The Foundation
Not theory. Experience.
My career didn't start in a classroom. It started in the United States, in some of the most high-stakes environments in the world — alongside the US Secret Service, the FBI, the CIA and the NYPD, and inside the boardrooms of Wall Street and Fortune 500s. When failure isn't an option, you learn fast what leadership actually looks like.
New York
Building bridges where none existed.
After 9/11, the financial district didn’t just need security — it needed something harder to build: trust between institutions that had never shared intelligence before. The Bankers & Brokers Roundtable brought together the Heads of Law Enforcement and Chief Security Officers from every major financial institution in New York City to do exactly that. After five years working alongside that group, the Roundtable awarded me their statue — making me the only non-law-enforcement professional ever to receive it. It sits in my office today, and it still means more to me than most things on that wall — along with the mentors and friendships I hold to this day.
Alongside that work, at 22 I was the youngest person and only woman on the Board of the US Secret Service Big Apple Classic — a role that put me in rooms most people twice my age never entered.
Canada
Fixing the talent problem from the inside.
From New York, the work took me to Canada, where I led an industry-leading line of business in the recruitment sector. My role wasn't just to place people — it was to train companies how to build the internal processes that actually attract and keep great talent.
Today
Global reach. Personal approach.
Over two decades, I’ve founded and led four companies, worked across more than ten industries, and built a reputation for telling the truth in a way people can actually act on. I’m based between Auckland and Hawke’s Bay, working with leaders across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. As Director of Culture & Learning for SGEi — working with global hospitality brands and Fortune 500 companies globally — I bring world-class methodology to every engagement.
I speak to shift thinking, not fill time — including at the upcoming HNZ26 Conference, Rotorua, June 2026.