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Sita has spent the last 3 years working in a fast paced Senior Talent Sourcing role, sourcing, assessing and qualifying candidates for temporary assignments. Sita excels under pressure and moves at the speed of light. Her super power is her ability to find her clients high calibre candidates, in a timely manner without compromising on quality. She has experience across a number of large scale projects with placement numbers in the vicinity of 90 - 180 temporary staff.

Rachel has over eight years recruitment experience, helping clients and candidates across a range of sectors, regions and role types. Her last role was as a Senior Talent Sourcing Consultant supporting Auckland's highest performing team of Temp Consultants. Rachel is a highly motivated recruiter with an innate ability to make people feel comfortable. Currently studying towards a Diploma in Human Resources Rachel also plays an active role in understanding legislative changes and updates within the market.

Darron (affectionately known to us as Daz) began his recruitment career in South Africa in the retail sector in 2002. He has spent the past 15 years specialising in the Accounting Support function, both permanent and temporary and is very well known within the Auckland industry.  He always delves deeper than a CV and has a great eye for potential.  

Darron is appreciated for his warmth, patience and easy humour.  He works in partnership with Kelly, and together they would easily be the longest serving practitioners locally in this space.

As Dad of three, Daz is a true family man, is famous for his home-made biltong and cooks a mean BBQ.

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Growing up in South & East Auckland (past 15 years based in the West), Kelly is of Irish, Ngapuhi and Tainui descent. In addition, she spent 4 years working in various countries throughout South East Asia, so has a natural understanding and respect for the cultural diversity within Aotearoa.

A respected industry leader, Kelly has over 15 years of experience helping candidates and clients in the Accounting Support, Payroll and Shared Services space, as well as leading teams. Kelly’s clients appreciate her transparent, genuine nature and willingness to go the extra mile to ensure everyone she works with has a rewarding and successful recruitment experience. With a deep knowledge of the industry, Kelly prides herself on maintaining an extensive network within her specialisation and regularly holds networking events.

Her big loves outside of work are her 4 year old rescue dog patches, performing with her swing vocal group PurrZazz and whanau!

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Craig leads our Accounting & Finance practice. He brings a wealth of experience gained from recruiting across the UK and New Zealand since 2003. Over the past 14 years Craig has worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland where his last role was the Associate Director, Accounting, and Risk and Compliance.With customer and candidate relationships spanning over a decade, Craig has helped countless professionals accelerate their career and hundreds of businesses connect with right candidates to grow their business.

Sita has spent the last 3 years working in a fast paced Senior Talent Sourcing role, sourcing, assessing and qualifying candidates for temporary assignments. Sita excels under pressure and moves at the speed of light. Her super power is her ability to find her clients high calibre candidates, in a timely manner without compromising on quality. She has experience across a number of large scale projects with placement numbers in the vicinity of 90 - 180 temporary staff.

Rachel has over eight years recruitment experience, helping clients and candidates across a range of sectors, regions and role types. Her last role was as a Senior Talent Sourcing Consultant supporting Auckland's highest performing team of Temp Consultants. Rachel is a highly motivated recruiter with an innate ability to make people feel comfortable. Currently studying towards a Diploma in Human Resources Rachel also plays an active role in understanding legislative changes and updates within the market.

Darron (affectionately known to us as Daz) began his recruitment career in South Africa in the retail sector in 2002. He has spent the past 15 years specialising in the Accounting Support function, both permanent and temporary and is very well known within the Auckland industry.  He always delves deeper than a CV and has a great eye for potential.  

Darron is appreciated for his warmth, patience and easy humour.  He works in partnership with Kelly, and together they would easily be the longest serving practitioners locally in this space.

As Dad of three, Daz is a true family man, is famous for his home-made biltong and cooks a mean BBQ.

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Growing up in South & East Auckland (past 15 years based in the West), Kelly is of Irish, Ngapuhi and Tainui descent. In addition, she spent 4 years working in various countries throughout South East Asia, so has a natural understanding and respect for the cultural diversity within Aotearoa.

