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Our modern, fresh approach helps businesses move faster, do the right thing, and create value.

A NEW GENERATION OF HR

Founded in 2018 it was our intention to re-write the narrative on traditional HR. It’s simple: we care about making your business go faster and are dedicated to your success. We are committed to creating wholehearted and authentic relationships. 

Founder, Jaime Gallocher takes this one step further to say she gets naked with her clients on a daily basis (not literally of course – we are in the business of HR!). Its about being transparent and courageous in the advice we provide, this approach is why our clients love us.

In 2019 we rebranded to The People Project because it felt more like us: modern, commercial, smart. It is reflective of the work that we do, which is core outsourced HR and projects.

Our team has experience across multinational corporates and SME businesses, including Manufacturing, FMCG, Tech, Financial Services, Not for Profit, Public Sector and Services.

OUR SERVICE VALUES

FRESH

Honest, straight forward and commercial solutions for your business. What you see is what you get.

We are obsessed with HR innovation and sharing knowledge to help businesses grow gets us excited.

FLEX

Business today moves fast and so do we. Adaptable, agile, and connected, we are there for you.

We mould to your unique culture and act as a true business partner.

HUMBLE

There is no place for ego’s at The People Project. It’s all about collaboration, client service and most importantly; humility.

The way we develop trust and loyalty is all to do with the value we place on long term relationships with our clients.

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YOUR BUSINESS.

We’ll support you along the way. The People Project is committed to helping you drive positive outcomes, empower your people and  realise your competitive advantage.

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Jaime Gallocher - Founder, The People Project

Jaime Gallocher

Founder

Rebecca Oakley - Consultant, The People Project

Rebecca Oakley

Senior People & Culture Consultant

Shayna McCarthny - Consultant, The People Project

Shayna McCarthny

Senior People & Culture Consultant

Lauren Ellmers

Senior People & Culture Consultant

Chrysta Taylor - Consultant, The People Project

Chrysta Taylor

People & Culture Consultant

Monika McLean

People & Culture Consultant

Georgia Moselen

People Advisory Lead

Niamh de Silva

Senior People Advisor

Bronwyn Rein

Learning & Development Lead,
and Performance Coach

Emily Moore

Employment & Commercial Law
De Novo Legal

Ainsley Benefield - Employment Relations Expert

Ainsley Benefield

Hive Consulting – Wellington

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Jaime Gallocher - Founder, The People Project

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Jaime Gallocher

Founder

Jaime shares her passion for people dating back to her earliest work memory jumping in bins filled with paper at her dad’s printing factory. She was often found wandering around the factory chatting to the staff and getting to know everyone.

Her ever-growing interest in people started much earlier than this, but what began at the age of 10 years old in a printing factory in Glenfield was an ongoing love affair with business.

With a BA/BCom; PGDip Hons, and the better part of two decades in the people space, Jaime brings deep expertise across the full employee lifecycle, with a strong focus on aligning people strategy to business performance. She partners closely with CEOs, business owners, investors and Boards, supporting them through growth, transformation and key decision-making moments of their business journey. 

As the Founder and Director of The People Project, Jaime leads a high-performing team while continuing to work closely with clients. As a business owner herself, she brings her strong commercial nous and a deep understanding of what it takes to build, grow and sustain a successful business with a people first approach. 

Jaime’s authentic, no-nonsense approach is central to how she forms strong, trusted relationships across a diverse range of industries. She is driven to deliver high-impact people solutions that support real business outcomes. 

Jaime splits her time between Gisborne and Auckland, where she enjoys the best of both worlds and spending time with her family and friends.

Rebecca Oakley - Consultant, The People Project

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Rebecca Oakley

Senior People & Culture Consultant

Rebecca is a Senior People & Culture Consultant who brings global experience and sharp commercial thinking to every engagement. She spent several years in Dubai at a leading international law firm, delivering end-to-end HR partnering across performance, remuneration, employee relations, recruitment, training, policy, wellbeing and inclusion. Our clients value Rebecca’s breadth of knowledge and ability to critically review and assess complex information, executing with precision. Rebecca’s knack for systems and processes mean she always has a business improvement lens with people and culture at the forefront.

