Our services
Power your
project
Providing a wide range of experienced project delivery personnel to help achieve business outcomes.
Improving client project management maturity through consulting to create appropriate structure around project delivery, governance, process and tools.
Equipping organisations and individuals with the skills to achieve project outcomes, through bespoke, public or global certification training.
Empowering your organisation and team through unravelling complexities, streamlining processes, and unlocking the full potential of your business.
Providing independent verification of project or product quality through structured Quality Assurance activities.
Why choose us
Proven expertise.
We love what we do
Collective experience
With over 150 years of collective project experience and a reputation for delivering outcomes, we’ve built a legacy that’s only growing.
Safe pair of hands
Through our track record of delivering successful outcomes for our clients, we have earned trust and a reputation as a safe pair of hands.
Breadth of services
Our people are talented and skilled professionals, proven to deliver successful projects. The breadth of our services helps to de-risk client projects.
A people-centric culture
We are 100% New Zealand owned and we are recognised as global thought leaders.
1.2k
Projects managed
30+
Current client engagements
100+
Years of project management experience
5000
Individuals trained
95%
First time certification pass rate
Our people
Meet the team.
We’re ‘people, people’.
James Dobson
James is the Founder of Millpond. His wide-ranging experience enables…
Mike Roberts
Mike is known for the quality of his leadership and his drive to return value with all…
Mark Young
Having had many years of experience in the IT services industry in sales and more general...
Bec Cortesi
Bec’s passion for helping individuals and teams deal with change comes from 14 years...
Elly Barnes
Elly is focused on delivering results while building positive relationships with clients and vendors...
Julie Blyth
Julie builds strong relationships with business experts to gather clear requirements and ensure the solutions ...
Richard Coulbeck
Richard has been committed to supporting people with their interactions with IT systems for...
Toyah Crampton
Toyah is an excellent communicator and is equally at home with a room full of...
Kim Crawford
Kim consistently demonstrates strength in project management practices...
Amy Gillespie
Amy is expert Project Coordinator with 10 years of experience in the FMCG...
Focus was a key factor – we had a PM who could focus the majority of his time on the one project.
Joe Smedley, Head of Container Operations,
LPC
We knew Millpond had the capability and they are well connected in the global project management landscape. As a training and consultancy organisation, Millpond is always building knowledge, which is something they bring to the partnership with Foodstuffs SI.”
Matt Richardson, Head of PMO, Foodstuffs SI
It was really a consultative process, as Millpond asked the right questions, then they gave us the right solution.
Ian Lafferty, Director of Executive Programs,
University of Otago
Our Trainer was excellent. She had a manner and charm that is magnetic and her ability to facilitate class engagement is testament to her project management skills. Great course. One of the most engaging I’ve ever been on.
Bevan Johnson, Project Manager, Fonterra
Millpond managed a multi-vendor project team spread across the world, within very ambitious scopes and time frames. Millpond were great to work with, with their simple but methodical approach to project management.
Grant Longden, Digital Manager, FairWay.
Millpond delivered a completely bespoke training solution. They created a breadth of training content and gave us examples of what to expect during the training. The Millpond team are great – very patient and tolerant.
Cameron Shipman, Manager of Programme Project Delivery
Kāinga Ora
The online resources (material and questions) were very helpful for post-course study. The trainers know their stuff but more importantly, tailor it to the individual learning style and pace.
Nick Dollin, Project Manager, Trimble
It was great how Millpond modified the process to fit with the business and showed us how to use it. The shared ownership of the final process gave us confidence in an effective outcome.
Quenton Johnston, Process Manager, OceanaGold Macraes Operation
What’s been happening
Our latest
case studies
Isaac Construction is a 450-person, Christchurch-based civil construction company that in recent years has quickly expanded.
Millpond was able to form a strong relationship with TCC stakeholders through the development of this completely bespoke training course.
Millpond provided Kathmandu with an experienced team with the right skills to upgrade their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.
Millpond were instrumental in shaping the new Otago University MBA PCE offering
Foodstuffs needed a Project Manager to deliver two critical and complex projects.
A bespoke Capability Programme to establish and develop the critical capabilities required to meet future demands of BHP’s growth portfolio.
The Millpond team developed an entirely bespoke, one day PRINCE 2 training program that was delivered at two separate locations in July of 2020.
FairWay Resolution Ltd is New Zealand’s leading dispute resolution and conflict management organisation.
OceanaGold needed to define a set of structured yet flexible processes capable of implementing and managing the full spectrum of projects.
Tasked with managing the South Island’s largest port, Lyttelton Port Company facilitates the import