Jo Birnie

Biography

Mrs Birnie joined Powerco in June 2010. Before her current role, she was employed as an HR advisor specialising in learning and development. Since immigrating with her family to New Zealand from the United Kingdom in 2007, Mrs Birnie has held generalist HR roles as well as being Committee Secretary for the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand Taranaki branch. She has more than 10 years’ experience in human resources, holding management, specialist, generalist and business partner roles in the private and public sectors including central Government, health, and the retail industry. Her HR specialist areas include leadership, organisational development, change management and coaching. In addition to HR roles, she has worked on European funding and corporate business projects. Mrs Birnie completed her Psychology degree at University in the United Kingdom and is a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK) and a member of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand.

Research Interest

Psychology