Gil (pronounced ‘Jill’) Sewell is Kaihautū Tikanga, chief people and culture officer at Ember Korowai Takitini, a mental health, addictions and intellectual disabilities NGO in New Zealand. She has over three decades of experience in organisational design and development and was recognised by HRD Magazine as one of New Zealand’s top HR leaders in their Hotlist 2024. She co-founded and ran leadership consultancy True North (GB) in the UK and has held senior, executive or chief people officer roles at large and complex organisations in New Zealand, including Fonterra, two of the larger District Health Boards (as were) and PwC. Gil’s career has involved transforming traditional HR functions into contemporary people and culture teams with a focus on far more than hire, train and fire. Gil’s aim is that everyone has their best possible experience at work regardless of who they are or what they do.