Paul was born and educated in Nelson and is a lawyer by profession. He has held General Management and senior management positions in the telecommunications, health, banking and financial services, and energy sectors in New Zealand. Regarded as one of this country’s leading Human Resources practitioners, Paul brings a strong employment law background, people management and commercial experience to the Intepeople consultancy team. He has been at the forefront of introducing leading… Show more Paul was born and educated in Nelson and is a lawyer by profession. He has held General Management and senior management positions in the telecommunications, health, banking and financial services, and energy sectors in New Zealand. Regarded as one of this country’s leading Human Resources practitioners, Paul brings a strong employment law background, people management and commercial experience to the Intepeople consultancy team. He has been at the forefront of introducing leading edge organization change programmes into the corporate and business world and brings to Intepeople seasoned capability in the areas of executive/management coaching, governance and board reviews,business strategy, HR strategy, executive remuneration, short term and long term incentive schemes, performance management, organization design and development, restructuring and business performance improvement, employee engagement, brand and culture alignment strategies,talent management mergers and acquisitions, and culture change .. Actually anything to lift business improvement through better staff and employee performance.Having been one of the NZ Employers Federations most experienced legal and industrial advocates and having represented many companies in New Zealand and Australia, he has the unique ability to traverse all the various disciplines of HR at both the strategic and operational levels and then weave the people asset strategies into business strategies to ensure there is strong commercial alignment and any outcomes are business focused.Paul is the Managing Director of Intepeople, and currently Deputy Chairman of NBS.Intepeople is NZ's only integrated HR consultancy practice offering strategic and practical advice through the whole HR continuum. With 21 consultants throughout NZ it is the most experienced HR team in the country. Show less