Tripod Solutions brings senior advisory, board governance, and intelligence to organisations across the infrastructure spectrum, from growing privately-held businesses to major operators. Real experience. Direct counsel. No layers between you and the advice.
Tripod Solutions is an independent advisory consultancy business built around three distinct but connected pillars: Advisory, Governance, and Intelligence. Whether you need a trusted sounding board, a non-executive director, or someone to help your organisation make sense of where AI fits, the business is structured to deliver it.
The business works with organisations of all sizes, from owner-operators and growing private businesses through to listed companies and government agencies. The common thread is a need for senior, commercially honest counsel from someone who has actually run things. Over 30 years of frontline leadership across civil construction, rail, utilities, and public infrastructure. No junior analysts. No reports as a substitute for thinking.
Each capability sits within one of the three pillars: Advisory, Governance, or Intelligence. Engagements are sized to the organisation and the problem, not a standard fee structure. A growing private business gets the same quality of thinking as a listed operator.
The business works across a concentrated set of sectors where real operating experience matters. Clients range from owner-operated businesses and growing private contractors through to statutory authorities and major infrastructure programmes.
Over 30 years in Australian and New Zealand infrastructure, most recently Chief Operating Officer of BildGroup, leading over a dozen operating departments across civil construction, roads, bridges, land development, sporting fields, landscaping, asphalt, and asset management.
Prior executive roles include Chief Executive of the New Zealand construction business of Fulton Hogan, Chief Executive of Urban Infrastructure at Broadspectrum, and a foundation career in operating leadership at Transfield.
Active board history includes the Civil Contractors Federation (President and Chairman), multiple Broadspectrum subsidiary boards, the Kaikoura Alliance earthquake recovery programme, Melbourne Water alliance boards, Major Road Projects Victoria PLTs, and additional delivery vehicles.
Five ways to engage, from a full board appointment to a single hour when you need to think something through. Structured to suit organisations of any size, without unnecessary commitment on either side.
There's no proposal process, no intake form, and no account manager in the way. If you think there might be a fit, whether you're a growing business looking for your first independent board member or a larger organisation with a specific problem, reach out directly.
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