Kia ora, I'm Katerina! I was born in Wellington to 1st generation Greek father, Emmanuel, and my mother, Kathy, of English/Irish descent. I grew up in Newtown with my two sisters – Demetria & Georgina, attended local schools and studied a Bachelor of Design at Massey University here in Wellington. My husband and I have a cricket loving 16 year old son and have called Wellington home for 40 years. While I studied I worked at the local McDonald’s as a birthday party hostess, where I honed the art of making animal balloons, customer service, trained up and coming managers, and taught school kids how to iron their shirts. After my studies I worked for a luxury high end fashion company before being asked to come back to McDonald’s as the Franchisee's local store marketing and HR specialist. I spent a couple of years recruiting over 120 staff, managed inductions, built relationships with other businesses and community groups and trained early-in-career managers. During a weekend away in Nelson with my husband the conversation turned to how we might broaden our life experience - McDonald's was a great foundation, but we both knew we needed more (yes, I met him while making Big Macs!) It was then that we made the decision to train as ESOL teachers. We quickly landed a two year contract with an English-immersion kindergarten in Japan, where we taught 18mth to 5 year olds, made life long Japanese friends, and fell in love with karaoke and takoyaki. It was an incredibly enriching experience and Japan will always hold a special place in my heart. Still feeling not quite ready to settle in Wellington, an opportunity arose in Auckland with McDonald’s National Office for my husband and I when we returned to Aotearoa. Working back with McDonald’s again brought so many opportunities, including being a part of Variety Bash, school Road Safety visits with Ronald and working with hugely talented individuals. A year in Auckland turned out to still be too far away from whānau, and we soon made the decision to come back to Newtown. You’ll often hear from people working in this industry that being a recruiter isn’t something you grow up wanting to be; that you ‘fall’ into it. That’s exactly what happened in my situation. My sister Georgina was a coordinator for H2R and Eugene asked her if I’d be interested in a recruitment role with the team. Not knowing a lot about what I had signed up to I committed to giving recruitment 12 months. It’s been 18 years and moving into this industry has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I’ve loved the journey and variety recruitment offers, including the career opportunities. I’ve built longstanding relationships with a range of contractors, candidates and clients over the years, many who I consider friends. The best part of my role is that I get to work with an inspiring team that care about the work they do. I’m proud of how they support and motivate one another to succeed inside and outside of work and that we are locally owned and operated. Alongside my role at H2R I volunteer my time at the Wellington City Mission Social Supermarket for eight hours per month and I’ve been involved in this for over three years. The Wellington City Mission provide dignity and mana to people in our community experiencing food insecurity. It’s meaningful mahi and I get to work with a brilliant group of people there. Very grateful to have the time during my week to do this.

Jason has 18 years’ experience with H2R Consulting and his broad knowledge includes outplacement and change management, career coaching and personal development, workshop facilitation, mentoring and psychometric testing. He has a positive, empathetic, professional and engaging style, enabling him to connect with people across all professions, levels and sectors. Prior to joining H2R Consulting, Jason was a founding member of and Business Development Manager with audio-visual company VIDCOM. With an extensive background in Organisational Development and psychometric testing, he is a highly experienced practitioner of a broad range of assessment tools for both professional development and selection. Jason also has a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Geology from Victoria University.

Andrew has an extensive consulting background in Change Management. For more than 20 years he has developed and facilitated end to end Career Transition / Outplacement, Change Management and Career Coaching initiatives for a range of clients and candidates. He has worked on many national and regional change initiatives, covering most industry sectors at all levels from Chief Executive to the shop floor

Kia ora, I’m Nikki, I have been with H2R for nine years. I specialise in permanent, fixed term and contract roles across the HR, Recruitment, L&D/OD, Communications, Engagement and Marketing space.  I am a proud māmā to my three beautiful babes, who keep hubby, and I busy outside of work. Whānau and friends are a big part of my life, so spending quality time, going on holidays and creating memories with them is the best. I love the outdoors and getting out for walks and exploring our backyard, we are lucky enough to live close to the beach so you will often find me there in the summer building sandcastles or searching for treasures with my little ones. I also love my exercise and have recently found a new love for Reformer Pilates! I am always up for a chat or coffee so please feel free to reach out if you would like to connect!