A respected industry leader, Kelly has over 15 years of experience helping candidates and clients in the Accounting Support, Payroll and Shared Services space, as well as leading teams. Kelly’s clients appreciate her transparent, genuine nature and willingness to go the extra mile to ensure everyone she works with has a rewarding and successful recruitment experience. With a deep knowledge of the industry, Kelly prides herself on maintaining an extensive network within her specialisation and regularly holds networking events.

Her big loves outside of work are her 4 year old rescue dog patches, performing with her swing vocal group PurrZazz and whanau!

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Craig leads our Accounting & Finance practice. He brings a wealth of experience gained from recruiting across the UK and New Zealand since 2003. Over the past 14 years Craig has worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland where his last role was the Associate Director, Accounting, and Risk and Compliance.With customer and candidate relationships spanning over a decade, Craig has helped countless professionals accelerate their career and hundreds of businesses connect with right candidates to grow their business.

Originally from the UK, Charly traded the dark nights for sunny days and now calls New Zealand home. She has 10 years experience in customer focused roles and has spent the last 2 years in a fast-paced managerial role, where she worked across Recruitment, HR and Training. Charly has built long standing relationships with key stakeholders within all her roles, and has thrived and thoroughly enjoyed getting involved in the people side of business. Now as part of the Cultivate team, Charly is championing the people and candidate experience process by supporting job-seekers in obtaining temporary and permanent Business Support roles.

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Sita has spent the last 3 years working in a fast paced Senior Talent Sourcing role, sourcing, assessing and qualifying candidates for temporary assignments. Sita excels under pressure and moves at the speed of light. Her super power is her ability to find her clients high calibre candidates, in a timely manner without compromising on quality. She has experience across a number of large scale projects with placement numbers in the vicinity of 90 - 180 temporary staff.

Rachel has over eight years recruitment experience, helping clients and candidates across a range of sectors, regions and role types. Her last role was as a Senior Talent Sourcing Consultant supporting Auckland's highest performing team of Temp Consultants. Rachel is a highly motivated recruiter with an innate ability to make people feel comfortable. Currently studying towards a Diploma in Human Resources Rachel also plays an active role in understanding legislative changes and updates within the market.

Toni has over 15 years expertise placing both temporary and permanent staff across a variety of sectors including government, retail and consumer. Her last role was as an Executive Consultant for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland. Toni takes the time to find out exactly what her clients and candidates need. Her great listening skills, combined with her attention to detail, means nothing is missed when you work with her. She’s also rumoured to be the nicest person working in recruitment, anywhere.

Naz has 5 years’ experience providing staffing solutions across a variety of sectors, including financial services and government.  Prior to working in recruitment Naz worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm, as well as working in-house in a variety of HR and sales roles. Over the years Naz has earned herself a reputation with her clients as an extremely responsive recruiter and one they can trust to find quality candidates for roles, on time.

With an excess of 25 years in the recruitment industry, it’s no surprise Nicola is well known as one of the leading Temp recruiters in Auckland.  Nicola is an exceptional recruiter, specialising in volume based projects, placing temporary staffing for her clients.  You name it, Nicola has achieved it in the industry.  She has achieved feats for her clients that astound those who work with her (including us).  Let’s just say not many recruiters have been known to find 90 temporary staff for their clients in 2 weeks!  She may be able to move at the speed of light, but nobody that ever deals with her feels anything less than special.

Born and bred in Wellington, Kathryn (Kat) has predominantly spent the last 15 years recruiting within the Auckland market - specialising in Financial Services and Business & Operations support. As an experienced recruitment partner and leader, Kathryn has helped hiring managers build capability in their teams whilst assisting hundreds of individuals take the next step in their career.

Passionate about people, diversity and careers, Kathryn has cultivated an extensive network of long standing relationships that has been built on shared values, trust and capability. You can be confident you’ll experience a similar connection with Kathryn... most likely with some added banter and her cheeky laugh.

Favourite hot spot for this proud yet busy mum to escape the hustle and bustle: The rock of Polynesia, Niue!

