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.
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Michael James
Principal Engineer – Director
ME(Fire), BE(Mech), CPENG, IntPE, CMEngNZ(Fire), PMSFPE
M 021 708 460
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Sajeesh Nair
Team Leader Fire Engineering & Senior Fire Engineer
PG Cert(Fire), MSc(Electronics), CPEng, CMEngNZ(Fire), MSFPE
M 021 023 60042
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Allen Bestwick
Team Leader Passive Fire & Senior Fire Protection Engineer
BBS(Mgmt), GIFireE, FNZFBI, NZQA-L4 Fire Protection Systems Inspection, NZQA-L4 Passive Fire Protection, ESTA & B
M 021 245 8689
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Sarath (Sam) Samarasekara
Fire Engineer
MIFireE, CEng(Mech), MIE(Sri Lanka)
M 021 115 8276
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Wayne Joseph
Senior Fire Protection Engineer
BSc(Fire Science and Safety)
M 021 545 904
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Joanna Williams
Senior Fire Engineer
ME(Fire), BE(Hons) Civil Engineering, CMEngNZ, CPEng, PMSFPE
M 021 178 2421
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Diane Chen
Fire Protection Engineer Passive Fire Engineer
BEng(Arch.), MEngNZ, NZQA-L4 Passive Fire Protection (Building Consent Inspections)
M 021 1553913
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Mona Liu
Technical Operations Manager & Fire Engineer
MengSt(Fire), ME(Chem, Hons), BE(Chem, Hons), MEngNZ
M 021 0327585
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Sherry Wang
Fire Engineer
MEngSt (Fire), ME & BE (Mech), LEED AP BD+C
M: 027 468 0659
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Mohamed Haisar
Intermediate Passive Fire Engineer
ME (Struct), BE (Civil), EPEngNZ
M 021 299 3219
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Emily Bradley
Business Operations Manager
B.A. Digital Arts (Animation), FdA The Art of Games Design
M 021 349 395
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