Our Team...

your talent is our passion

The team at Career Analysts are all dedicated to assisting individuals and businesses to identify their talent and realise their potential. As experimental career coaches, we are uniquely positioned to assist with career assessment and development.

Anne Fulton, Managing Director, is a Registered Psychologist who has specialised in Talent Analysis for recruitment and career management. She has coached individuals and organisations in various roles since 1984, working for the Vocational Guidance Service, Lampen, KPMG, TMP and Air New Zealand   during  this time,  as  well   as  maintaining a portfolio of  private career coaching clients.

Anne's goal is to inspire, excite and assist people to create truly successful lives through expert talent analysis, tactical career planning and encouraging small steps towards great outcomes.

Jo Mills, General Manager holds a Graduate Diploma in Career Counselling and a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology and Sociology). 

Jo has worked with Career Analysts in a consulting capacity for several years, and has now joined as General Manager.  Jo has spent the last 10 years within the Human Resources industry, working with a variety of different business and individuals in recruitment, generalist HR and career and personal coaching.   

Jo enjoys creating dynamic, focused HR initiatives that create business and people success, and working with individuals to empower them to develop their own skills and reach their goals. Jo has helped numerous people find their ideal job, fast tracking the job search process. Her strengths as a coach and consultant include business experience including HR and Recruitment, intuitiveness, integrity and a commitment to clients reaching their business or personal goals.

Debbie Schultz,

Facilitator and Career Consultant, holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Marketing and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management. Debbie is also a qualified Myers-Briggs Type consultant and trainer.

Debbie is an experienced facilitator, coach and consultant, who has over 9 years experience working with organisations and individuals to achieve personal and business goals.

As a Career Analysts consultant her recent projects have focused on career coaching, and developing and facilitating career workshops. These have included coaching and career workshops for senior management and employees across clients such as the University of Auckland Business School, ASB, Health Alliance, Telecom (including gen-i and Chorus) Westpac, OCG, Fonterra and The Automobile Association.

In past roles Debbie has specialised in management development and career transition training programmes. Her clients have included Metrowater, Manukau Water, World Vision, Astra Zeneca, Essilor Eyewear and VT Fitzroy. 

Debbie’s corporate in-house experience has included working as a Project Manager for People Initiatives at the ANZ bank, and more recently as Bendon’s Learning and Development Manager.

Clients who have worked with Debbie have commented on her engaging, open facilitation and coaching style and her ability to connect with a diverse range of people. Debbie is incredibly passionate about what she does. She brings a huge amount of energy, fun and expertise to the projects she is involved in.

Michelle Mearns, After graduating from Auckland University with a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Education) Michelle worked within the Human Resources consultancy sector for several years and managed two successful businesses over this time before transitioning into Career and Outplacement Consulting.

Michelle works with a wide range of candidates, bringing a unique mix of entrepreneurial and corporate expertise; her  background includes business ownership, consulting, training and extensive career and life coaching.   Client organizations have ranged from large corporates through to SME’s and have included Fletcher Challenge, Fonterra, Telecom and TVNZ.

Michelle has worked with a range of individual clients including Financial Controllers, Administrative Staff, Accounting Personnel, Human Resources Practitioners, Educators, Salespeople, Factory Staff, General Managers and Chief Executives.

Michelle couples her professional knowledge and training with a passion for helping people connect with their essence and potential to create the life they desire – professionally and personally.

Aimee Visser, Career Consultant, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Psychology and is experienced in the use of PreVisor assessments, SHL, and OPRA tools.

Aimee’s background is in business psychology consulting and career coaching, where she has worked extensively in the field of psychometric assessment for recruitment and development programmes, and partnered numerous HR teams to achieve their objectives from training initiatives to competency framework building. She is passionate about the potential in people and has joined the Career Analysts team to further her passions for career coaching and training facilitation.

Her corporate clients have included Auckland City Council, Frucor, Tower Insurance, Genesis Energy, and Telecom, and some of her previous projects have focused on measuring and developing sales effectiveness, developing effective recruitment skills, building graduate recruitment programmes and customised assessments, and leadership development initiatives.

Clients who have worked with Aimee have commented on her responsiveness and service-driven approach, and her supportive interpersonal style. She is a dedicated and energetic consultant who is focused on helping individual and corporate clients to explore their options, think outside the square, and conquer their goals.

Nikki Horne, our new Business Support Manager, brings a wealth of experience  in the event management, marketing and executive administration areas.  She most recently worked as the Event Manager for Obex Medical and also has a wide range of past experience in the HR, Project  Management and Legal sectors, in both New Zealand and the UK.  She is passionate about developing and maintaining strong relationships and helping to provide a seamless support mechanism between clients and the Career Analysts Team.   

