Meet the Team

Evan Davies

Chair

Evan Davies joined Todd Property Group as Managing Director in 2008. He has held a number of senior positions during his career, including Managing Director of Sky City for 11 years. Evan is also a Trustee and Board Member of several charitable and public sector enterprises.

Dr Cadence Kaumoana

Board Director

Dr Cadence Kaumoana (Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Paoa, Te Atiawa) is an established organisational leader with extensive experience in senior leadership and governance across iwi, community, and Crown entities. She is the Chief Executive of the Public Health Association of New Zealand and former CE of the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board, where she developed a papakāinga housing model. Cadence chairs a whānau trust leading further papakāinga development and is also a certified RMA Commissioner. She is committed to sustainable development that strengthens communities and upholds the environmental integrity of the Tāmaki area.

Mark Weipers

Board Director

Mark has a long history in the Auckland property sector, firstly in commercial agency work and then as a Principal in a diverse range of private development activities over the past 33 years. His community work has centred around governance roles within the Ellerslie Football Club, culminating in the conceptualization, financing and delivery of the recently completed Michaels Ave Community Centre.

Louise Ward

Board Director

My governance roles include greenfield and brownfield residential housing developments and housing repair programmes across the housing continuum delivered in a number of locations in Tamaki Makarau, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Tairawhiti, Taranaki and Te Tai Tokerau. This mahi is extremely rewarding by delivering dry, safe, warm homes to whanau Māori. The delivery of private primary health care, urgent care and specialist centres close to home in several communities across Auckland is also a focus of my governance career since 2016 with continual change to the way health is delivered to patients. My background includes exploring and delivering infrastructure requirements, property development where funding and financial capability is crucial and asset management.

Patrick Snedden

Board Director

Patrick (Pat) Snedden has a long association with Tāmaki. He is the inaugural Chair of the Manaiakalani Education Trust, which supports digital teaching methods to accelerate learning for Māori and Pasifika students. Pat also served as Establishment Board Chair of the Tāmaki Transformation Programme from 2010-2011 and is ex-chief Crown negotiator in the Office of Treaty Settlements.

Madhavan Raman

Board Director

Madhavan Raman has extensive experience in public service including public housing and community development. He is currently involved with a number of charitable and community organisations including serving as a Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee of West Auckland Living Skills Home Trust (WALSH Trust), which provides a range of mental health related services.

Shelley Katae

Chief Executive Officer

Shelley Katae is of Te Rarawa and Ngāti Porou descent and has worked in senior leadership roles in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. She is a board member on the National Hauora Coalition, Taupo Moana Ltd (Ngāti Tuwharetoa) and AKTIVE.

Fleur Rabanal

General Manager Communications & Engagement

Paul Mcelwee

Chief Financial Officer

Paul joined us in January 2019 as CFO. Paul’s experience spans both public and private sectors. He has been in senior leadership roles for over 15 years, following many years driving business performance in corporates such as New Zealand Dairy Foods, Fonterra, Pact Group and Northpower.

Afoa Tevita Malolo

General Manager Social Transformation and Partnerships

Afoa has been with TRC for over 5 years in a number of roles spanning community development, strategy and now delivering social transformation programmes. A lawyer by profession, Afoa combines his legal expertise with his passion for community wellbeing outcomes to lead affordable housing and employment pathways for Tāmaki residents. A local himself having grown up and still living in the Panmure area, Afoa is deeply connected to the Tāmaki community.

Juliet Erihe

General Manager Housing

Juliet (Ngātiwai and Ngāpuhi) joined TRC in 2024 and brings with her a background of 30 years in the social service sector. For 15 years, she worked as the Director of Operations in Auckland and Te Tai Tokerau at Youth Horizons, and prior to this served as a Site Manager at Oranga Tamariki — Ministry for Children. Juliet has a heartfelt passion for working with people and is driven to ensure whānau can live well in whare that meet their needs.

Joanna Brain

General Manager Strategy and Masterplanning

Joanna joined TRC in 2013 as a strategic planner leading the development of the overarching Strategic Framework for Tāmaki. She has since taken on the role of GM Regeneration and Placemaking to ensure the regeneration outcomes are delivered through quality neighbourhood design and placemaking initiatives.

Daniel Henderson

General Manager Development & Commercial

Daniel Henderson started at Tāmaki Regeneration in March 2022. Daniel works closely with our partners at Kāinga Ora to deliver new warm, dry homes for whānau within Tāmaki Regeneration’s boundaries - Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes.

He has more than 30 years’ experience in the property industry, including senior roles at Smales Farm, Auckland Airport and Bayleys.