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With over 23 years’ experience in recruitment, Trina has built an incredible reputation as an industry expert, relationship manager and people leader.  Trina runs one the largest and most experienced specialist recruitment teams in Auckland, yet still works hands on with her clients and team to find candidates.Trina builds strong, transparent relationships with her clients and has an unwavering commitment to achieving great results for them.  Her clients trust her implicitly, and she has built very strong relationships with both small businesses and large corporations that span decades.

Rachel has been recruiting in the Auckland market for 14 years specialising in Accounting and Finance. During this time she’s had the privilege of working with hundreds of people at different stages in their career and has played an integral role in matching the right company with the perfect talent.

Using knowledge gained from over a decade in the industry, Rachel’s clients and candidates appreciate the extra time she invests in coaching and guiding them towards achieving their goals and has cultivated long term relationships based on integrity and trust.

A proud Westie, Rachel enjoys having one of Auckland’s well-loved West Coast beaches right on her doorstep and can often be spotted early mornings walking with her four and two legged kids.

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Craig leads our Accounting & Finance practice. He brings a wealth of experience gained from recruiting across the UK and New Zealand since 2003. Over the past 14 years Craig has worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland where his last role was the Associate Director, Accounting, and Risk and Compliance.With customer and candidate relationships spanning over a decade, Craig has helped countless professionals accelerate their career and hundreds of businesses connect with right candidates to grow their business.

Originally from the UK, Charly traded the dark nights for sunny days and now calls New Zealand home. She has 10 years experience in customer focused roles and has spent the last 2 years in a fast-paced managerial role, where she worked across Recruitment, HR and Training. Charly has built long standing relationships with key stakeholders within all her roles, and has thrived and thoroughly enjoyed getting involved in the people side of business. Now as part of the Cultivate team, Charly is championing the people and candidate experience process by supporting job-seekers in obtaining temporary and permanent Business Support roles.

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Sita has spent the last 3 years working in a fast paced Senior Talent Sourcing role, sourcing, assessing and qualifying candidates for temporary assignments. Sita excels under pressure and moves at the speed of light. Her super power is her ability to find her clients high calibre candidates, in a timely manner without compromising on quality. She has experience across a number of large scale projects with placement numbers in the vicinity of 90 - 180 temporary staff.

Rachel has over eight years recruitment experience, helping clients and candidates across a range of sectors, regions and role types. Her last role was as a Senior Talent Sourcing Consultant supporting Auckland's highest performing team of Temp Consultants. Rachel is a highly motivated recruiter with an innate ability to make people feel comfortable. Currently studying towards a Diploma in Human Resources Rachel also plays an active role in understanding legislative changes and updates within the market.

Toni has over 15 years expertise placing both temporary and permanent staff across a variety of sectors including government, retail and consumer. Her last role was as an Executive Consultant for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland. Toni takes the time to find out exactly what her clients and candidates need. Her great listening skills, combined with her attention to detail, means nothing is missed when you work with her. She’s also rumoured to be the nicest person working in recruitment, anywhere.

Naz has 5 years’ experience providing staffing solutions across a variety of sectors, including financial services and government.  Prior to working in recruitment Naz worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm, as well as working in-house in a variety of HR and sales roles. Over the years Naz has earned herself a reputation with her clients as an extremely responsive recruiter and one they can trust to find quality candidates for roles, on time.

With an excess of 25 years in the recruitment industry, it’s no surprise Nicola is well known as one of the leading Temp recruiters in Auckland.  Nicola is an exceptional recruiter, specialising in volume based projects, placing temporary staffing for her clients.  You name it, Nicola has achieved it in the industry.  She has achieved feats for her clients that astound those who work with her (including us).  Let’s just say not many recruiters have been known to find 90 temporary staff for their clients in 2 weeks!  She may be able to move at the speed of light, but nobody that ever deals with her feels anything less than special.

