Our People
We recruit excellent writers, who are the right cultural fit to join our clients’ teams, and who are resilient and communicative under stress.
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Bright Circle invests in our people. We spend significant time training our people, coaching them while onsite with our clients, and continuously learning and improving. Our writers are spread out between Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra in Australia also Auckland and Christchurch in New Zealand.
PETER VAN DER MERWE
(He/Him)
FOUNDER / SENIOR BID WRITER
Based in Sydney (Eora).
Peter has 10 years of experience in engineering, construction and maintenance bids. He started out as a consultant in major rail bids, before founding Bright Circle in 2015. For Peter, Bright Circle is driven by culture. Our clients work in stressful and high-pressure environments and want to work with writers who bring positive energy and keep a level head as they get the job done.
Peter is extremely proud of his team of writers and has picked them very carefully to ensure that they live our culture and are a ray of sunshine for our clients.
TEANA KALEOPA
(She/Her)
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Based in Gladstone, Qld
Teana is the Operations Manager for Bright Circle. Bright Circle is a culture and values-led business and Teana is integral to building and consolidating the values-led culture at Bright Circle.
As a key client liaison, she helps our clients plan their projects and resourcing, so that they are set up, delivered and concluded seamlessly. A strong communicator and problem-solver, Teana supports our team of bid writers to write compelling bid submissions.
In addition to Teana's business acumen, she is a commercial operator in aerial photography.
OUR WRITING TEAM
Our Senior Writers and CV/Bid Writers are based in Australia on the Eastern Coast and in New Zealand.
