Welcome to Partners in Change
Established in 2009 by Geoff Pearman, Partners in Change is now a Trans-Tasman consulting business working with clients in sectors as diverse as health, financial services, education, utilities, transport, tourism, manufacturing, construction, social services and central and local government.
We work with large companies as well as medium and small businesses.
Now based in Dunedin New Zealand, Geoff works with associates and colleagues in Brisbane, Melbourne, Auckland and Hawkes Bay. We are are committed to working in partnership with our clients to make a difference.
Meet Our Great Team
A Trans Tasman Organisational and Workforce Development Consultancy
Specialists in the field of Age and Work – creating innovative solutions
Geoff Pearman MNZM
Managing Director - Principal Consultant
Geoff is an experienced manager, facilitator and consultant recognised for his strategic and future thinking skills, his ability to initiate and implement complex organisational change and to develop innovative approaches to programme and service delivery.
Working full time in his consultancy since June 2013 Geoff has now established a successful Trans-Tasman business.
Geoff’s skills have been developed through leadership roles in the university, government and human services sectors. His career has seen him working in both New Zealand and Australia. He is an experienced workshop facilitator and conference speaker. Geoff has tertiary education qualifications in sociology, social work, adult education and training and development.
Contact me at
NZ:+64 210 250 7927
Muriel Roake
Associate - Auckland
Muriel is Principal Consultant at Muriel Roake and Associates, specialising in helping organisations build a high performance culture and capable confident leaders.
She has held senior HR, Capability and Organisational Development roles in corporates such as Air New Zealand and KiwiRail, and in consulting for Deloitte and others.
Muriel’s passion is the development of both people and organisations, and her wealth of experience includes the design, facilitation, and management of a wide range of training and organisation wide programmes.
She has a special interest in assisting organisations and individuals adopt new thinking and approaches to the challenges and opportunities associated with the demographics of a maturing workforce.
Contact me at +64 27 938 1028
Leonie Wallwork
Associate - Napier
Leonie is an experienced business consultant specialising in organisational, team and individual capacity and capability development and change management.
Leonie has over 25 years’ experience as a senior executive at CEO and Director level, Learning & Professional Development Manager, People, Capability and Change Manager and Business Advisor.
She is tertiary qualified in HR Management and has worked in both Australia and NZ in government, private and community sectors.
Leonie is highly regarded by her peers and clients as being a strategic thinker and highly skilled leader, facilitator and coach in organisational development and change management.
Contact me: +64 21 804 871
Peter Burrows
Associate SE Queensland
Peter is based in SE Queensland. His professional experience spans 37 years primarily in business development both in the corporate world and his own ventures.
He has a strong background in sales and marketing having worked in retail, construction, waste management and franchising.
For the past 7 years Peter has been a business coach and mentor helping business achieve their goals. His business philosophy is quite simple, ensure you enjoy what you do and the rewards will be forthcoming.
Karen MacGibbion
Administration
Karen is an experienced administrator and bookkeeper and provides support for Partners in Change from Brisbane. She has a background in administrative roles in New Zealand and Australia in the telecommunications, aviation and small business sectors.
Karen enjoys detailed work and is skilled in using XERO and MYOB as well as enterprise systems in the aviation sector. With an eye for detail Karen gets great satisfaction from setting up administration systems, learning new software programs and solving problems.
Professor Phillip Taylor
Associate - Melbourne
Philip has almost 30 years of experience as an expert researcher, policy writer and governmental and NGO advisor on workforce ageing. His interests include individual orientations to work and retirement, employer behaviour towards older workers and international developments in public policy aimed at extending working life.
A Professor of Management at Federation University Melbourne he is the Australian Association of Gerontology 2018 Glenda Powell Travelling Fellow on the topic Working in Ageing and Working While Ageing.
Affiliates
Memberships
Affiliates
Wellness Designs
Wellness Designs is a boutique workplace wellness consultancy
company that supports workplaces to create healthy, safe, engaged and high performing employees.
Craigs Investment Partners
Craigs Investment Partners contribute to the Explore: thinking about a future beyond work workshops run by Partners in Change. Craigs are in 17 locations across New Zealand.
NZTE Business Partners
Partners in Change are an approved to provide a range of workshops for qualifying New Zealand businesses who attract Capability Development Voucher funding.
Age Friendly Business Academy
Partners in Change is partnered with the Age Friendly Business Academy in Vancouver. AFB helps business, professionals, organisations and services elevate the quality of the customer experience for the age 50+. Their popular online 75 minute short course for customer facing employees is highly relevant to New Zealand and Australia. To learn more contact us.
Memberships
IFA
A member of the International
Federation on Ageing since 2013.
Chamber of Commerce
The Otago Chamber of Commerce has been connecting business since 1861.