Auckland
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Emma Scott – National General Manager
+64 9 920 6670
emma@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Emma Scott is our National General Manager, looking after both the Auckland and Wellington office's. Originally from the UK, Emma has been in New Zealand 7 years and has close to 8 years recruitment experience, with a high level of market and sector knowledge and firmly established networks. Emma graduated from the University of Nottingham where she majored in Social Policy.
Emma's experience, coupled with the high calibre of consultants within the Velocity team and the strong market presence of the brand, are proving to be a recipe for unrivaled growth and success.
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Gaynor Topham – Key Account Manager – Auckland
Gaynor has worked for Momentum since 2008 as a senior consultant concentrating on the Sales, Marketing and Communication areas. Gaynor has over seven years of recruitment experience both in NZ and the UK. She has covered a variety of areas from public sector to worldwide organisations, recruiting at all levels.
Life before recruitment for Gaynor includes; management, business development and account management for over 10 years within the media industry. Gaynor moved into the Key Account Management role in October 2010 and is the conduit between clients and consultants.
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Dionne Miller – Permanent Consultant – All Specialisations
+64 9 920 6670
dionne@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Dionne's background in recruitment spans 7 years in both New Zealand and South Africa. Prior to joining Velocity, Dionne worked for Downer in a Customer Service Management role with a focus on customer service, administration and maintaining relationships both internally and externally.
Dionne joined Velocity Recruitment as a Permanent Consultant in 2010 in the area of Business Support specialising in Administrative, Accounting, Call Centre and Legal support roles. With a natural aptitude for recruitment, Dionne thrives in a fast paced environment and is passionate about people and relationships.
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Ongelle Buckley – Permanent Consultant – All Specialisations
+64 9 920 6670
ongelle@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Ongelle has extensive experience in business support recruitment especially having spent many years within the Hertz European HR team recruiting for all multilingual call centre and back office support staff. Her last role with Hertz focused on key account management where her role involved managing and retaining some of Hertz' largest clients in Australia. She has over six years recruitment experience and 7 years account management experience.
Ongelle is focused on providing an effective and valuable service which results in building strong networks and successful and ongoing business relationships.
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Christina Heir – Temporary Consultant – All Specialisations
+64 9 920 6670
christina@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Christina joined Velocity in early 2011 to establish herself as a specialist in the Auckland market to recruit Accounting, Administration, Call Centre and Legal Support roles. Prior to this Christina spent 2 years working for a global recruitment company where she specialised in recruiting permanent Accounting, Banking and Finance positions in Wellington. She graduated from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Human Resources & Industrial Relations. Christina has exceptional people skills, motivation, enthusiasm and energy. Christina is also driven by the fast paced nature of temp work and by making the perfect match between clients’ needs and candidates’ motivations, whilst maintaining an efficient and professional service.
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Lorna Lupson – Temporary Consultant – All Specialisations
+64 9 920 6670
lorna@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Lorna relocated to New Zealand from the UK in 2010 having spent over 8 years managing at a senior level in the hospitality industry. Lorna graduated from the University of Leeds majoring in Economics and Management before spending 6 years at Jamie Oliver’s fifteen restaurants in London in the role of Operations Manager, driving the business to create the best platform to educate and empower their young chef apprentices.
Lorna initially joined the Momentum Group in an administrative/resourcing position, managing candidate relationships and supporting the Accounting and Finance senior consultants with all aspects of recruitment. Since joining the Velocity Team, Lorna’s aptitude for delivering exceptional service alongside her organisational and people development skills have directly translated in to the Temp Consultant role.
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Natalie Lunn – Temporary Consultant – All Specialisations
+64 9 920 6670
natalie@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Originally from the UK, Natalie has more than five years of recruitment consulting experience, primarily in Business Support. Natalie has worked within both Permanent and Temporary areas and thrives on managing a busy recruitment desk. Natalie has a reputation for exceeding clients' expectations by matching not just the skill set but also ensuring the best fit.
Natalie's energetic work style compliments her goal of building long term relationships with both clients and candidates. With a background in retail, Natalie offers a natural customer service focus and sets herself exceptionally high service delivery standards, making her a consultant of choice for clients and job seekers alike.
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Hamilton Aitcheson – Personal Assistant/FlexiTime Manager – Auckland
+64 9 920 6670
hamilton@velocityrecruitment.co.nz
Hamilton joined Velocity in May 2010, however, he has been part of the Momentum Group since May 2008 as the Director of First Impressions. In his current role, Hamilton is responsible for the administration involved in placing candidates with our clients. Hamilton also focuses on assisting our team of consultants with the management of their roles, clients and candidates.
Hamilton has also worked in the hospitality industry for over 6 years as a Restaurant Manager, giving him the tools and experience to organise and host events for many corporate and executive functions.
His previous experience in customer service roles with Telecom and Westpac provided the platform for this role. Hamilton is customer service and details focused and strives to deliver for his team, their clients and candidates.