A strategic partner, Rebecca delivers large strategic HR projects for our clients including executive leadership teams, business owners, Founders, CEOs and Boards of Directors. She leads client work that spans workforce planning, culture transformation, organisational design, change leadership, and navigating complex employment matters. 

Rebecca’s drive for long term relationships and excellence means she is always considering the unique culture of the clients she partners with. 

Outside of work you’ll find Rebecca maximising her time with her young family, exploring the outdoors or playing tennis.

Shayna McCarthny - Consultant, The People Project

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Shayna McCarthny

Senior People & Culture Consultant

Shayna is a Senior People and Culture Consultant that is passionate about partnering with clients to enable business success through their people. Having worked across a broad range of sectors, Shayna quickly adapts to the unique needs of her clients with ease. Her focus is on building resilient cultures and lifting leadership capability in ways that drive sustainable performance.

Shayna has led large-scale change and culture programmes, and is a trusted adviser to CEOs and leadership teams navigating growth, restructuring and transformation. She’s known for her ability to build buy-in, coach with care, and move quickly from blue sky to execution.

Her approach is thoughtful and collaborative. She takes time to understand each business and their people, and partners with clients to embed solutions that make a real difference. Whether she’s managing employment relations matters, designing frameworks for performance or working alongside a founder to shape culture, Shayna keeps people at the centre of every decision.

Outside of work, Shayna keeps busy with her young family on the Coast, and is often spotted on the beach, out for a run, or squeezing in a boxing session before the day kicks off.

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Lauren Ellmers

Senior People & Culture Consultant

Lauren began her career as medic in the Royal New Zealand Navy, where she quickly discovered her passion for people and her drive to contribute to something greater than herself. This passion has shaped her professional journey, leading her to earn a Bachelor of Health Science in Psychology and build extensive HR experience across public sector, construction, and electricity industries prior to joining TPP.

With a strong commitment to employee experiences and driving business success, Lauren has worked across diverse workplace cultures and leadership styles. Having led teams herself, she understands firsthand the critical role that HR infrastructure, leadership capability, organisational culture, and strategic planning play in both individual well-being and business performance. She partners with stakeholders at all levels to provide both practical and strategic HR guidance, delivering impactful results that support long-term organisational growth. 

Lauren supports a diverse range of clients. Her adaptable style and skill working with people from all walks of life is one of the reasons our clients love partnering with her.

Outside of work, Lauren enjoys spending time with her family, exploring the outdoors or eating out with friends. A passionate reader, she also loves escaping into a good book, often finishing one in a single day!

Chrysta Taylor - Consultant, The People Project

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Chrysta Taylor

People & Culture Consultant

Chrysta is a commercially savvy HR Business Partner with a passion for creating high-impact people solutions for her clients. Known for her calm presence and ability to build trust quickly, she’s a skilled specialist when it comes to managing complex projects, navigating change, and supporting her stakeholders with practical outcomes that consider broad business needs.

With experience spanning construction, financial services, retail,  manufacturing and commercial law, Chrysta brings cross-industry insight and a practical, business-first mindset. Her background in Business Psychology is an asset to her style and approach with clients. 

Chrysta keeps a close eye on emerging trends, drawing on these insights to keep her work fresh. She has a commercial mindset that blends best practice HR with a strong understanding of business needs. 

Outside of work, Chrysta’s often found running around Lake Pupuke, walking the beaches of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, or juggling DIY projects at home with life as a hands-on mum to two young children.

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Monika McLean

People & Culture Consultant

Monika brings depth of experience as an HR specialist across professional services and fast-paced technology environments. With a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Human Resources, she has blended her formal education with interest, passion and purpose in the People and Culture space over the 15years. Monika has developed a well-rounded understanding of how to execute foundational people needs with people strategy and business performance; a blend our clients value and that reflects the TPP way.

Monika excels in guiding leaders through complex people challenges, adopting new tech strategies that sustain strong people foundations. Strengthening capability, and embedding frameworks that support growth. Monika’s highly relational in her style, means she builds deep, trusted relationships fast. Monika is driven to deliver value with the wide range of clients she partners with.  

Outside of work, Monika enjoys spending time with her family and is currently getting into golf and Pilates.

