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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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On behalf of the Knox Trust Board, I wanted to convey our appreciation for your invaluable assistance with the recent recruitment process that led to Fionnagh’s appointment as our new CEO. From the very start, we were all incredibly impressed with Sheffield’s alignment with our core values, your willingness to listen to our requirements (and to challenge them when necessary), and the way in which you and your team went above and beyond in your efforts to ensure that the very best people were identified, shortlisted and interviewed. We are thrilled with Fionnagh’s appointment and thank you again to Sheffield for its crucial contribution to that outcome.

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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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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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