Our organisation
Organisation structure |
Mayor of Auckland city | Chief
executive |
General managers
General managers
Our general managers look after each of Auckland City Council's
five divisions:
Arts, Community and Recreation
Jill
McPherson - MA (Hons), PhD Urban Sociology (Auckland)
Appointed: May 2005
Jill McPherson is General manger of the
Arts, Community and Recreation division.
Jill has been with Auckland City Council since 1990 in a variety
of roles in the community and social planning areas. She joined the
council as social adviser to the Community Development and
Recreation group and was appointed community planning manager in
1996.
City Development
John Duthie - Bachelor of Planning
Appointed: May 2005
John Duthie is General manager of the
City Development division.
John joined the council in 1977 as a planner. Appointed Manager,
Planning and Regulatory Services when Auckland City Council was
formed in 1989. Subsequently became Group manager, City Planning.
Finance
Andrew McKenzie - BCA and BA (Victoria)
Appointed: August 2005
Andrew McKenzie is General manager of the
Finance division.
Andrew was previously with Wellington City Council for six years
in a variety of senior management team roles. These included
director strategy and planning, director business improvement,
director finance and infrastructure and his current role chief
financial officer.
Andrew's career has given him a depth of experience, with roles
in both the public and private sector including Ministry of
Commerce, Telecom, Bank of New Zealand and AMP.
Organisation Performance
Trish Langridge - MBA (Massey), Registered Nurse
Appointed: June 2005
Trish Langridge manages and reviews the
Organisation Performance division.
Trish has extensive experience in organisation development.
Previously Trish was general manager - quality and performance
improvement, for the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). She has
held a variety of senior management positions with the ADHB and
South Auckland Health over the last 12 years.
Transport
Don Munro - BSc (Eng), MSc (Leeds)
Appointed: April 2008
Don Munro manages and reviews the
Transport division.
Don Munro has over 20 years local government experience in transport
roles in South Africa before moving with his family to New Zealand.
Since arriving in New Zealand, he has had a mix of transport
experience including a short time in transportation consultancy
before returning to local government. He held transport management
roles at North Shore and Christchurch City Councils before moving to
Auckland City Council in the position of Transport Safety, Assets
and Operations group manager.
Published June 2008
