Senior Employment Relations & HR support for organisations across New Zealand and Australia, navigating difficult people matters, organisational change and employment disputes.
With more than 30 years’ Employment Relations experience and executive experience in two of New Zealand’s largest companies, Julie Simpson combines deep technical expertise with commercial experience and a practical approach to complex employment matters.
Get in touch →Employment issues rarely sit neatly within a policy or legal test. They involve people, competing interests, business realities and risk.
I work with clients to identify pragmatic solutions for the organisation that achieve the right balance of commercial objectives, legal obligations and the circumstances of the people involved.
Sometimes that requires a careful formal process. At other times, good judgement means not defaulting to process for process’s sake, but identifying the most proportionate and commercially sensible way to address the underlying issue.

Julie Simpson combines deep Employment Relations expertise with substantial executive commercial experience, including executive roles in two of New Zealand’s largest companies.
About Julie →Julie also works with employees and senior professionals on selected employment matters.