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Sheffield proved to be a great choice for our CEO recruitment. Council felt well supported in attracting high calibre applicants and progressing our preferred candidate through to completing the formal appointment. I felt Louise really understood our person requirements and the unique challenges of recruitment into a small rural council. I think this attention to detail coupled with great recruitment research and insight really built my confidence in the process.

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The New Zealand Brain Research Institute is grateful for your recent assistance in recruiting and placing directors for our Board. We were very pleased with the thorough and seamless process that you followed which resulted in two excellent directors joining us, in full alignment with our brief. We look forward to working with you in the future.

Richard Sudell, Chair, NZ Brain Research Institute

We partnered with Sheffield to recruit our new Executive Principal because they are second to none at recruitment in the independent school sector. Ian Taylor is the doyen of recruiters in this sector. His experience in the industry and his knowledge of the market and Christ’s College was invaluable during the process. Sheffield’s astute and thoughtful analysis of the candidates was extremely beneficial as the process reached the business end of short list selection and we appreciated the team approach Sheffield adopted. We are extremely grateful to Sheffield in guiding us to such a good outcome for our School.

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Our Summer Edition of The Source is out now!
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Congratulations to Sue McLean on the successful appointment to Tasman District Council as the Group Manager Strategy and Finance.
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The Sheffield North Island offices will be closed from Tuesday 23 December to Monday 12 January 2026,
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At the recent Emeritus Partners event, John Martins, an Emeritus Partner, shared a unique piece of Sheffield history: a light-hearted job advertisement from 1986 seeking to recruit Santa Claus.
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Sheffield South Island were delighted to work with the Nova Trust Board in the appointment of their new Chief Executive Penny Taylor.
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New Business Manager for Burnside High School
Sheffield South Island enjoyed partnering again recently with Burnside High School in the appointment of their new Business Manager, Thomas Chang.
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