Our Team
Your Fire Engineers & Fire Design Consultants
The Origin Fire team is comprised of several experienced fire engineers, fire protection engineers & fire protection designers, led by managing director Michael James, and based in Auckland, NZ. Our team are well known for their experience, innovation and reliability across fire engineering, fire safety, and passive fire protection. Due to our team’s specialist knowledge, we can also provide peer review, expert witness and advisory services.
Book a consult with one of our team today or browse below.
Michael James
Managing Director
ME(Fire), BE(Mech), CPENG, IntPE, CMEngNZ(Fire), PMSFPE
T 09 520 9591
M 021 708 460
E
View Full Profile>>
Sajeesh Nair
Team Leader Fire Engineering & Senior Fire Engineer
PG Cert(Fire), MSc(Electronics), CPEng, CMEngNZ(Fire), MSFPE
T 09 520 9596
M 021 023 60042
E
View Full Profile>>
Allen Bestwick
Team Leader Passive Fire & Senior Fire Protection Engineer
BBS(Mgmt), GIFireE, FNZFBI, NZQA-L4 Fire Protection Systems Inspection
T 09 869 5716
M 021 245 8689
E
View Full Profile>>
Alex Zhu
Fire Engineer & Business Development Manager
PhD(Mech), ME & BE(Chem)
T 09 520 9598
M 027 393 5688
E
View Full Profile>>
Sarath (Sam) Samarasekara
Fire Engineer
MIFireE, CEng(Mech), MIE(Sri Lanka)
T 09 520 9595
M 021 115 8276
E
View Full Profile>>
Christine Cann
Senior Fire Safety Technician
NZCE(Mech)
T 09 520 9593
M 021 172 9118
E
View Full Profile>>
Wayne Joseph
Senior Fire Protection Engineer
BSc(Fire Science and Safety)
M 021 545 904
E
View Full Profile>>
Clive Revie
Emergency Lighting Engineer
BE(Elec), Elec Technicians Cert., NZCE(Int), GIPENZ
T 09 869 5718
M 021 076 7761
E
View Full Profile>>
Sherry Wang
Intermediate Fire Engineer
MEngSt (Fire), ME & BE (Mech), LEED AP BD+C
T: 09 869 5714
M: 027 468 0659
E:
View Full Profile>>
Pierre-Jacques Gandino
Fire Engineer
ME(Civil), MEngNZ
T 09 869 5712
M 021 0267 2980
E
View Full Profile>>
Mona Liu
Fire Engineer
MengSt(Fire), ME(Chem, Hons), BE(Chem, Hons), GIPENZ
T 09 520 9599
M 021 0327585
E
View Full Profile>>
Diane Chen
Senior Fire Protection Designer
BArch (Bachelor of Architecture)
T 09 869 5717
M 021 1553913
E
View Full Profile>>
Herman Fong
Senior Fire Engineer
ME(Fire), B.B.Sc, CPEng(Fire), CMEngNZ, MSFPE
M 021 270 3900
E
View Full Profile>>
Vincent Selvakumar
Intermediate Passive Fire Engineer
B.E (Mech), MEngNZ
T 09 869 5712
M 021 080 69694
E
View Full Profile>>
Wendy James
Operations Manager
BHSc(CompMed), GradDipBus
T 09 869 5713
M 021 507 038
E
View Full Profile>>
Emily Bradley
Office Manager & Marketing Coordinator
BA of Games Design
T 09 520 9597
E
View Full Profile>>