About Peita de Boer, DSD

As a director and shareholder of Manteena Security, Peita holds the Business Development Director position within the company. Her primary expertise lies in delivery of complex security related projects and project management consultancy both within Australia and overseas.

Peita offers clients a wealth of experience in the overseas security sphere, drawing from her time as an engineering officer in the New Zealand Army, where she reached the rank of Major in 2010. During her service, Peita has held command, training and technical appointments. She has commanded a company sized organisation on operations, and has managed numerous security and humanitarian construction projects in complex environments such as Afghanistan and East Timor. This experience enables Peita to employ her pragmatic approach to problem solving, excellent stakeholder communications skills and developed leadership experience to manage complex security projects for clients, both domestically and internationally.

Peita was awarded the Distinguished Service Decoration from Her Majesty the Queen, holds a Masters in Engineering Science (Project Management), Bachelor of Civil Engineering (1st Class Honours) and is a Registered PRINCE2® Practitioner. Peita is currently President of the ACT chapter of the National Association for Women in Construction and has also served as vice president of the Australian Institute of Building (ACT).