Bill Highet

Managing Director

Bill joined apm in January 2021 as a business partner with Howard, and as our Chief Operating Officer. He then moved to the Managing Director role in February of 2022. Bill has been leading multifunctional teams since being appointed Chief Engineer of the Waitaki Electric Power Board at the age of 24 and his career has spanned a broad range of industries including electricity, gas, telecommunications, manufacturing, consumer products and real estate. Bill has an electrical engineering degree but has worked mostly in project management, customer facing and senior management roles in both start-ups and corporates. Before joining apm, Bill was CEO of Property Brokers Limited, other prior roles including Chief Operating Officer of Brand Developers (trading as The TV Shop), General Manager Retail at Meridian Energy, Chief Operating Officer at Whisper Tech and General Manager Mobile Networks at Telecom.

Bill is a member of the Real Estate Institute and the Institute of Directors. He and his wife Jo live on the North Shore and have two adult children, Blake and Kendal. When not working Bill may be found boating and fishing in the Hauraki Gulf or at the family holiday home in Raglan where he and Jo also have some investment properties.