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SHIFT compliance consultant Christine Woods
SHIFT compliance consultant Christine Woods shares her career journey and why compliance works best when it’s practical, flexible and people-focused.
SHIFT Advisory lawyer – Chantelle Stroud
From banking and top-tier law firms to senior in-house roles and now working as a SHIFT Advisory lawyer, Chantelle Stroud’s career has never followed a single path. In this piece, she shares how she’s built a legal career that balances high-quality work, business ownership and family life, and why flexibility has been key to making it all work.
SHIFT Advisory enters 2026 with momentum as 2025 hires signal growing demand for flexible model
Senior lawyers are choosing a different way to work. After a standout 2025, SHIFT Advisory is heading into 2026 with serious optimism and excitment, following the wave of 14 outstanding in-house lawyers making the move to join the firm’s flexible secondment model over the past year.
The Sky’s the Limit: Sky NZ CEO Sophie Moloney
In this piece, Sky NZ’s Chief Executive - and recent Deloitte Top 200 Chief Executive of the Year - Sophie Moloney reflects on the legal skills that shaped her leadership journey - and how a foundation in law can propel lawyers into senior commercial and executive roles, with one golden rule:
From firm to business: Making the move in-house
Hear from three SHIFT Advisory lawyers — John Hanson, Bianca Miller, and Lisa Holt — about their journeys from firms to in-house roles, and what they’ve learned along the way.
Banking on flexibility without losing ambition
Three of SHIFT’s clients, colleagues, and friends - Stefania Esposito (Westpac), Macayla Hughes (Kiwibank), and Larissa Vaughan (TSB) - are legal leaders at three of New Zealand’s major banks. Like those on Emma McLean’s Part-Time Power List, they show why role models matter —proving you can build big careers while raising families, and bringing to life the mantra: you need to see it to be it.
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