Resolve Group

What Resolve Group does

Resolve Group Limited is an independent New Zealand infrastructure consultancy founded in 2002 by Martin Leak and Philippa Walker, headquartered in Auckland with a regional office in Wellington. The firm provides professional services across six service lines — Strategic Independent Advice & Review, Procurement & Commercial Services, P3M (Project, Programme and Portfolio Management), Risk Analysis & Management, Water & Transport Solutions, and Asset Management — supporting public and private sector clients with advisory, procurement, project management, risk, and asset management work. It does not undertake design but positions itself as a trusted advisor embedded within client delivery teams, operating under the tagline 'A Client's Own Consulting Team'.

Technically, the firm combines conventional engineering consultancy with operational responsibility for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), notably operational maintenance and support of the DYNAC system hosted at the Auckland and Wellington Transport Operations Centres, and participation in Cooperative ITS (C-ITS) pilots for road-worker safety with the V2X Technology Partnership. It applies ISO 31000-aligned risk management using specialised risk software, and supports frameworks including One Network Road Classification. The C-ITS test bed work (announced February 2025) is the most visible current innovation activity, conducted in collaboration with NZTA and Queensland Main Roads via the Austroads partnership.

Resolve Group operates a sales-led, relationship-driven professional services model generating revenue through negotiated consulting engagements. The firm does not publicly disclose pricing, fees, or revenue. Its go-to-market is exclusively direct engagement with no channel partners, and its customer base is concentrated in New Zealand central and local government — Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Transport, Auckland Council, NZDF, Kāinga Ora, and multiple district councils — alongside Auckland International Airport as the principal enterprise client. Engagement value is anchored on multi-year, multi-hundred-million-dollar infrastructure programmes (Auckland Airport $1.8B, NZDF estate regeneration $2.1B, Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway $405M). The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, and has neither external investment nor M&A activity disclosed.

Name

Resolve Group

Legal name

Resolve Group Limited

Website

https://resolvegroup.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Resolve Group Limited is an independent New Zealand infrastructure consultancy founded in 2002, providing transport, water, and asset management advisory, procurement, and project management services primarily to central and local government agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transport Infrastructure Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Supply Chain Risk, Resilience & Business Continuity (BPAHAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Organization Design & Restructuring (BPACAJAB)

Keywords

• Transport infrastructure consulting
• Project management services
• Procurement advisory services
• Infrastructure advisory
• Asset management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Consulting: Resolve Group provides professional services and physical works, including strategic advice, project management and delivery, procurement services, risk analysis, asset management, and transport solutions. Revenue is generated through consulting engagements with government and private sector clients on infrastructure projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Resolve Group provides independent infrastructure consultancy services across six service lines: Strategic Independent Advice & Review, Procurement & Commercial Services, P3M (Project, Programme, and Portfolio Management), Risk Analysis & Management, Water & Transport Solutions, and Asset Management. The firm delivers project management, procurement strategy, risk management, and advisory services for transport, water, and civil infrastructure projects for government agencies and large private entities in New Zealand. They do not perform design work, but act as trusted advisors embedded with client teams across multi-year programmes.

