Expanded copy: He has held officer roles within the New Zealand Army, with leadership and planning responsibilities such as strategic intent, operational delivery and governance assurance. He regularly coordinated multiple government agencies, aligning competing priorities and advising senior decision-makers in environments with risk, public accountability and time pressure.

Stuart has led and contributed to multi-agency operations and planning activities in New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, operating in unfamiliar regulatory, cultural and institutional settings. He has coordinated with international partners and supported complex missions where political sensitivity, stakeholder alignment and clarity of decision-making were critical. This experience has given him a strong appreciation of how strategy, governance and risk management must adapt across jurisdictions and operating contexts.

In New Zealand, Stuart held key leadership roles in national-level emergency and inter-agency responses, working alongside central government, local government, emergency services and other public sector stakeholders. These roles required translating policy and strategic direction into practical, executable pathways under conditions of uncertainty and public scrutiny.

Complementing his government and international experience, Stuart brings a strong understanding of infrastructure and regulated operational environments, supported by a trade background as a registered plumber and gasfitter. This enables him to bridge executive-level strategy with operational reality, particularly in asset-intensive, safety-critical and service-delivery contexts.

Stuart’s advisory work is shaped by sustained experience operating at the intersection of risk, strategy, delivery, leadership, and public accountability, both within New Zealand and across international environments; experience that directly underpins Conseq’s advisory services.