About Us
"We went looking for a life upgrade.
Once we landed in New Zealand, we understood what that truly meant.
So grateful that we made the move."
- Chrissy & Elton Randall
Photo Credit: Liz Ashwin
For twenty-five years, we built a life in Colorado.
We raised our family in Boulder, built and sold a successful construction company, created lifelong friendships, and achieved many of the goals we had worked toward for decades. Life was better than we could have planned.
Then the world started feeling different and we found ourselves asking a different question:
What kind of life did we want for the next chapter?
Not what was expected
Not what was comfortable
What was truly right for our family.
As our sons approached teenage years, we began thinking less about careers and possessions and more about lifestyle, opportunity, freedom, and the environment in which we wanted them to become men.
We wanted calmer nervous systems
More connection
More playful adventure
More simplicity
And we wanted to live in a place where our family would thrive as a unit and as individuals.
Elton had left his birth place of New Zealand quite young to explore the world, and was ready to return to it with his family. For Chrissy, it represented possibility and the calmness that she craved.
Together, we made the decision to leave behind a life we loved in the United States and begin again in New Zealand.
It wasn't a decision we made lightly.
We didn’t fully understand the complexity of relocating a family, navigating immigration pathways, purchasing property, establishing financial structures, building trusted professional relationships, and creating a sense of belonging in an entirely new country. Each step came with their own unknowns and surprises. But after accomplishing every step of that journey, we are grateful that we did.
Today, our family calls Christchurch home.
That experience became the foundation of Aegis & Co.
We wish we would have had someone to guide us through our transition. Someone who truly understood the intricacies of life in the US, understanding the aspects that bring us comfort and joy while also understanding the desire for change.
Imagine arriving in a foreign country without speaking the language and being handed a trusted local who knows every neighborhood, every professional, every hidden opportunity, and every potential pitfall.
Someone whose sole purpose is to help you make better decisions and save you wasting time and money on trial and error.
That's Aegis.
We are not the architect, the lawyer, the builder, the accountant, or the immigration advisor.
We are the trusted advisor sitting beside you, helping coordinate the entire experience and ensuring your family's interests remain at the center of every decision.
Our Story
Get to Know Us
ELTON RANDALL
Co-Founder | Property & Project Advisory
Elton Randall is a lifestyle enthusiast, adventurer and traveler. His deep desire to explore, observe and understand the world and how things truly work within it, has led to his ability to genuinely listen to clients and pull from his diverse knowledge to create something even better than the client thought possible.
He is a highly experienced construction and property advisor with more than two decades of experience delivering exceptional residential projects across the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
Beginning his career as a carpenter apprenticeship in Christchurch, Elton developed a deep understanding of the building process from the ground up. He later founded and led a successful construction company specializing in high-end residential homes in Boulder, Colorado, growing it into a $10 million annual revenue business before its successful sale in 2019 and his return to New Zealand in 2022.
Elton has overseen complex residential builds and renovations, managing teams of architects, engineers, designers, and trades while ensuring projects are delivered with precision, efficiency, and attention to detail. His ability to visualize how a home functions at the design stage allows him to guide clients through property decisions with both practicality and long-term value in mind.
In addition to his construction company, Elton has worked with family offices and private clients, focused on the management of residential estates and the strategic advisement of property investments. He is known for his ability to connect clients with the right people at the right time, drawing on a carefully built network of trusted professionals across property, construction, and lifestyle services.
Within Aegis, Elton provides trusted guidance on property acquisition, renovation, building projects, and estate management—bringing a level of oversight and care that allows clients to move forward with absolute confidence, knowing every decision is considered and every detail is handled with care.
FUN FACTS:
In 2025, Elton backpacked the entire North Island of New Zealand along the TA trail with his 16 year old son
He loves being on 2 wheels, whether on his BMW motorcycle, his mountain bike or road bike
He speaks fluent Portuguese from living in Brazil
Elton's newest hobby is learning to fly helicopters
CHRISSY RANDALL
Co-Founder | Strategy & Lifestyle Integration
Chrissy Randall brings a rare combination of strategic leadership, financial insight, and intuitive client advisory to families navigating international relocation and lifestyle transitions.
Together with Elton, she co-founded and led a construction company in Boulder, Colorado. Working in close partnership, Chrissy oversaw the strategic and operational aspects of the business, ensuring projects were not only executed successfully, but aligned with the broader vision and expectations.
With a background spanning wealth strategy, human resources, business operations and a degree in Sociology, Chrissy has a natural ability to see both the details and the bigger picture—allowing her to guide clients through complex decisions with clarity and intention.
As an American and a mother, she brings a deeply personal understanding of what it means to relocate a family and build a life in a new country—balancing financial, logistical, and emotional considerations with equal care. She is known for her ability to anticipate needs, navigate cultural differences, and create thoughtful solutions—before challenges arise.
At Aegis, Chrissy works to ensure every aspect of a client’s transition is thoughtfully coordinated and aligned—so they can move forward with confidence, clarity, and a genuine sense of ease, focusing on building their life while the details are handled.
FUN FACTS:
In 2026, Chrissy along with 3 girlfriends, hiked the hardest of the NZ Great Walks. The HumpRidge Track
Her favorite past times are yoga, baking and playing board games with her family
Chrissy is passionate about food and our planet, she loves when she can create a meal from ingredients grown from her own backyard.
Why we call ourselves Aegis
Aegis Has Greek and Latin Roots
English borrowed aegis from Latin, but the word ultimately comes from the Greek noun aigís, meaning “goatskin.” In ancient Greek mythology, an aegis was something that offered physical protection. It has been depicted in various ways, including as a magical protective cloak made from the skin of the goat that suckled Zeus as an infant, and as a shield fashioned by Hephaestus that bore the severed head of the Gorgon Medusa. The word first entered English in the 15th century as a noun referring to the shield or breastplate associated with Zeus or Athena. It later took on a more general sense of “protection” and, by the late-19th century, it had acquired the extended senses of “auspices” and “sponsorship.”