Alex has over 12 years Recruitment experience in the Technology & Digital industries here in New Zealand. Having worked in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, Alex has an excellent professional network and prides himself on being able to source both excellent career opportunities for talented technologists as well as delivering the best talent to his clients that the market has to offer. Alex is passionate about understanding his client's businesses and thrives on being able to create partnerships to achieve real business outcomes. Alex has a particular interest in working with Technology business leaders, to define workforce roadmaps and create bespoke sourcing strategies that contribute towards successful outcomes. Alex has received many accolades in his recruitment career, a particular highlight was being recognised as New Zealand's Recruitment Consultant of the year in 2016 at the Seek Sara Awards.

Highly focused and pro-active consultant, Daniel strives to deliver great outcomes for his candidates and clients. Working to understand your organisations culture and environment, as well as job requirements in a collaborative way. Daniel will set out a clear guideline to ensure successful results with a transparent approach. A key skill Daniel has is his ability to source, attract and engage with the correct talent for each role. He will also strive to provide a range of options to ensure that you will be making an informed decision. Daniel has developed this approach through over 11 years of senior level recruitment experience globally, nationally and locally! Pro-active, detailed, enthusiastic and committed to deliver is what some clients have said about him.

Sherena has over 13 years recruitment experience across New Zealand and the UK. She has been able to take her strong customer focused attitude and channel that toward matching talent with opportunities. Sherena has developed a strong sense of partnership with her candidates and clients and enjoys taking a more consultative approach to understanding business needs and using a tailored approach to talent sourcing. Having worked across core technology and ICT procurement, Sherena has experience in project recruitment, resourcing new teams from scratch as well as delivering talent to established teams.

Tena koutou katoa Ko Eugene Ng  toku Ingoa Ko Marēhia (Malaysia) te whakapaparanga mai engari Ko Ahuriri au e noho ana He Director au i H2R Tena kotu, tena kotu, tenakotu, katoa I was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and emigrated to New Zealand in 1970 with my parents Margaret and Eddie. My father was contracted to coach the NZ badminton team for the 1974 Commonwealth Games.  I grew up in Napier (Ahuriri) from the age of four and commute between Bay View and Wellington with my wife Tina.  My parents who are now in their 80s, still live there. After graduating from Massey University in 1991, I worked in the Wellington recruitment industry for 30 years, initially at Morgan and Banks from 1991 to 1996 then Momentum from 1996 to 2003 as an Organisational Psychologist.  In 2004 I established H2R Consulting with some of my former colleagues initially as an organisational development consultancy then evolving into the full service recruitment agency it is today. I feel privileged to be part of the H2R whanau who have a culture of respect, teamwork and support.  Many of our whanau have been with H2R for well over 10 years and a few are the same people I started out in my career with over 30 years ago.

Skee has a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Psychology with over 13 years’ experience in talent development, talent management, leadership development and career transition in Australia and New Zealand. She started with H2R in 2010 and has returned from a two year stint in Melbourne. Skee has successfully managed recruitment campaigns with integrated assessment frameworks for clients in the consumer, retail, financial, automotive and government sectors.

Kia ora ! I have now been with H2R for over half a decade recruiting mainly in the Accounting and Wealth / Finance areas. Prior to my time with the H2R family, I was with a global recruitment company where I worked in the same areas for four years. I discovered recruitment when I was 30 and can say it the only job for me – it is the perfect combination of working with interesting people, incredibly rewarding, and a role where you get to learn about interesting organisations and people on a daily basis. Recruitment aside, I have a demanding and rewarding couple of young kids who keep me busy after work. My wife and my passion in life I would have to say is overseas travel. We love heading over to all parts of the world when we get itchy feet!

