At Gaze, our people are the core of our success. With decades of expertise, our team delivers innovation, craftsmanship, and collaboration to create tailored solutions. Meet the individuals shaping New Zealand's design and construction future.
David is the founder and executive director of Gaze Commercial. Over the past thirty-eight years, he has built up Gaze as a trusted architectural, interior design and project management company, that operates throughout New Zealand. David is strategically passing the reigns over to his team so that they can further create innovative concepts and opportunities for Gaze’s clients. He continues to work with clients to resolve their property concerns and partakes in development opportunities privately and within limited partnerships.
Michael helps businesses throughout New Zealand find new premises, develop property strategies, and refurbish commercial office spaces and industrial buildings. His background in finance and commercial property means clients get practical advice and cost-effective solutions. He has been working with Gaze since 2013 and maintains a significant network of professional contacts to help make things happen.
Matt is an experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in the architecture, construction, project management & planning industry. Matt has extensive experience in overseeing and delivering commercial property projects for his broad range of clients for over ten years.
Entrusted by clients, Matt has delivered numerous multi-million-dollar jobs whilst working as a specialist within the property industry. These works vary from new builds to building refurbishments, seismic strengthening, property consultation, strategy and feasibility works.
In Matts current role, he is the principal liaison between the client, designer, and project managers to ensure Gaze deliver to his clients’ needs, on time and on budget.
Brendon has undertaken significant project work for many of Gaze's major clients. He has more than 15 years of project management experience across a broad range of projects from $100k to $35M in Australia, the UK, and New Zealand, and has worked for Gaze Commercial Ltd since 2012. He has successfully delivered multiple level fit-outs and infrastructure upgrades, complex educational and hotel upgrades, technology projects (including a Data Centre and a Nanoplasmonics Laboratory), along with several projects involving hazardous, high-risk, and large structural elements.
Sharyn has more than 20 years of design experience and has been a key member of the Gaze Commercial team since 1998. Her current role is to appoint and co-ordinate staff resources to projects from all branches, oversee processes throughout the design team, and provide support, quality assurance, and advice as required. Sharyn deploys her extensive design documentation management experience to ensure high levels of communication are maintained between all team members, clients, consultants, and councils throughout the design and construction processes.
Responsible for the preparation of documentation for architectural and interior design projects, liaising with external consultants and local authorities and construction administration. As Senior Architectural Designer, Nick is responsible for all aspects of consultant integration into the design from sketch design to resource consent to complete working drawings, including mentoring junior staff.