Product overview

Resolve Group is an independent specialist infrastructure consultancy providing professional services rather than a unified software product. The company offers a portfolio of consulting service lines including Strategic Independent Advice & Review, Procurement & Commercial Services, P3M (Project Management Delivery), Risk Analysis & Management, Water & Transport Solutions, and Asset Management. These services are delivered across infrastructure sectors including transport, water, roading, and public infrastructure. The company does not perform design work but focuses on advisory, procurement, project management, risk management, and strategic consulting for infrastructure projects. The service offerings function as a coordinated consultancy practice rather than distinct software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Independent Advice & Review Independent strategic advice, expert witness services, inspection reports, design reviews, technical advice, documentation reviews, and safety audits delivered to large private entities and government organisations. Targeted at infrastructure asset owners requiring unbiased senior engineering opinion.
• Procurement & Commercial Services End-to-end procurement and commercial advisory for major infrastructure programmes, including procurement strategy development, delivery model selection, tender documentation, and contract negotiation across Alliancing, PPP, ECI, and Design-Build contract types. Targeted at government agencies and large private infrastructure owners.
• P3M (Project, Programme, and Portfolio Management) Programme, project, and portfolio management services including management of technical projects, construction management, client representation, Engineer-to-the-Contract, and programme/portfolio delivery. Targeted at infrastructure programme sponsors and asset owners needing independent delivery oversight.
• Risk Analysis & Management Risk analysis and management services including risk-adjusted cost estimation, enterprise risk management, risk workshops, parallel estimates, and risk mitigation, delivered in accordance with ISO 31000 standards using specialised risk software. Targeted at major infrastructure programmes and portfolios requiring structured risk oversight.
• Water & Transport Solutions Infrastructure consulting covering water services (potable water, wastewater, stormwater, hydraulic modelling) and transport services (strategic planning, traffic operations, civil engineering, Intelligent Transport Systems, and managed motorways). Targeted at transport authorities, councils, and water service providers.
• Asset Management Strategic asset management services including framework development, asset and activity plan development, lifecycle planning, level of service development, and One Network Road Classification support. Targeted at central and local government asset owners managing road, water, and community infrastructure portfolios.
• DYNAC Intelligent Transport Management System Support Operational maintenance, project management, and Engineer-to-the-Contract support for the DYNAC Intelligent Transport Management System (ITMS) hosted at Auckland and Wellington Transport Operations Centres, linking subsidiary systems for traveller and incident management information. Targeted at Waka Kotahi and Auckland Transport operations teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 procurement appointments delivered successfully
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• V2X Technology PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Resolve Group's Mark Walker worked with V2X Technology Partnership on a first-of-its-kind NZ test of a C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems) ecosystem for improving road-worker safety. The project responded to NZTA's Hoe ki angitū Innovation Fund challenge and included collaboration with NZTA and Queensland Main Roads through the Austroads partnership.
• Northern Express Group (NX2)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNX2 was awarded the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract to finance, design, construct, manage and maintain the Ara Tūhono–Puhoi to Warkworth Road of National Significance for 25 years. Resolve Group provided technical advice and independent oversight to Waka Kotahi throughout the project.
• EY and BecacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Professional Services Alliance was established with EY and Beca to help deliver NZDF's $2.1 billion estate regeneration programme. Resolve Group supported NZDF with procurement and establishment of the alliance.
• Southern Infrastructure LtdcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerResolve Group is proud to be supporting Southern Infrastructure Ltd in the delivery of the proposed Queenstown Cable Car project, a transformational mass rapid transit system. Resolve Group has supported procurement and commercial development of specialist ropeway suppliers and provides project controls and delivery support.
• Leitner and DoppelmayrmajorOthersWorld-class ropeway suppliers appointed by Southern Infrastructure Ltd for the Queenstown Cable Car project, providing technical certainty for the $400m project.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tonkin + Taylor: New Zealand specialist environmental, geotechnical and engineering consultancy. Comparable as a NZ-focused technical advisory firm competing for transport, water and asset-management engagements across central and local government.
• Aurecon: ANZ-based engineering, infrastructure and advisory consultancy with deep transport and water sector practice. Directly comparable in transport infrastructure advisory; Shaun Titus (a Resolve Group Associate) was previously Infrastructure Advisory Manager at Aurecon.
• Beca: New Zealand-headquartered engineering and infrastructure consultancy of comparable focus across transport, water and built environment. Direct competitor for central/local government infrastructure advisory mandates; explicitly named alongside Resolve Group in the EY–Beca NZDF alliance.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with established New Zealand operations across transport, water and environment. Competes for major NZ government advisory mandates but at substantially greater scale and geographic reach than Resolve Group.
• Stantec: Global engineering and infrastructure consultancy active across NZ in transport, water and community development. Comparable offering in water and transport solutions but as part of a much broader international portfolio.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management and development consultancy with significant transport and water infrastructure advisory practices. Comparable procurement and project-management advisory capability for public-sector clients, but at much greater international scale.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with a large ANZ presence across transport, water and property. Competes for the same NZ central/local government infrastructure programmes as Resolve Group but offers significantly broader multidisciplinary scope.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm delivering infrastructure, water and transport advisory and delivery services across ANZ. Comparable at the transport/water/asset-management interface, but with a much larger multi-disciplinary footprint.

Others

• EY New Zealand: Big Four professional services firm with NZ infrastructure advisory practice. Identified in the data as a partner alongside Beca in the NZDF $2.1B estate regeneration Professional Services Alliance that Resolve Group helped establish; competes for adjacent advisory scopes.
• PwC New Zealand: Big Four firm with management consulting and infrastructure advisory capability in NZ. Competes for adjacent government advisory mandates; Business Manager Dawn Collyns at Resolve Group was previously at PwC, illustrating talent mobility between the two firms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/resolve-group-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Resolve Group