Tamara Sinko
Senior Consultant
Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting and Marketing with a Post Graduate Diploma in Business, Auckland University of Technology, 2012
Chartered Accountant (CAANZ)
Certified Better Business Case Practitioner
Tammy is keen to apply her financial, stakeholder engagement and project management skills to deliver effective solutions.
Tammy joined Kalimena with 8 years’ experience in professional services and commercial roles, including with Deloitte and ASB.
Tammy has a particular strength in stakeholder engagement, bringing the views of stakeholders to the table so they can be integrated into decision-making.
Tammy has a broad base of analytical skills, well suited to supporting development of business cases. She understands The Treasury’s Better Business CaseTM framework, as well as private sector requirements.
Tammy is also able to undertake financial analysis, both to support transactions as well as investment option evaluation.
Key Projects
Funding Review – Ara Ake Limited (new energy accelerator) Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). To help develop and scale renewable energy investments, a centre for future energy development, Ara Ake, was established in 2020.
Health infrastructure – Investment Strategy and Investment Management Framework.
Investment Logic Map (ILM) development, supported by workshop facilitation.
Project management of stakeholder engagement, analysing data from a range of different sources to provide a commercial view of the freight task for the North Auckland Line Single Stage Business Case.
Trade and Economic forecasting and analysis for the Napier Port IPO
Key Values
Tammy is driven to work on projects that improve accessibility and opportunities for everyone. She enjoys working within a project team and with clients to achieve good outcomes while working in a collaborative way.
Digging deeper
Tammy comes from an accounting background most recently working in the group financial reporting team at ASB. Tammy’s auditing, corporate finance and commercial accounting background give her a broad understanding of how businesses operate.
Tammy says that her interest and passion lies in the infrastructure advisory space working on large infrastructure investments and infrastructure investment strategies. This has involved preparing business cases, benefits assessment and assisting with ILM workshops.
“I have effectively managed stakeholder engagement to then be able to present back the stakeholders views. I have been able to apply my broad skill base across a wide range of projects, clients, and industries to help to develop solutions to complex challenges.
I am Auckland based and enjoy working on projects in Auckland and around the country. I feel lucky to be a part of Kalimena as a consultancy with its focus on providing public good outcomes and to work on meaningful projects.”
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