Meet the Brightshine Team

Hayley Thompson

Hayley is one of the Co-Owners of Brightshine, she is a multitalented boss who can really do it all.

Hayley spends half her time in the office working on projects and assist our team. The other half she doubles as our commercial sales rep and she's out on the road meeting clients, taking measurements and discussing plans with property developers.

Hayley is extremely passionate about interiors and loves to help match colours and fabrics for your home. She's a great resource to bounce ideas off and gives the best advice on what to do in any space!

Cameron Watts

Cameron is the other Co-Owner of the Brightshine, he is Hayley's brother. His Role in the company is our Factory Manager and he ensures that all of our blinds are top notch!

Cam is extremely passionate about what he does and is extremely knowledgeable - not just with blinds & shutters. Cams cheeky personality will constantly have you laughing throughout the day.

Steph Jones

Steph is our Office & Marketing Manager, should you submit any queries or quotes through the website she'll be the one to answer on the other end. She is also behind all of our Social Media Channels and of course our wonderful Website. In April 2022 Steph has also taken on our Shutter Production Coordinator role where she now manages all of the orders for our Timber Shutters and coordinates between the reps and the factory to ensure the orders are submitted correctly and on time.

Steph is an expert on all of our products so if you have an questions about our blinds or shutters or not sure which product is best or you, you can reach her on the 0800 number.

She always has a smile on her face and always loves going over and above for anyone to provide a great customer experience. Feel free to message her online or pop into our showroom to check out our products.

Alec Ship

Alec has been with Brightshine 10+ years now and is our French/English Bi-Lingual BDM and Shutter Manager.

Alec spends a lot of time on the road as he looks after the East Auckland region, his experience and guidance is also often appreciated by our reps on site during big shutter installs. He is full of knowledge and is a real asset to our team. He is always happy to lend a helping hand with a smile on his face, we are really lucky to have him!

Damon Burns

Damon is our Rep for Central and North Auckland which keeps him very busy!

Damon is very passionate and quite the perfectionist, especially when it comes to our shutters! He is incredibly knowledgeable and has a great eye for detail, if Damon's doing your quote you can be sure he'll be efficient, professional and accurate.

Brennan Alexander-Paker

Brennan covers a large area which keeps him on his toes. He runs the show from the West Coast through to most central Auckland suburbs including Mt Albert, Mt Roskill, Mt Eden, Remuera & almost everything in between.

Brennan's calm and kind nature will give you no choice but to pick him for the job, trusting him with your window treatments will seem like a breeze.

Jaydin O'Byrne

Jaydin is our wonderful Waikato, Bay of Plenty & Coromandel Sales Rep.

Based in Tauranga, Jaydin covers a lot of ground servicing most of the Waikato region, some of the lower Coromandel and the mighty Bay of Plenty. Jaydin is a great asset to our team, he is an enthusiastic and exciting sales rep. He's also very efficient and always strives to provide the best service he can. You'll often see photos on our social media pages of Jaydin's installations as he takes great before and after shots, so go check them out!

Tim Hamilton from HeyBob

Established by Craftsman, Licensed Building Practitioner & NZCB member Tim Hamilton, HeyBob is our Queenstown Lakes District measuring and installation team. We work in partnership with Tim and his team to provide our beautiful product and services to the region.

Raymond Kennedy

Ray has worked with us for over 20 years and is a critical part of our manufacturing team based in our Onehunga factory.

You'll often find him in our factory on a forklift or working with some kind of machinery. Ray is known for his efficiency and his a heart of gold, he is always eager to get the job done right and go that extra mile for the team!