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Our People

The team behind Access.

Access is built on relationships. Senior leaders are accessible, named, and accountable. Meet the people you’ll actually work with.

Richard Cawson

Managing Director & Co-Founder

After careers in the electrical trade and recreational scuba diving instruction around the world, Richard returned to New Zealand in 2000 and spent five years in the commercial cleaning industry. When that business sold in 2005, Access | Partners in Property was born. The last 20 years have been rewarding, seeing a company grow from very small beginnings to what it is today.

P. 09 525 5566 | richard@access.kiwi.nz

Lance Pearson

Director & Co-Founder

Prior to immigrating to New Zealand, Lance owned and operated a successful contracting, plumbing and drain laying business. On arrival in 1997, he was employed by a large international waste management company as an Operations Manager, responsible for delivering significant contracts across most sectors. This led to joining forces with Richard and the establishment of Access | Partners in Property in 2005.

P. 09 525 5566 | lance@access.kiwi.nz

Lee Root

Chief Business Officer

Lee's career began with an operational bias in the housing and scaffolding sectors, followed by general management roles before joining Access in 2019. Starting in business development and moving through Auckland sales management to a national role, Lee drives commercial growth across all regions.

P. 09 525 5566 | lroot@access.kiwi.nz

Roger Waymouth

Chief Finance Officer

With 40 years in various accounting roles in the Auckland area, Roger brings deep financial expertise to the Access leadership team. He is proud of the Finance team's achievements as the company grows.

P. 09 525 5566 | roger@access.kiwi.nz

Gavin Fritz

Regional Manager (Waikato, Bay of Plenty)

Gavin leads regional delivery across Waikato and Bay of Plenty, keeping local teams connected to Access systems, standards and customer expectations.

P. 09 525 5566

Daniel Moyo

Regional Manager (Northern)

Daniel's career started overseas in accounting and finance before he moved to New Zealand in 2002. In 2009 his career evolved to project management for industrial plant modernisation, and operations and contract management for national infrastructure projects, before joining Access. Daniel leads the Northern Region operational performance of multi-disciplinary teams at the frontline of our service delivery.

P. 09 525 5566 | dmoyo@access.kiwi.nz

Pieter Botha

Chief Construction Officer

Pieter leads construction capability across complex remedial and project work, bringing operational discipline to scoping, programme coordination, site delivery and quality control.

P. 09 525 5566

Ronel Jacobs

Chief People & Safety Officer

Ronel holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, National Certifications in Occupational Health & Safety, and over 15 years of experience in HR, Recruitment, and HSEQ. With experience across South Africa and New Zealand, she brings a strong balance of operational and strategic leadership to the people and safety function.

P. 09 525 5566 | rjacobs@access.kiwi.nz