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FutureboundPowerful People Advisor
Aug. 2024 - Mar. 2025New ZealandFractional contract role supporting Futurebound with all things People/HR
Adeptus LeadersCo-Founder
Jan. 2024At Adeptus Leaders, we guide bold leaders, teams, and organisations through transformative change - from chaos and misalignment to clarity, cohesion, and conscious impact. We go beyond surface-level fixes to deliver deep, human-centred transformation. Using our unique diagnostic approach, we illuminate the invisible - leadership blind spots, team dysfunctions, cultural fractures - and create the conditions for people and strategy to thrive together. Our work unlocks leaders to lead with truth, teams to align with purpose, and organisations to become powerful forces for good. Transformation doesn’t need to take forever. It needs to go deeper. That’s what we do. Through our sub-brand SME Starter Hub we bring our unique approach to human transformation to founders and small business owners. Forget cookie-cutter coaching or corporate leadership fluff. This is practical, human-first transformation built for the real world. We work with you to uncover blind spots, align your team, and build a business that grows because of who you are - not in spite of it. Because most businesses don’t fail because their owners lack strategy or hustle. They fail because their leadership doesn’t evolve fast enough to match the demands of their growing business.
RevealFractional Head of People
Aug. 2021Wellington, Wellington Region, New ZealandFractional contract Executive leadership team role in a fast growing organisation, looking to scale globally. I lead the People function, as well as our ESG approach including path towards B Corp certification. Here at Reveal we are setting out to drive a safer, more efficient and sustainable world, by revealing the truth of the subsurface. That’s why we are building the world’s go-to platform for subsurface infrastructure insights. In the world where data is king, we are living at the bleeding edge. Our team of experts combines real world field experience with a deep understanding of the technical complexities of the subsurface environment – all working together to bring ground-breaking technology set to revolutionise our industry.
Z Energy NZHead of Employee Experience
Mar. 2019 - Aug. 2021Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandThis role is responsible for creating and continually evolving the overall strategy, vision and roadmap to ensure Z has a compelling employee experience through every step of our employee journey, as a key enabler of our Customer Experience-focused organizational strategy. As well as working with teams across the business who impact EX, I lead Z's D&I stand and also lead the EX team which manages the office experience, recruitment & onboarding, engagement, systems and analytics and payroll functions within Z.
Z Energy NZPeople & Culture Special Projects Manager
Jun. 2016 - Mar. 2019Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandMy transition to project specific roles began with a 6 month secondment into the Integration programme following the acquisition of the Chevron NZ downstream business by Z. My primary focus was on Organisation Design, however I also assisted with some aspects of the Terms & Conditions and remuneration workstreams. Following this project and a period of parental leave I then led the People and Change workstreams in the project which transitioned the operational control of Z’s terminal assets from within a joint venture operating structure and established the capability to bring this back in house. This was a complex project with safety at its core, creating a key competitive advantage for us within our industry without any disruptions to the supply chain.
Z Energy NZOD Manager
Apr. 2015 - Jun. 2016Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandIn this role I provided strategic leadership, advice, coaching, development and support across Z, with a specific focus on organisation development, engagement and the culture that makes Z distinctive as an employer. I also continued to provide generalist business partnering to our two of our business units.
Z Energy LimitedHR Manager
Mar. 2011 - Mar. 2015Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandIn this role I spanned both operational and strategic HR management, operating as a key advisor and coach to Z's leaders across all our business units as well as leading major OD initiatives. Outside of the generalist side of the role the spaces I most love, and luckily got to spend most of my time in, include: • Culture creation and change
• Coaching and facilitation, including designing and leading organisation wide coaching programmes and workshops for managers
• Employee Engagement • Individual Development, for both current role and future career
Contact Energy LtdPeople & Culture Business Partner
Jan. 2010 - Mar. 2011Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandIn this role I had sole responsibility for providing generalist HR support to the six corporate and LPG business units comprised of approximately 400 employees. My experiences included: • Supporting the development, implementation and embedding of initiatives, projects and processes cascaded from the P&C Strategic Plan into the business
• Acting as a trusted advisor to the General Managers, leadership teams, managers and staff within the corporate portfolio, providing high quality HR support and advice on any P&C related matter including policy, employment relations, organisational capability, change management and remuneration.
Contact Energy LtdHuman Resources Advisor
Sep. 2008 - Jan. 2010Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandThis role was part of Contact Energy’s HR operations team, providing generalist HR support to the Generation and LPG business units comprised of approximately 400 employees. My experiences included: • Supporting development, implementation and embedding of initiatives, projects and processes cascaded from the HR Specialists into the business
• Provision of timely, high quality, generalist HR support and advice to managers and staff on any HR related matter, including policy, employment relations, organisational capability, change management and remuneration.
Contact Energy LtdHuman Resources Administrator
Sep. 2007 - Sep. 2008My experience in this role included: • Being the contact point for business queries regarding the functionality, processes and procedures of CHRIS21 and all other HR systems as well as general payroll queries
• Investigating and resolving issues identified during usual HRIS and payroll processes
• Maintaining systems security, including user profiles and system access
• Maintaining the organisation and position structure within Chris21 • Continuously reviewing the operation of all HRIS applications and HRIS/payroll processes and making improvements to ensure they were meeting business needs
• Delivering training to staff on the HRIS applications and maintaining all training material related to these applications
• Responsibility for all HR monthly reporting process including data extraction and analysis • Representing HR on key projects including development of the new Contact intranet, integration of acquisition companies into Contact’s payroll, graduate recruitment and introduction of KiwiSaver
James Cook Hotel Grand ChancellorHuman Resources Administrator
Jan. 2007 - Sep. 2007My experience in this fixed term maternity leave cover role included: • Leading recruitment and selection processes for vacancies throughout the hotel • Creation and administration of employee documents and information including employment agreements • Maintenance and administration of the staff benefits and incentives programme • Employment relations activities including advice to managers, running formal meetings, liaising with employment lawyers and issuing formal disciplinary documentation and warnings • OSH committee member • Representing the James Cook at HR-focussed meetings between hotels in the Wellington region
AIESEC New ZealandLocal Committee President
Jul. 2006 - Jul. 2007Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandAIESEC is one of the largest youth run organisation in the world, focussing on developing leadership in today’s young professionals through practical involvement in AIESEC, its business operations and international internship programme. My experience in this voluntary part time role included: • Leading an Executive Board of 4 and overall responsibility for a regional team of 25 • Regional and national strategic short- and long-term planning and implementation • Providing regional HR advice on people practices and change management • Developing sections of national HR management framework, in particular a national performance appraisal system including full competency framework • Regional recruitment, selection and performance management • Event organisation and management including regional events and national conferences • Representing AIESEC New Zealand at an international level, including attendance at International Congress 2006 in Warsaw, Poland
AIESEC New ZealandLocal Committee Vice President
Jul. 2005 - Jun. 2006Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandAIESEC is one of the largest youth run organisation in the world, focussing on developing leadership in today’s young professionals through practical involvement in AIESEC, its business operations and international internship programme. My experience in this voluntary part time role included: • Leading a team of 5-10 committee members
• Regional and national short- and long-term planning and implementation • Providing regional HR advice on people practices and change management • Recruitment consultancy for organisations in Wellington to assist them with their recruitment needs, with a focus on increasing international diversity
• International relocation services to facilitate international young professionals working in New Zealand including immigration liaison, accommodation solutions, IRD and banking services etc • Regional recruitment, selection and performance management • Event organisation and management including regional events and national conferences
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