With over 23 years’ experience in recruitment, Trina has built an incredible reputation as an industry expert, relationship manager and people leader.  Trina runs one the largest and most experienced specialist recruitment teams in Auckland, yet still works hands on with her clients and team to find candidates.Trina builds strong, transparent relationships with her clients and has an unwavering commitment to achieving great results for them.  Her clients trust her implicitly, and she has built very strong relationships with both small businesses and large corporations that span decades.

Craig leads our Accounting & Finance practice. He brings a wealth of experience gained from recruiting across the UK and New Zealand since 2003. Over the past 14 years Craig has worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland where his last role was the Associate Director, Accounting, and Risk and Compliance.With customer and candidate relationships spanning over a decade, Craig has helped countless professionals accelerate their career and hundreds of businesses connect with right candidates to grow their business.

As a founding Director of Cultivate, Tony’s focus is on ensuring Cultivate is a ‘great place to work’ and a ‘great company to work with’. Tony brings a wealth of knowledge, gained from over 15 years’ experience within the recruitment industry. He has spent the last decade leading teams in his roles as General Manager - Auckland, and Country Manager – Hong Kong, for a large multinational recruitment firm. Helping businesses to build a sustainable business based on ‘performance through people’ is Tony’s strength. His passion is building the collective capability of a group of people, and helping them to achieve more together.

Originally from the UK, Charly traded the dark nights for sunny days and now calls New Zealand home. She has 10 years experience in customer focused roles and has spent the last 2 years in a fast-paced managerial role, where she worked across Recruitment, HR and Training. Charly has built long standing relationships with key stakeholders within all her roles, and has thrived and thoroughly enjoyed getting involved in the people side of business. Now as part of the Cultivate team, Charly is championing the people and candidate experience process by supporting job-seekers in obtaining temporary and permanent Business Support roles.

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Naz has 5 years’ experience providing staffing solutions across a variety of sectors, including financial services and government.  Prior to working in recruitment Naz worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm, as well as working in-house in a variety of HR and sales roles. Over the years Naz has earned herself a reputation with her clients as an extremely responsive recruiter and one they can trust to find quality candidates for roles, on time.

With an excess of 25 years in the recruitment industry, it’s no surprise Nicola is well known as one of the leading Temp recruiters in Auckland.  Nicola is an exceptional recruiter, specialising in volume based projects, placing temporary staffing for her clients.  You name it, Nicola has achieved it in the industry.  She has achieved feats for her clients that astound those who work with her (including us).  Let’s just say not many recruiters have been known to find 90 temporary staff for their clients in 2 weeks!  She may be able to move at the speed of light, but nobody that ever deals with her feels anything less than special.

Born and bred in Wellington, Kathryn (Kat) has predominantly spent the last 15 years recruiting within the Auckland market - specialising in Financial Services and Business & Operations support. As an experienced recruitment partner and leader, Kathryn has helped hiring managers build capability in their teams whilst assisting hundreds of individuals take the next step in their career.

Passionate about people, diversity and careers, Kathryn has cultivated an extensive network of long standing relationships that has been built on shared values, trust and capability. You can be confident you’ll experience a similar connection with Kathryn... most likely with some added banter and her cheeky laugh.

Favourite hot spot for this proud yet busy mum to escape the hustle and bustle: The rock of Polynesia, Niue!

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With over 23 years’ experience in recruitment, Trina has built an incredible reputation as an industry expert, relationship manager and people leader.  Trina runs one the largest and most experienced specialist recruitment teams in Auckland, yet still works hands on with her clients and team to find candidates.Trina builds strong, transparent relationships with her clients and has an unwavering commitment to achieving great results for them.  Her clients trust her implicitly, and she has built very strong relationships with both small businesses and large corporations that span decades.

Born in England and now a Kiwi at heart, Amanda has spent the last 8 of her 10 years in recruitment in NZ, where she has previously specialised in Call Centre, Business Support and Leadership roles. As a trusted and reliable recruitment partner, she offers industry expertise, talent networks and an efficient and responsive approach. Amanda now focuses on People & Culture (HR) roles as she has a passion for all people related matters and really enjoys networking amongst these candidates. Amanda is also passionate about promoting mental wellness at work.