Nikki is involved in the day to day running of the business, including the project administration and marketing areas and will be in the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. 

Associates...

We have associates around the country including Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Anakiwa, Tauranga, Rotorua, Dunedin, Hamilton and Whangarei. 

Alisa Bartholomew, Career Consultant holds an MHSc in Mental Health Development and BA in Psychology. Working both in New Zealand and Australia over the past 10 years Alisa’s background with a wide range of organisations including manufacturing, corporate, government, health and media industries has utilised her skills in career development, stress management and rehabilitation services for employers.   

Currently Alisa consults to Career Analysts to assist a range of clients through talent programmes, career assessment and planning, CV development and school leaver services.  Alisa is certified to use our Morrisby and Talent Profiler and provides the feedback sessions to individuals undergoing these assessments. 

Alisa enjoys working with both employees and students.  Her knowledge with both marketplace in addition to understanding the University world means she is able to help both adults and students identify their goals for the future and plan towards achieving these goals. 

Diane Smith, Career Consultant is an Internationally qualified Meta Coach, specialising in helping clients through career transition and designing the next step in their professional development.  She has a Diploma in Personnel Management and is currently completing a BCom in Human Resources. 

 Diane is passionate about people, their human growth, development and potential.  She delights in seeing the changes that clients make after committing time to their own or their organisations development. 

Diane has extensive experience working with people largely in the area of career coaching and development, communication, workshop facilitation, team coaching, executive coaching programmes and recruitment.  She currently contracts to Career Analysts providing support for their clients, in areas around career transition, outplacement and career development.

Diane has a wealth of experience that she brings to her coaching/facilitation role.  She is currently a member of the HRINZ, MCF and the ICF.

Tracy Keith, Career Consultant holds a Diploma in Business and is an accredited ACC level coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  Tracy draws on her corporate, government and voluntary sector experience across a number of industries including: banking, hospitality, manufacturing, market research, event management, government grants, process re-generation, recruitment, tourism and coaching.

 As a Wellington based Coach, Tracy consults to Career Analysts to assist a range of clients through talent programmes, career assessment and planning, transition programmes and CV development.    

She is a member of HRINZ, the Results Coaching Systems community, the ICF Wellington leadership team, and Toastmasters Wellington.  She is also an active Board Member for Dress for Success Wellington.

Tracy is inspired every day by the clients she works with.  She is enthusiastic and genuinely interested in empowering people to achieve their dream job aspirations, getting them excited about life, and creating a clear career road map to allow people to feel in control.  

Tracy’s strengths are in helping people explore different ways of approaching problems, encouraging creativity and imagination, and keeping her clients focused, motivated, energised and excited about achieving their career goals.

Kathryn Jackson, Career Consultant has a BA and post graduate diploma in Human Resources Management and Sociology, specialising in workplace motivation and she completed a formal coaching qualification with the Oxford School of Coaching in 2005.  She has worked in collaboration with Career Analysts since moving to New Zealand from the UK in 2007, and has over 15 years experience working in HR consulting, executive coaching and career planning across a wide range of industries.

 In 2009, Kathryn published her first book to support outplacement programmes; How to Keep Your Cool if You Lose Your Job (Longacre Press, 2009) is an essential career coaching workbook for anybody who is made redundant and is widely used and recommended by our clients here. 

Currently Kathryn consults to Career Analysts to provide coaching and outplacement support to South Island clients, and she also delivers Career Coach training throughout New Zealand to grow the capability of career coaching consultants.  Kathryn is passionate about supporting the growth of career planning across New Zealand and she is invited regularly to contribute to a wide range of media with her thinking. 

Clients who have worked with Kathryn have commented on her ability to combine a wealth of experience with a good sense of reality, warmth and humour.

Barry Davies, holds a BSc Economics degree from London University, a post graduate diploma in Personnel management and is a Member of HRINZ. He is President of The Bay of Plenty Branch and a director of HRINZ Inc.

A long career in the Telecommunications industry in the UK included roles as regional HR Manager and corporate Head of career consultancy. He moved to the Consulting world and has pursued this direction since arriving in NZ seven years ago. In that time Barry  has undertaken a wide variety of assignments including organisation development projects, compiling a handbook for managers on leading people and a range of career coaching tasks on behalf of Career Analysts with individuals. The Morrisby profile has been a great vehicle to help people plan their future.

Barry really enjoys working with people to help them recognise their talents and optimise their success in using these in an organisational setting.