I’m a Chartered Accountant and have been with H2R since 2014. I specialise in recruiting contract and permanent, programme manager, project manager, change, business analyst, data, accounting, risk and finance management roles. Outside of work we are now empty nesters with our 3 awesome kids having finished Uni and moved on to bigger and better things out of town or overseas. I am a very keen fisherman, kayaker, walker and still attempt to play masters footy and social tennis. Always keen for a social catch up, coffee or beer and looking forward to continuing our travel adventures when time permits!!

Katrina, aka "Treens" oversees all of H2R's corporate finance and operations.  She is a CA qualified accountant and has held finance manager roles in a number of public and private sector organisations.  Katrina has been with H2R since 2017 and is a key part of our senior leadership team..

Liz has been with H2R since early 2005.  She was our first finance team member and moved into being our Finance Manager before heading off to have two children in between.  Liz's in-depth knowledge of H2R's systems, processes and history makes her an invaluable asset to the team.  She oversees our temp payroll, All of Government reporting and H2R Technology finance function.

Wendy has been with H2R since 2008.  She looks after our accounts payable and receivables functions as well as our contractor payroll.  If you are one of our contractors, you will most likely have spoken to Wendy.  One of Wendy's key attributes is her past life as a professional baker.  The 25 people in our Wellington office are shamelessly treated to Wendy's kitchen creations every Tuesday morning.

Kerry joined H2R in 2015 and has a Bachelor of Arts Majoring in Business Psychology. She started out as a Recruitment Team Administrator then moved into a Talent Development Consultant role where she spent six years providing specialised services using a range of psychometric assessment tools for a range of public and private sector clients, for both selection and development purposes. Kerry is now a Recruitment Consultant specialising in recruiting permanent and temp business support, administrative and advisory roles.   Kerry is currently on maternity leave and is due to return in early 2025.

Hi I’m Alex Nation, I have been with H2R for 10 years where I initially started out as the Team Admin. I eventually moved into a Business Support Consultant role before moving into a Principal Consultant role, specialising in contract and permanent HR/Org Design, Change (both HR and Business), Project/Program Management and Communications. Outside of work I have a busy homelife with my 2 beautiful babies (2 and 3 years old) who keep my husband, our dog Gary and myself very much in check. My hobby is running, and some would say I’m easily convinced when it comes to signing up for half marathons at short notice. I love Summer and would live at the beach if I could, but I don’t think Wellington’s climate would allow for it.  I love spending time with friends, reading a good book and spending long-weekends visiting all the hot-spots across NZ in our caravan.

Kia ora, I’m Naomi and I have been with H2R since way back in 2018! I specialise in recruiting permanent, fixed term and contract roles for Programme and Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Business Analysts, as well as Ministerial/OIAs and policy advisors. across the public and private sector. Originally from Ireland, I’ve called NZ home since 2013 and now I’m busy Mam of 2 little girls.  I started my career as a beauty therapist and managed day spas in NZ and Ireland so I’m very passionate about providing excellent customer service. I live on the beautiful Kapiti Coast so really enjoy getting to the beach or exploring nearby. Before children we travelled a lot so hopefully once my girls get a bit older, we can start exploring the world again and take them back to visit their grandparents & Aunties in Ireland.

Kia ora koutou

I have been with H2R since 2016, most recently as Recruitment Team Manager and Contracting Specialist – a role I absolutely adore! I specialise across HR, Change Management, and Project/Programme Management contract portfolios, alongside leading our wonderful team of emerging recruiters. I love being part of the H2R whanau and feel blessed to be in a role, team and industry I enjoy so much that I truly love coming to work each day.

I’m also the proud mama of two awesome and hilarious little boys (2 and 4 yrs old) who keep my husband and I very much on our toes and well entertained. Family, friends, food, wine and coffee is essentially what makes me tick – so outside of work you’ll find me enjoying all of the above, as well as going on adventures across our beautiful country (and beyond now that that’s an option again!). I’d love to add some sporting or fitness accolades to this spiel however truth be told there is not much I could claim in that respect.. maybe one day!

Tina was appointed as a Director across both H2R Consulting and H2R Technology in March 2021.  She has over 25 years experience in the recruitment industry and was a founding Director of one of New Zealand's largest specialist IT recruitment companies before selling it to publicly listed AWF Madison in 2017.  Tina's role at H2R will be to provide support to the growth and development of H2R Technology as well as being involved in specific projects across the H2R group.