A passion for people extends into Amanda’s personal life, as she also provides alternative therapy, helping individuals be the best version of themselves. She also cares deeply about the environment and is ‘doing her bit’ by volunteering for Forest and Bird. Although Amanda has travelled extensively, her favourite place in the world is Spirits Bay, at the tip of the North Island so there’s no real surprise that Amanda has found her forever home in NZ

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Toni has over 15 years expertise placing both temporary and permanent staff across a variety of sectors including government, retail and consumer. Her last role was as an Executive Consultant for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland. Toni takes the time to find out exactly what her clients and candidates need. Her great listening skills, combined with her attention to detail, means nothing is missed when you work with her. She’s also rumoured to be the nicest person working in recruitment, anywhere.

Naz has 5 years’ experience providing staffing solutions across a variety of sectors, including financial services and government.  Prior to working in recruitment Naz worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm, as well as working in-house in a variety of HR and sales roles. Over the years Naz has earned herself a reputation with her clients as an extremely responsive recruiter and one they can trust to find quality candidates for roles, on time.

With an excess of 25 years in the recruitment industry, it’s no surprise Nicola is well known as one of the leading Temp recruiters in Auckland.  Nicola is an exceptional recruiter, specialising in volume based projects, placing temporary staffing for her clients.  You name it, Nicola has achieved it in the industry.  She has achieved feats for her clients that astound those who work with her (including us).  Let’s just say not many recruiters have been known to find 90 temporary staff for their clients in 2 weeks!  She may be able to move at the speed of light, but nobody that ever deals with her feels anything less than special.

Born and bred in Wellington, Kathryn (Kat) has predominantly spent the last 15 years recruiting within the Auckland market - specialising in Financial Services and Business & Operations support. As an experienced recruitment partner and leader, Kathryn has helped hiring managers build capability in their teams whilst assisting hundreds of individuals take the next step in their career.

Passionate about people, diversity and careers, Kathryn has cultivated an extensive network of long standing relationships that has been built on shared values, trust and capability. You can be confident you’ll experience a similar connection with Kathryn... most likely with some added banter and her cheeky laugh.

Favourite hot spot for this proud yet busy mum to escape the hustle and bustle: The rock of Polynesia, Niue!

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With over 23 years’ experience in recruitment, Trina has built an incredible reputation as an industry expert, relationship manager and people leader.  Trina runs one the largest and most experienced specialist recruitment teams in Auckland, yet still works hands on with her clients and team to find candidates.Trina builds strong, transparent relationships with her clients and has an unwavering commitment to achieving great results for them.  Her clients trust her implicitly, and she has built very strong relationships with both small businesses and large corporations that span decades.

Originally from the UK, Charly traded the dark nights for sunny days and now calls New Zealand home. She has 10 years experience in customer focused roles and has spent the last 2 years in a fast-paced managerial role, where she worked across Recruitment, HR and Training. Charly has built long standing relationships with key stakeholders within all her roles, and has thrived and thoroughly enjoyed getting involved in the people side of business. Now as part of the Cultivate team, Charly is championing the people and candidate experience process by supporting job-seekers in obtaining temporary and permanent Business Support roles.

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Sita has spent the last 3 years working in a fast paced Senior Talent Sourcing role, sourcing, assessing and qualifying candidates for temporary assignments. Sita excels under pressure and moves at the speed of light. Her super power is her ability to find her clients high calibre candidates, in a timely manner without compromising on quality. She has experience across a number of large scale projects with placement numbers in the vicinity of 90 - 180 temporary staff.

Rachel has over eight years recruitment experience, helping clients and candidates across a range of sectors, regions and role types. Her last role was as a Senior Talent Sourcing Consultant supporting Auckland's highest performing team of Temp Consultants. Rachel is a highly motivated recruiter with an innate ability to make people feel comfortable. Currently studying towards a Diploma in Human Resources Rachel also plays an active role in understanding legislative changes and updates within the market.

