STRATEGIC PEOPLE GROUP - Key Persons

Andrea is a seasoned organisational psychologist and human resources practitioner with experience in the public and private sectors. Andrea has particular interest and expertise in the areas of leadership development, culture and engagement, psychometric assessment, staff selection, and HR policy and process. She loves nothing more than to work one-on-one with a manager to improve his or her or the team's effectiveness. An accomplished facilitator and trainer, Andrea has worked with diverse groups of people in NZ and in far-flung international locations. She adapts her style to suit each industry but has a particular affinity for local and central government, manufacturing and professional services. Andrea is engaging, creative and down to earth. She prides herself on her ability to design and deliver workable, effective and original solutions to organisational challenges.

John has 25 years experience, starting his career in consulting, completing contracts in Health as a sole trader, then with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Management Consulting in Hamilton before joining Saville and Holdsworth New Zealand in the Senior Management Team in Auckland, opening the Wellington and Christchurch offices. He then had 10 years as a Senior Manager and at Airways Corporation of New Zealand, leading teams of professionals in the delivery of generalist HR as well as specialist services in Australia, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Vanuatu, Venezuela, United States and the United Kingdom. He has been extensively involved in leadership development programmes for current and up and coming staff. He is passionate about leadership and its impact on engagement and in measuring consequences for the organisation, using technology to improve service delivery and in creating real change in organisations in line with strategic direction. John has a Masters Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of Canterbury and is a Chartered Organisational Psychologist. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Psychological Society, and Member of the Institute of Directors, Institute of Organisational Psychology and NZ Positive Psychology Association.

With over 13 years experience in both Human Resources and Industrial Psychology, Tara Longley is a registered Industrial & Organisational Psychologist. Throughout her work history, Tara has worked in senior level Human Resources roles both within internal and consulting environments and has experience in graduate recruitment, employment relations, general recruitment and selection, learning and development, strategic planning and policy development. Tara has extensive knowledge of psychometric testing and assessment centres for the purposes of selection and development and has extensive experience in the delivery of HR related projects internationally and across a wide range of industries. Tara has worked in locations such as the Middle East, the UK, South Africa and Australia. Tara has a Masters Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of Canterbury. She is a committee member of the NZ Association of Graduate Employers and is a member of the New Zealand Psychological Society and Human Resources Institute of New Zealand.