Georgina has been with H2R almost since the beginning, starting way back in 2005 when she was only 18 years old.  She has been one of H2R's superstar recruiters, specialising in the contracting space and has many strong relationships with clients and candidates in the Wellington market.

Jaymin joined the team in July 2022 and has a has a Bachelor of Commerce Majoring in Management and Public Policy. He has spent a year at H2R Technology specialising in end-to-end Candidate Management and Client support. Jaymin has a background in both the public and private sector across retail, professional services, and the insurance industry. Recently Jaymin has moved into a Recruitment Consultant role supporting Digital, Technology, and Project based roles partnering with both Public and Private organisations. With a genuine passion for supporting and building relationships with both candidates and clients Jaymin will find the right talent for your organisation’s needs. Outside of work Jaymin is usually found in the outdoors be it hiking, fishing, or getting a workout in.

I’m new to H2R having joined the team in September 2022 but I’m not at all new to recruitment with 20 something years under my belt. I specialise in exec tier two and three roles and contract and perm policy and comms placements.  At home I struggle to keep up with a couple of teenage boys and a partner with a long list of DIY assignments that need doing around the house. Biking and the odd run keep me from threatening the scales and give me an excuse to indulge in good food, wine, and the occasional craft beer.

Debbi has been known to the H2R team for many years prior to joining in September 2022.  She has extensive experience as a Payroll and Finance specialist working for large corporates including the recruitment sector.  Debbi runs the H2R payroll which includes over 180 permanent and casual staff.

Olivia is currently on Maternity Leave and is "optimistically" aiming to return to H2R in March 2025! Kia ora, I’m Liv and I have been with H2R since January 2023 as a Recruitment Consultant. I specialise in temp, fixed term and permanent roles across the business support, administrative, and advisory space. I live up the Kapiti Coast with my husband Keiran and our two dogs.  I love spending time at the beach, fishing, horse riding and catching up with friends & family - often with a wine in hand!  I have represented New Zealand numerous times through horse riding which has allowed me to travel overseas, and I look forward to continuing my travels and exploring new countries!

Georgia joined the H2R whanau in June 2023 and has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Psychology.  Before joining H2R she worked as an Associate Consultant in a multinational recruitment agency managing temps and business support candidates.  At H2R Georgia is a key part of the Talent Development team where she administers psychometric assessments using our various platforms and works closely with our psychologists to analyse results.  Georgia also provides support to our recruitment team with reference and background checks.

Danielle joined H2R in November 2023 and has worked in both the health and recruitment sector.  She has a certificate in HR and personnel management.  Danielle produces our Temp contracts and provides support to our perm and temp recruiters.  She also looks after the front office and is usually the first person you will come across on the phone.

Alicia joined the H2R whanau in November 2023 and brings with her a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science in Sport and Exercise Science.  Not being content with this, she is also completing a Master of Science majoring in Sport Exercise and Health. She started out her recruitment career as a Recruitment Specialist gaining valuable candidate management experience. Alicia joined H2R as a Recruitment Coordinator before moving into a Consultant role specialising in business support, administrative, and advisory roles.

I have a 20-year technology and digital recruitment career in the Wellington market. My passion is people and technology and ensuring that my customers are receiving the best possible talent, whilst ensuring a close working partnership to ensuring the right resourcing planning and strategies are used to ensure they deliver on their business objectives and goals. My customers, both candidate and clients remain at the forefront of my thought process when delivering any recruitment service. Something I continue to evolve and improve on.

Torban joined the H2R whanau in March 2024.  Originally from Blenheim, Torban moved to study in Wellington and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Victoria University - double major in International Business and Management.  Torban’s passion for working with and helping people lead him to a career in recruitment. Currently a Candidate Consultant; he manages the end-to-end candidate experience, from sourcing and interviewing to preparing candidates for success in IT roles.   Outside of work, Torban can often be found at the gym, playing tennis, hanging out with friends.