Muriel Roake

Muriel is an experienced professional who has held senior HR, Capability and Organisational Development roles in both corporates, including Air New Zealand and KiwiRail, and in consulting roles for Deloitte and others.

At Air New Zealand, as Head of Organisational Development, Muriel played a pivotal role in their organisational transformation and the programme to develop a unique brand personality. The improved culture and employment brand resulted in Air New Zealand winning a wide range of passenger awards as well as the Randstad Best Employer Award three years in succession, and the Airline Transport World award for the top global airline twice in three years – the first time in history. A career highlight was an invitation to join Rob Fyfe CEO, at the acceptance of the ATW Airline of the Year Awards in Singapore, as recognition of her contribution.

In her current consulting role Muriel specialises in helping organisations build a high performance culture. She is passionate about helping individuals develop their full potential and continues to coach, develop and facilitate workshops for leaders. Muriel believes that engaged, capable and motivated staff, and confident effective leaders, are the key ingredients of the people aspects of any organisation.

Expertise and Research Interests:

• Leadership development
• Employee engagement
• Culture change
• Coaching

Qualifications and Achievements:

• University of the Witwatersrand. Masters of Management: Human Resources
• University of the Witwatersrand. BA ( Speech Therapy and Audiology)