About us
Entity Group is a business management consultancy providing common-sense advice and solutions.
Based in Wellington, New Zealand, we offer a range of skills and experience. Our core competencies are in the areas of project and programme planning, development and implementation. We specialise in managing business process and systems change.
With strengths in all aspects of project and programme management, we use the best of our experience to ensure project delivery and achieve effective business results.
Services
Project management services
We manage the delivery of a particular piece of work. This includes project/programme directorship, project management, team leadership, and project administration.
Project advisory services
We provide advice or technical input, but are not directly responsible for managing delivery. This includes mentoring, strategy development, business analysis, business process review, technology assessment, options analysis, plan development, project/programme review and independent quality assurance.
Continuous improvement
Working alongside your people we apply improvement science to reduce waste, focus on removing variations and providing facts to support evidence based decision making.
Education services
We provide project management education and training. We can also develop other training on request.
Entity Group is a panel member in the AoG Consultancy Services solution for Business and Finance in the following sub-categories:
- Tier 3 — Assurance
- Tier 3 — Audit
- Tier 3 — Finance and Economics
- Tier 3 — Procurement and Logistics
Our approach
Our approach is based on many years practical experience, interweaving pragmatic methods with enthusiasm for doing a good job and achieving real results.
Benefits
The benefits of using our services include our sound and practical knowledge of project and programme management, our thorough approach and focus on relevance, value, timeliness and accuracy, our proven track record in managing business and technical projects and our many years of experience in educating others and transferring skills to client organisations.
Clients
Organisations our consultants have worked for since we founded Entity Group in 2000 include:
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Internal Affairs
- Department of Labour
- Eagle Technology
- Environmental Protection Authority
- ERMA New Zealand
- First World War Centenary Programme Office
- Human Rights Commision
- Immigration New Zealand
- Industry New Zealand
- Inland Revenue
- Jacques Martin
- Land Information New Zealand
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Fisheries
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ministry of Social Development
- Motor Trade Association
- New Zealand Customs Service
- New Zealand Defence Force
- New Zealand Post
- New Zealand Qualifications Authority
- Office of the Clerk
- Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Vulnerable Children
- Parents Centre
- Parliamentary Counsel Office
- Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
- State Services Commission
- Tax Management New Zealand
- Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)
- Tertiary Education Commission
- Transpower
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Westpac Banking Corporation
People
Jerry Ball
Director and Consultant
Jerry is a management consultant, with a particular focus on business change programmes. As well as taking lead roles in directing and managing client projects, Jerry also works with organisations to identify and explore options during programme design.
Melissa Ludlow
Director and Consultant
Melissa combines project management, business management, business change and continuous improvement experience to add value on a wide range of client assignments. This enables her to ensure that project results are effectively aligned with the overall strategic vision of both the organisation and various groups within an organisation.
Heidi Heyward
Consultant
Heidi is a business improvement consultant providing pragmatic continuous improvement support in public and private sector organisations. Heidi supports change in company culture to enable long-term sustained and fit-for-purpose progress for each organisation.
Darcy Mellsop
Consultant
Darcy is a continuous improvement specialist with a focus on building capability from within an organisation to improve productivity and performance, removing inefficiencies and increasing customer satisfaction.
We also engage the services of other like-minded professional consultants according to the needs of our clients’ projects.
Contact us
To send us a message, please use this contact form.
New Zealand: (04) 473 5058
International: +64-4-473 5058
Entity Group Limited
PO Box 5155
Wellington 6145
New Zealand