Meet Our Team
We’re Aotearoa New Zealand’s manufacturing and processing construction specialists.
Meet the people behind First Principles Constructors. With a straight-up approach and hundreds of high-profile projects under their belts, our team of design and build experts know how to deliver the very best projects, on time, on budget.
Executive Team
Steve Barker
Chief Executive
Executive Director
Steve’s a man with a vision, and that vision is to do things differently. He’s changing the industry from the inside out, building a culture at FPC based on looking after our people first. A champion of collaboration, Steve is a true believer in the value of an end-to-end process that puts the clients’ needs front and centre.
Owen Hicks
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Director
Owen looks after the financial side of FPC, working with our project teams to make sure every transaction runs like a dream. With over 25 years of experience, across a range of industries in both New Zealand and Australia, there’s no better man for the job.
Andrew Rowden
General Manager Construction
Executive Director
Andy oversees delivering our high-quality buildings on time, on budget, and on brief. He’s the centre of the wheel, bringing together the right people to get the job done — and keeping tabs on the health, safety, and wellbeing of the team while he’s at it.
Jason Allport
General Manager Preconstruction
Jason is our in-house structural engineer who oversees FPC’s design and estimating teams. He makes sure we design the right solutions to be constructed as efficiently as possible and to a high standard. Jason stays involved with our projects from conception to completion and is always on hand to help solve any problem, as and when it may arise.
Adam Lawlor
Estimating Manager
Adam plays a crucial part in the front end of our business, working closely with Jason and the Preconstruction team on all of our tenders and budgets. Adam’s ability to provide fast answers to our client’s challenges is a key component of our method of delivery.
James Wooller
Commercial Manager
James leads our team of quantity surveyors and works side by side with Andrew by overseeing all commercial aspects of our projects. James has an open and honest approach with clients and suppliers alike and is a champion of our win-win-win philosophy.
Sian Jaquet
Board Advisor
Mark Kippenberger
Board Advisor