The team
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The Westhaven team are here to help. Please contact us by email, phone, or visit the Marina office at Unit 2, 135 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina.
Kevin Lidgard
General Manager Marinas
Previously the Marina Manager of Westhaven. Kevin now looks after all Panuku operated marinas including Westhaven, Viaduct and Silo. Kevin has a long history in the marine industry including a two-year stint as General Manager of Polaris Marine in Sydney. His wealth of knowledge will help drive major refurbishment works and facility improvements.
Gareth Wilson
Marinas Manager (Westhaven, Viaduct and Silo Marina)
Gareth Wilson comes from an Auckland boat building family and is the son of Bob Wilson of Brin Wilson Boats. He kick-started his superyacht career as a crew member on a Viaduct Marina-based vessel in 1999. After living in Spain for several years, Gareth retuned to New Zealand to work in the Bayswater Marina’s Operations Team where he worked his way up to Marina Manager. Gareth is one of New Zealand’s few Certified Marina Managers and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise.
Mike Keown
Marinas Asset Manager
Mike Keown comes to us from Gulf Harbour Marina, which he managed for the past four years. Originally from Liverpool in the United Kingdom, Mike found his love of sailing in the Scottish islands. He has worked in various countries in the maritime industry for over 20 years, including as a sailing instructor in Greece, a superyacht skipper in Miami, and has experience in most marina roles from dockmaster through to marina manager. His new role involves making sure that Westhaven, Silo and Viaduct marinas are well maintained and developed to an excellent standard for boaties and visitors to enjoy.
David Marginet
Quality Manager Marinas
David started his career in the marine industry as captain of one of the most sought-after superyachts in Barcelona. He joined Westhaven Marina in 2017, progressing through different roles he is now the Quality Manager Marinas, ensuring a smooth-running marina and ensuring that Westhaven users get the best experience possible.
Sharon Belcher
Customer Service Team Leader
Sharon has been part of the council family for 10 years, where she was a Team Leader and Business Improvement Advisor. Outside work she is studying part-time a Bachelor of applied Science Communication and Psychology. She is an apiarist with three hives. She is also a member of the NZ Jeep Club and enjoys camping with her husband when possible.
Guy Satterthwaite
Logistics Team Leader
Guy has worked in management and logistics across a few industries including boat building. 5 years ago after many years in Australia Guy moved his family home to Auckland to live. In his spare time Guy is a passionate sailor and outdoorsman.
Matt Young
Marina Systems Manager
Matt has a long and varied history within the Information Technology (I.T) sector, primarily in software development. Matt came to Westhaven, towards the end of 2019, to help with the implementation of Pacsoft's Marina Mangement System (MMS/NG), staying on afterwards to provide ongoing user support and help look after systems. To ensure Matt's spare time is kept to a minimum, he has two young teenagers and old house in constant need of renovation.
Fergus Kennedy
Marina Systems Administrator
Kelly Handley
Customer Service Representative
Kelly has been with Westhaven Marina since September 2020, previously working (pre-Covid) for Panuku at the information kiosks at Wynyard Quarter and Queens Wharf. My role as a Customer Service Rep is varied and the team at Westhaven Marina are great to work with, not to mention we have the best office view in the city! My favorite place I’ve ever visited in the world is Jamaica (yeah mon!).
Trevor Wallace
Customer Service Representative
Since 2015 Trevor has been part of the Customer Service team, initially on a casual and since Covid in a permanent role. A keen motorcyclist and boatie he enjoys working in the Westhaven environment.
Amy Sparkes
Customer Service Representative
We are pleased to have Amy Sparkes on board filling the customer service role. Amy joins our team after spending the last four years working as a coordinator at a mental health unit. Please join us in welcoming Amy and say hi if you spot her around the marina.
Belinda Mulder
Customer Service Representative
Belinda Mulder recently joined the marina team in the role of customer service representative. She has about 20 years' experience in a high paced medical administration environment in South Africa, where she lived before moving to New Zealand with her family late last year. In her spare time, Belinda can be found exploring the great outdoors with family, doing manicures (she’s also a qualified nail technician!), and is often on the side lines watching her kids play sports. She is looking forward to learning the ropes in a new industry.
