Ruia Harris
MCIPS, BBS (Business Law), Dip Mgt
Ruia is the Director of Ruia Consulting. She has gained an outstanding reputation over 27 years in the procurement industry for providing quality advice covering the end-to-end procurement process. Ruia is also one of very few procurement practitioners that also undertakes Probity Audits in NZ.
Ruia taught group fitness classes (BodyPump and RPM) for Les Mills for 16 years and was responsible for training BodyPump instructors. She now enjoys playing golf, snowboarding, playing guitar, going to the gym, cooking and spending time with her family.
Ruia is a descendant of Muaūpoko, Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Ruanui Iwi. Ruia is proud of her Māori heritage and is continuously working to improve her Te Reo Māori.
Mark Jamieson
BCA (Management), BSc
Mark is a Senior Consultant at Ruia Consulting. He has extensive practical experience in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis gained over the past 23 years. Mark joined Ruia Consulting in 2012 and undertakes all of the business analysis, data analysis and reporting assignments. He has also become very proficient in undertaking procurement activities since joining Ruia Consulting. This has culminated in him working in an Acting Procurement Manager role for a medium-sized government department in his most recent assignment.
Mark has Cook Island Māori heritage and represented the Cook Islands as a full Football International for 5 years. He also achieved a Shodan (black belt) in Kyokushin Karate. Mark now enjoys snowboarding, playing golf, watching MMA, spending time with his family, coaching kids football and still enjoys playing football himself.
Associates
Ruia Consulting has access to a number of other Consultants / Procurement Specialists should the need arise. Ruia prides herself on being engaged in all Ruia Consulting assignments. She oversees and manages assignments to ensure every base is covered.