Our team

Design, leadership & communication

The people you'll talk to and work with directly. Between them they cover every project type Ibex takes on — residential, commercial, education, and everything in between.

Simon McNeil-Vincent
Simon McNeil-Vincent
Experience Architect · Founder

Founded Ibex Design to build a different kind of architectural practice — one that stays with you from the first sketch through to the final inspection. After 311+ completed projects across 14 districts, Simon leads every client through the experience personally. Te Aroha based, North Island wide.

Tasha
Tasha
Designer · High-End Residential & Renovations

Leads our high-end residential and renovation projects. Detailed and considered, Tasha protects the small things that make a house feel like it was always meant to be there — the joinery, the light, the way one room opens into the next.

Sophie
Sophie
Designer · Ministry of Education & Commercial

Leads our Ministry of Education and commercial work — schools, learning environments, fit-outs, and the buildings that have to perform at scale. Brings the rigour of compliance and operational design to every brief, without losing the warmth that defines an Ibex space.

Ayson
Ayson
Marketing Manager

Runs Ibex's brand, lead pipeline, and client communications. Behind the weekly tracker updates, the briefing process, and every piece of communication that lands in your inbox — Ayson keeps the firm visible, responsive, and easy to work with.

The specialists most firms send you to elsewhere

Civil engineering, town planning, structural and fire engineering — the disciplines a typical architectural designer hands off to outside consultants are part of our project team. You don't manage them. We do. One brief, one schedule, one set of plans that all the moving parts have already agreed to.

Our specialists

Engineering, planning & consent

The technical disciplines that turn a design into a buildable, consentable, code-compliant project. Embedded in the Ibex team — not subcontracted out at the last minute.

Shane
Shane
Civil Engineer · Stormwater & Wastewater

Handles the civil side of every site — stormwater management, wastewater design, drainage strategy. The technical groundwork that makes a beautiful concept actually consentable and buildable.

Wednesday
Wednesday
Town Planner

Reads council district plans like a second language. Identifies the rules that apply to your site early, so we design within them — rather than discover them in a consent refusal six weeks down the track.

Josh
Josh
Structural & Fire Engineer

Structural design and fire engineering. Makes sure the buildings that leave our office stand up, perform safely, and meet every code — without overdesigning your budget away.

Work with the whole team

Tell us about your project and Simon will match it to the right people. Brief in five minutes, response within 48 hours.

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