Behind every leader in a building company is a story and my story begins in the beautiful Bay of Plenty where I was born.
As a kid growing up in Whakatane I had Outdoors on my door step which I grabbed with both hands. I found most of my younger years fishing surfing and spending time with my family & as a young kid I was in my element.

Attending Whakatane High School in 2001 to 2005 was the highlight of my schooling years where it helped guide my pathway to the building industry.
Taking a liking to my wood tech room, I would find myself constructing my own projects during lunchtime and classroom hours.

In my final months of school, it was a given where I would take my big jump when leaving school.
In 2006 I enrolled to a Pre trade carpentry course and graduating from this set me up for the workforce.

Throughout my career as a carpenter, I was very lucky to work in both the construction and residential sector as through this work I gained a wider knowledge of the building industry.
After spending 4 years in Auckland surviving the very challenging recession, I made the decision to move to Tauranga as this was a city that was full of growth in my industry.

I was lucky enough moving to Tauranga I met Hannah (my wife) and now we are happily married with a very busy household of 3 kids.

During this time, I lost my mother to a long list of illnesses.
This made me realize that life is too short to just hope and dream about the better things and this is when I made a step to make my dreams a reality and become a business owner.

As most builders that go out on their own, I started on the smaller projects and within a few years I had a team behind me doing what I love, delivering exceptional projects for my clients.

As I progress with MLT Builders today my main focus is to keep leading my team the best that I can and work towards being a great leader withing the wider industry helping youth get into good building careers.