Profile

Katy joined the Sheffield Wellington office in 2017. She is a highly regarded consultant specialising in Talent Strategy, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Search and Strategic Workforce Consulting.

Business Experience

Katy is a recruitment thought leader with over 20 years’ experience in the industry, both domestically and globally. Her role as Executive Director Wellington, is focused on partnering with clients in public and private sectors to appoint key talent. In addition, she supports firms with broader needs such as career and leadership coaching, succession planning, capability development, and organisational reviews.

At Sheffield, Katy has recruited at the Chief Executive, executive leadership and governance levels across local government, central government, private and not-for-profit sectors. In addition, she has facilitated and led board evaluation and CEO review processes, as well as numerous non-executive director appointments.

Katy has had the opportunity to coach many senior executives around their own leadership strategies and behaviour development and into the identification and development of high performing teams and organisations.

Prior to working for Sheffield, Katy was the Director of Operations for Manpower Group, designing and delivering workforce solutions for a variety of clients across multiple geographies. Katy also possesses significant international experience, having worked in key strategic workforce planning and leadership recruitment for some iconic firms such as Amazon, Expedia and Microsoft.

In her spare time, Katy enjoys spending time with whanau and friends and can often be found on weekends on the sidelines watching her two boys play sport.
 

Sector / Functional Expertise

• Central Government

• Local Government

• Governance

• Private Sector

• Health
   

Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts, Major in Humanities, Minor in Pre-law & Political Science - Seattle University

• DDI Certified Facilitator