louise swann 

MBA (Victoria), BHSc (Otago), DipTchg (Christchurch), NZIBS Certificate in Weathertightness

Louise is an analyst with a science background, who has expertise in policy work and science education. For the last decade she has worked in building regulation in central and local government, and the private sector, this has enabled her to develop a comprehensive knowledge and unique set of skills.

Prior to establishing The Building Business Louise’s work included providing training on the Building Act, resolution of leaky building claims, economic assessment of the cost of leaky buildings, determinations writer and policy development.

kevin brunton 

NZ Certificate of Building, NZ Certificate of Architectural Draughting

Kevin has a solid background in building, cabinet making, architectural draughting and has owned and operated a kitchen manufacturing business and construction company. This experience was put to good use in his roles as contracts manager and building control officer.

His practical, problem solving mindset and ability to exercise judgment without compromising building quality meant that he has often been called upon by outside sources to negotiate difficult building regulatory problems.

As Technical Director at the Building Business, Kevin is able to draw on his wide experience to provide the best solution for our clients.

deborah davison 

Deb has 14+ years in media bringing a proven knowledge of design, creative ideation, collaboration, communication and project management. This unique set of skills enables her to work with our clients on the day to day project detail as well as assist design across document suites, marketing material, adverts and branding.

She worked for the previous 13 years at NZME as creative head leading an award winning team (PANPA Creative Team of the Year) producing adverts, campaigns and marketing material from ideation through to finished art. While at NZME she was on the project team for award winning campaigns including Heart of the City, Tourism Australia, Brand USA and Spark. While at NZME she also completed the the AUT Advertising Creativity course and scooped TVNZ Student Axis award and NAB (Newspaper Advertising Bureau) Student Newspaper Ad of the Year.

Originally from the UK she has worked in London and Sydney for packaging and magazine businesses in the roles of Production Manager and Studio Manager. And if that was not enough she is also a trained jeweller.

richard collins 

BA (Hons) English Language & English Literature, Oriel College, Oxford University.

Richard has over fifteen years’ experience as a marketing and technical copywriter. What’s he’s learnt in that time could best be summed up as: keep it short, keep it honest and (try) to keep it interesting. 

He worked for several years at Auckland City Council, taking the role of lead writer for the council’s flagship documents like the annual plan and annual report. He also wrote speeches, brochure and website copy on everything from building the Britomart Transport Centre to the importance of public toilets.

After that, Richard joined Telecom NZ (now Spark). Despite the twice-yearly restructures, he avoided redundancy for upwards of eight years. Plus, all that reorganising did provide the chance to take on number of different jobs, including Print & Design Manager and Digital Content Manager for spark.co.nz.

Before joining TBB, Richard freelanced as a digital copywriter. He worked on a number of high profile accounts like TSB, Spark and Lotto, for Auckland-based agencies Touchcast and ColensoBBDO.