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Georgia Moselen

People Advisory Lead

Georgia is an internationally experienced Human Resources professional with a background in partnering with leaders across both private and public sectors. Georgia worked in London for a leading management consultancy as well as in teh Financial Services industry in New Zealand. 

Georgia holds a Bachelor of Communications degree and Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management. As TPP’s People Advisory Lead, Georgia works across our full client portfolio and leads our advisory function, providing oversight, guidance and technical expertise across complex people matters. Georgia’s passion for creating positive and engaging work environments through great employee experiences is where she adds value to our clients. She is highly experienced in managing complex employment relations matters, including investigations and disciplinary processes, and currently holds an independent investigator licence. 

Georgia also brings strong capability in leading strategic change and transformation projects, supporting businesses through restructure, growth and organisational design. Skilled at coaching leaders, she combines technical expertise with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach to deliver best practice outcomes for our clients. 

In Georgia’s spare time you’ll find her cooking, tending to her vege garden or heading to the beach.

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Niamh de Silva

Senior People Advisor

Niamh has been working as a trusted HR Generalist across New Zealand and the UK for the last 9 years. Holding a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resource Management, she has a diverse breadth of HR expertise, with particular strength in creating world-class employee experiences within high-growth and fast-paced Tech environments. 

Passionate about creating workplaces where people genuinely thrive, Niamh is highly skilled in driving engagement initiatives, process improvement, and meaningful DEIB practices. She works closely with leadership teams to deliver strategic people initiatives including; culture & productivity enhancing frameworks, talent development, performance management, employment relations, and organisational change.

Niamh is highly valued for her innate ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on practical application, when it comes to executing outcomes for her clients.  She thrives working with high-growth businesses and enjoys partnering with organisations as they scale. 

Outside of work Niamh enjoys getting outside to walk her dog Theodore, wines with friends on a sunny afternoon or creating a mess in the kitchen!

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Bronwyn Rein

Learning & Development Lead, and Performance Coach

Bronwyn joined The People Project in 2019, bringing with her a rich learning and development and generalist HR background along with hands-on leadership experience from the service industry. Before TPP, she led national sales and training programmes for MECCA Brands, where she was known for energising teams and making training practical and engaging. Her innate ability to connect with and build leader capability is second to none. Bronwyn focus on enhancing performance outcomes for individuals and businesses is just one of the things that makes her unique. 

Bronwyn is passionate about building leadership capability that actually resonates and ‘clicks’. As a performance coach, Bronwyn works closely with executives and high-potential leaders to enhance and drive leader capability. Our clients love her world-class facilitation style and her ability to connect the dots between culture, performance and learning outcomes. Whether it’s a one-off session or a longer-term development programme, Bronwyn brings insight, clarity and impact.

She has worked as both a strategic HR Consultant and in senior learning and development roles, giving her a rare combination to blend big-picture thinking with practical, people-first delivery.

Bronwyn supports our clients across the board and works closely with our consulting team to co-design solutions that inspire people to do their best work.

Outside of work, you’ll find Bronwyn adventuring around the city with her dog Riley, or recharging with her family on the weekend.

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Emily Moore

Employment & Commercial Law – De Novo Legal

The People Project partners with Emily from De Novo Legal for advice on current best practice legal matters.  De Novo Legal provides advice on employment and commercial law matters to a range of NZ companies.

Emily is a strategic legal adviser, having spent over 15 years working in and with a range of New Zealand and Australian businesses and industries, from multi-national IT and telecommunications companies through to SMEs and scaling start ups. Her approach is to provide clear, accessible and practical advice that helps people get things done.

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Ainsley Benefield - Employment Relations Expert

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Ainsley Benefield

Hive Consulting – Wellington

Ainsley is one of our partners based in Wellington. We partner with Ainsley for cross-regional projects and on the ground support in Wellington for our clients if needed. She runs her own HR consultancy, Hive.

Ainsley founded Hive to bring to life her passion for achieving positive working relationships through communication, feedback and flexibility.  She spent much of her career working as an employment lawyer in Wellington, Dublin, and London but since returning to New Zealand has worked in more hands on roles as an HR consultant. Her legal background paired with her HR experience means she has a pragmatic, people-focused approach to getting people management issues right.  She is also a qualified mediator and specialist in independent reviews and investigations.