Meet the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds Team of Experts & Industry Leaders
At SHPG, our strength lies in the expertise and dedication of our people. We’ve assembled a highly skilled team of industry professionals with deep experience across snow and ice surface preparation, test team coordination, engineering support, and logistics management.
Every member of our team plays a critical role in delivering the safe, efficient, and confidential testing environment SHPG is known for. Whether you’re conducting component validation or full vehicle testing, our staff are not only technically knowledgeable but also genuinely committed to ensuring your programme runs smoothly from start to finish. Meet the people who make SHPG world-class.
Management team
Steve Gould
General Manager Customers
Steve has over 12 years of experience at SHPG, where he oversees the delivery of world-class testing for customer programs. He is responsible for ensuring every aspect of SHPG’s automotive research and development and aftermarket services meets the exceptional standards expected by its global clients.
Business Development Managers
Hunter McGregor
China Market Manager
Based in Shanghai, fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, Hunter has been SHPG’s Chinese market manager for the last 11 years. Hunter assists our Chinese customers to develop their test programs for SHPG.
Michi Fujita
Japan Market Manager
Based in Tokyo, Michi has been SHPG’s Japanese market manger for the last 15 years, Michi assists our Japanese customers to develop their test programs for SHPG.
Sri Nagesh
India Market Manager
Based in Chennai, Nagesh has been SHPG’s India market manager for the last 9 years, Nagesh is responsible for communicating with Indian automotive companies to assist them in developing test programs at SHPG.
Company directors
George Gould
Managing Director
George, with a wide range of commercial experience in several industries, has overall management responsibility for SHPG.
Annabel Acland
Director
Annabel has 25 years’ experience in banking an finance sector, including specialist knowledge in conduct and culture, and risk and compliance. Annabel has been a director of SHPG since 2016.
Richard Sommerville
Director
Richard has 25 years investment banking experience specialising in mergers and acquisitions in NZ and Australia. He has been involved for many years as a director/chairman in a number of entities in the rural sector. A director of SHPG since 2004.
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