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The power of Davanti is in the strength of the team, below are the people who channel all that collaborative energy.
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Working mum who runs her life and ours via apps, spreadsheets and caffeine. Heads up Ops & Admin at Davanti Consulting.
Kris Bowie
Loves building partnerships and helping people succeed. Melbourne food lover and father. Heads up Davanti Australia.
Chris Whitbread
Driven to understand the social impact that design can have on our lives. Enthusiastic in work and life, with family at the heart of everything. Head of Design and Experience.
Viv Baartman
Loves building strategies and solving problems. A life long learner with a passion for great design, cooking and sailing. Davanti Director.
Robert Carter
Passionate about NZ’s capital city, particularly its mountain biking, spending time with my wife and 2 daughters and connecting people for mutual benefit. Wellington based Davanti Director.
Matt Farrar
CRM and HR systems implementation specialist, avid football fan and wannabe wine aficionado. Heads up Operations at Davanti.
Paul Whittaker
Thrives on complex problems and is focused and driven to get the right results. Loves spending time on the water. Davanti Director.
Justin Hamilton
Passionate about outcomes – for clients and for the team. Mountain biker, skier, golfer, but not at the same time! Heads up Managed Services for Davanti, Trans Tasman.
Dougal Macdiarmid
Loves helping clients and people achieve their goals. Avid Football and fitness fan and private Uber service to three very busy children.
John Bessey
Loves turning the devil in the detail into business solutions. Dedicated dad, enjoys a good pinot. Leads delivery for the Salesforce practice.
Gareth Reason
Cloud advocate who has been dabbling in the Salesforce space for almost 10 years. Thinks consultancy first, technology second. Plays a mean guitar, so he says.
Dan McBeth
Former Olympian who now applies his competitive streak and commitment to excellence to technology solutions. Relishes solving complex business challenges during the week then morphs into a sideline supporter for his three sons during the weekend. Senior Architect for the Salesforce practice.
Brad Riley
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OUR STORY
We started out to build a business to accelerate change in New Zealand organisations by challenging the status quo.
Then, with visionary people, great partnerships and a healthy dose of innovation we changed the business consulting market for good.
For the first time, New Zealand organisations were set free from the boilerplate solutions and grey suits promising deliverables, process and lots of big documents that meant little in the real world.
Now, organisations enjoy not only the result but the entire process – which gets to the successful outcome quicker and better.
Davanti is more than just our name, it is our brand, what we stood for then, and what we stand for today.
Davanti means staying ahead.
It’s about changing organisations for the better.
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Exceptional talent thrives here, enabling great people to succeed is at the core of who we are.