sydney and gained his mining engineering qualification there but always wanted to live in the country. He met his wife Susannah in Sydney and in 2004 they returned to her family’s roots in the Manawatu. Mike worked first for contracting company Infracon around the lower North Island before moving to Higgins as Aggregates Operations Manager and later Technical Engineer. Mike now runs his own consultancy firm, specialising in the aggregates’ industry and says nothing beats working with the innovative people who make a living out of lower-value extractives. Mike previously served on the Technical Committee and now engages for it with industry, councils and Government.

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BRENDON BURNS - COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

A former newspaper Editor and political journalist, Brendon had a term as an MP in Christchurch through the earthquakes, before returning to home base in Marlborough in 2012 with his wife Philippa. One of his first jobs back in communications was producing an edition of Holcim’s quarterly newsletter. He has since worked with a range of organisations including AQA and MinEx since 2015, the Marine Farming Association and on a project to connect marine farms to sensors. Brendon earlier worked for AQA in 2007/8.

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SARAH WALKER - BUSINESS MANAGER
TESSA KEAN - COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR

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Roadblocks removed for quarry sector

The quarry sector is pleased its concerns have been heard about existing RMA national directions stymying access to the rock and sand resources needed to build homes and roads. Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) CEO Wayne Scott says he’s relieved to see today, the...

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Immediate RMA reform needed to avoid quarry material shortages

The quarry industry warns of shortages and rising prices of foundation materials for housing and infrastructure due to at least two more years of delays in obtaining consents under the Government’s RMA reforms. Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) CEO Wayne Scott...

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