Toni has over 15 years expertise placing both temporary and permanent staff across a variety of sectors including government, retail and consumer. Her last role was as an Executive Consultant for a large multi-national recruitment firm in Auckland. Toni takes the time to find out exactly what her clients and candidates need. Her great listening skills, combined with her attention to detail, means nothing is missed when you work with her. She’s also rumoured to be the nicest person working in recruitment, anywhere.

Naz has 5 years’ experience providing staffing solutions across a variety of sectors, including financial services and government.  Prior to working in recruitment Naz worked for a large multi-national recruitment firm, as well as working in-house in a variety of HR and sales roles. Over the years Naz has earned herself a reputation with her clients as an extremely responsive recruiter and one they can trust to find quality candidates for roles, on time.

With an excess of 25 years in the recruitment industry, it’s no surprise Nicola is well known as one of the leading Temp recruiters in Auckland.  Nicola is an exceptional recruiter, specialising in volume based projects, placing temporary staffing for her clients.  You name it, Nicola has achieved it in the industry.  She has achieved feats for her clients that astound those who work with her (including us).  Let’s just say not many recruiters have been known to find 90 temporary staff for their clients in 2 weeks!  She may be able to move at the speed of light, but nobody that ever deals with her feels anything less than special.

Darron (affectionately known to us as Daz) began his recruitment career in South Africa in the retail sector in 2002. He has spent the past 15 years specialising in the Accounting Support function, both permanent and temporary and is very well known within the Auckland industry.  He always delves deeper than a CV and has a great eye for potential.  

Darron is appreciated for his warmth, patience and easy humour.  He works in partnership with Kelly, and together they would easily be the longest serving practitioners locally in this space.

As Dad of three, Daz is a true family man, is famous for his home-made biltong and cooks a mean BBQ.

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Growing up in South & East Auckland (past 15 years based in the West), Kelly is of Irish, Ngapuhi and Tainui descent. In addition, she spent 4 years working in various countries throughout South East Asia, so has a natural understanding and respect for the cultural diversity within Aotearoa.

A respected industry leader, Kelly has over 15 years of experience helping candidates and clients in the Accounting Support, Payroll and Shared Services space, as well as leading teams. Kelly’s clients appreciate her transparent, genuine nature and willingness to go the extra mile to ensure everyone she works with has a rewarding and successful recruitment experience. With a deep knowledge of the industry, Kelly prides herself on maintaining an extensive network within her specialisation and regularly holds networking events.

Her big loves outside of work are her 4 year old rescue dog patches, performing with her swing vocal group PurrZazz and whanau!

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With over 23 years’ experience in recruitment, Trina has built an incredible reputation as an industry expert, relationship manager and people leader.  Trina runs one the largest and most experienced specialist recruitment teams in Auckland, yet still works hands on with her clients and team to find candidates.Trina builds strong, transparent relationships with her clients and has an unwavering commitment to achieving great results for them.  Her clients trust her implicitly, and she has built very strong relationships with both small businesses and large corporations that span decades.

Verona started her career in retail sales, progressing to Auckland regional manager for one of Australasia’s largest retail groups. Through a chance meeting with a recruiter, Verona was introduced to the recruitment industry and the world of freight, and has spent the last 7 years recruiting for international and New Zealand owned freight, shipping and supply chain companies. She is passionate about helping people and has an in-depth knowledge of the freight industry and the huge career opportunities this field has to offer. Verona is committed to understanding your career aspirations and supporting you to maximise your potential at any stage in your career.

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Zoe began her career in the freight forwarding industry and spent 10 years moving her way up through Customs, Imports, Exports, and Sales. She has a real passion for logistics and in the last 3 years has been recruiting for some of New Zealand’s largest freight, shipping and supply chain companies. Working in the industry gives Zoe a unique insight into her customer’s needs, the true demands of each role and what it takes to be successful.  Zoe has a strong customer focus and with her bubbly, driven and caring nature she thrives on giving her customers the best service possible.