About

Care is at our core.

Above all else, we bring empathy. We want to help our clients, consultants, and communities have the confidence to be who they ultimately want to be. There’s business. And then there’s what it could be.

Tina, Brigid, Alex, Trudi, Steffan and Anna.

When you get one of us, you get all of us.

Our culture of knowledge sharing and wellness, means our 100+ senior, highly trained consultants have access to tools, templates, and support on tap. Diverse in background, knowledge and personality, our people are all the same in their humility and ability to simplify, pivot, and navigate the challenges of change.

“They accept suggestions outside the square. Redvespa aren’t afraid to be the first company to take the first step.”

Carol Fortune

Consultant, Redvespa

“It feels like every time I step into a new assignment, I have the whole of Redvespa behind me.”

Su Beresford

Principal Consultant, Redvespa

“Redvesparites are a well looked after, happy bunch. The company’s behind us to make sure we succeed.”

Raka Biswas

Lead Consultant, Redvespa

“When they say they care, they really do. I’ve experienced it firsthand.”

Katie Francis

Consultant, Redvespa

"It’s never B to B, or B to C. It’s people at the end of the day."

Anna Wilson, Head of Market Engagement, Redvespa

Our energy comes from our roots.

We are a Gibson family founded company with values of integrity; do what’s right and do it for others. We believe you can be commercially successful and simultaneously good for society. It is a choice, made seemingly simple by Executive Director, Sarah Gibson, and CEO, Moana, O’Neil.

2003 - Today.

2003.

25-year sales professional Richard Gibson decided to create a fun, quick company, with people who’d seen it all.

2005.

Two years in, Redvespa became the specialists in business analysis, the go-to group of humble experts.

2005.

Redvespa brought the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) to New Zealand, involved for ten years in growing the BA profession.

2010.

Redvespa’s Auckland office opened, filling an industry need in the Auckland market.

2010.

A not-so-small win, Redvespa was named 2010 Best Small Workplace, by JRA Best Workplaces Awards.

2013.

A natural officiation, Sarah Gibson became Redvespa’s first CEO. New values and goals were formed by the full company.

2015.

Māori kākahu, Ira Tāne and Ira Wahine, were woven for Redvespa, embodying the Māori philosophy of manaakitanga and care, and reflecting our weaving of people and knowledge.

2017.

Following the move of a key Consultant, Redvespa opened its Christchurch office.

2018.

Redvespa is recognised with the Small-Medium Organisation EX gong in Humankind's 2018 Employee Experience Awards.

2019.

Our Auckland and Wellington kākahu are joined by Mana Atua, a kahu huruhuru crafted by Te Rehia Matthews for our Christchurch office.

2021.

In our 18th year, Redvespa invests in our own version of the New Zealand OE (Overseas Experience), opening in the UK.

Today.

A team of 100+ consultants, proudly on the AoG consulting services panel, we work with large commercial companies through to innovative startups.

Giving back is the least we can do.

Beyond bettering business we have a social purpose to improve the wellbeing of youth in New Zealand. We’re dedicated to sharing tools and resources for wellbeing through yourkingdom.co.nz, and partnering with like-minded groups on projects which help realise the potential of the youth of Aotearoa.

Learn how we invest in youth

Being more by being less.

We are proud to be B Corp certified, and to be sustainably committed towards zero waste and zero carbon. Measured on our social and environmental performance, we’re part of a movement of people using business as a force for good.

We're in Business for Good