Meet Our Team: Jane Kennelly, General Manager, Wellbeing

On November 23rd, Jane will join the CDL team as our new General Manager.

As part of her extensive experience in HR consulting, Jane has over 33 years’ experience in the recruitment and talent solutions industry. She was the founder/Director of Frog Recruitment, a human-based recruitment agency that launched in 2002. (Incidentally, Frog has worked with our organization since 2004.)

Jane was involved with WorkChoice Trust for 22 years. She was Chair for eight of these years and was instrumental in positioning WorkChoice into Skills several years ago.

Jane is also the founder and trustee of the Fantail Network, a charitable trust that supports connects and enables women in business.

She has expertise across many areas, including the latest talent methodologies, social media, communications, PR, employment, and personal branding – and has used her natural talent to create numerous community and wellbeing initiatives e.g. Now in its 5th year, the very fun ‘NZ Top Office Dog of the Year’, designed to support positive mental health in the workplace.

Jane is a known media commentator, blogger, conference speaker, and writer.

We are excited to welcome Jane to the CDL team and have no doubt that her broad experience will be of significant benefit to both the team and our clients.