Nagel Staff
Marina Maintenance Project Coordinator
Nagel is one of our longest serving team members having been with the marina for over 14 years. He has a background in Engineering and was a Marine Safety Service Technician. In his spare time he is a Surf Lifeguard at Muriwai beach.
Robert Temoana
Marina Maintenance
Robert has been part of Westhaven marina since 2018 first as a dockmaster now is part of Maintenance team. Robert previously worked on a off shore merchant boat as a deckhand for four years and has been around the world as far as American Samoa and as close as the Chatham Islands 44 south of Aotearoa. Working in and around water has been fulfilling and enjoyable.
Ben Bevin
Marina Maintenance
Ben is a keen outdoorsman in any weather. Previous experience includes working as a deckhand on a charter vessel, pleasure craft boating, and other water sports in the United Kingdom.
Ben Harris
Dockmaster
Ben has 33 years in the Maritime industry, starting out working on fishing vessels as a 17 year old before qualifying as a commercial skipper, and working in the charter boat industry, and for the Sea Cleaners, a charity focused on cleaning up rubbish from NZ,s coastlines. He joined Westhaven Marina in October 2020 as a Dockmaster.
Carl Menzies
Dockmaster
Carl has 26 years of experience in the merchant navy, serving as a Deck Officer on various vessels carrying; containers, bulk cargo and petroleum/crude oil. He has been with Westhaven for the past 7 years and enjoys working around boats and fellow boaties.
Dave Teura
Dockmaster
Having spent 13 years as a policeman, Dave’s move to the night crew as a Dockmaster was a welcome shift. Another family man, Dave enjoys the peace and quiet that he can get during the day when he’s not working. He also enjoys horse-riding and getting out and about.
James Shaw
Dockmaster
Our enthusiastic night, and occasional day shift Dockmaster, James has been with the team for two and a half years. Always eager to help, we enjoy having him on the team. You may also see him entertaining crowds as a pro wrestler!
Martin Stowers
Dockmaster
Over 20 years in the maritime industry, including working on Auckland based luxury charter boats during Americas Cups in 2000 and 2003. A few years in the local boat building industry. 10 plus years offshore working on superyachts. Started at Westhaven in 2013. In his spare time, Martin is actively involved in the sport of American Football in NZ. A local family based club which he has been involved with for over 40yrs.
Natalia Teller
Dockmaster
Joining us in 2018, outdoor enthusiast Nat loves to get out on the water. An advocate for local wildlife and the natural environment, Westhaven is a great space for her to share her passion, her enthusiasm and get stuck in as a valuable member of the team.
Tony Smith
Dockmaster
Tony has been onboard as a Dockmaster since 2010 coming from a background in the music and publishing fields, has learnt a lot in that time and continues to enjoy the customer interaction the wellbeing of the marina.
Louis Spiller
Dockmaster
Louis comes to us with a huge passion for sailing, growing up with sea scouts. Recently Louis has been working in the commercial diving industry and has just finished a harbour master contract with Auckland Transport. Louis is a very versatile addition to our team with experience as an EMT with St John NZ.
Craig Walker
Dockmaster
Craig has been living in New Zealand for the past 14 years, after moving from South Africa where he spent most of his working life running primarily resort hotels. He has always been focused on making sure the customer experience is as good as it can be, and he’s eager to keep up this high level of service to Westhaven’s boaties as part of his new dockmaster role. Outside of work, Craig owns a small cruising yacht and volunteers for Coastguard Tutukaka. As a youngster, fresh out of school, he sailed from South Africa to Brazil, and has always wanted to get back to boating and his happy place out on the water, so he acted fast when he saw the opportunity to join Westhaven Marina.
Phoenix Simeon
Dockmaster
Phoenix was born in New Zealand but has lived most of her life in the United Kingdom and Germany. She completed high school in 2021 and was initially planning to go to university to study medicine, but decided to take a year off from studying and has since discovered her love for boating and the marine environment. She completed a superyacht crewing qualification in December 2022, then saw the opportunity to become a Westhaven dockmaster and promptly applied.
Jackie Smith
Dockmaster
Archie Inwood
Dockmaster
