Tonkin + Taylor has appointed Dr Andrea Dickens as Chief Operating Officer following an executive search conducted by SEQEL Partners.

Tonkin + Taylor Group is an employee-owned firm powered by 1,300 professionals which provides environmental and engineering services through five operating companies across New Zealand and Australia: Tonkin + Taylor New Zealand, Tonkin + Taylor Australia, Chadwick Geotechnics, Geotechnics, and Bligh Tanner. The business operates across multiple sectors and deliver services across geotechnical, environmental, infrastructure, planning, digital, and advisory.

Andrea brings a strong background in the professional services sector with expertise in functions including marketing, sales, operations and general management. For the last nine years Andrea has held a number of roles within AJ Park, a specialist intellectual property law firm within the ASX listed IPH Group. These include Head of Business Operations, Chief Operating Officer, and since 2020, Managing Director where she led the firm through significant growth and optimisation. Andrea’s earlier career was largely also spent with AJ Park under a Partnership ownership model. Over 12 years she progressed through marketing, project, and strategy focused mandates before temporarily departing to take roles within the State Services Commission and Fair Way Resolution, a crown-owned conflict management business.

Andrea holds a Bachelor of Commerce & Administration in Marketing, a Master of Business Administration, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Professional Services Strategic Management all from Victoria University of Wellington. She commences with Tonkin + Taylor in late September.