Founder, HR Consultant & Leadership Coach

Emily is passionate about supporting small businesses and comes from a family of small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Emily lives in Chichester with two black labradors and loves nature, spending time out and about and training to wear out Luna the eternal pup!

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HR Administrator

Gina brings extensive process knowledge and meticulous attention to detail to everything she does.

She ensures our clients' needs are met with precision, managing key administrative functions including onboarding, employee records, and compliance documentation.

With Gina on the team, nothing slips through the cracks.

Senior HR Consultant

Caroline is a CIPD-qualified Senior HR Consultant who specialises in supporting female-founded start-ups and scale-ups through every stage of the employee lifecycle. She's passionate about building tailored HR strategies that create high-performance cultures whilst maintaining legal compliance—no off-the-shelf solutions here.

Caroline's approach is human-centred, bringing clarity and transparency to even the trickiest people challenges. Whether it's recruitment, performance management, or employee relations, she's committed to making HR work for your business, not the other way around.

HR Consultant

Georgina is an MCIPD-qualified HR Consultant with over 15 years' consultancy experience across multiple sectors. She specialises in helping small and growing businesses embed robust HR practices across the full employee lifecycle—from recruitment and onboarding to performance management and employee relations.

Known for her down-to-earth, business-facing style, Georgina delivers practical HR advice that focuses on real-world solutions and manageable risk, not textbook theory. Whether it's a tricky disciplinary case or building your first onboarding process, she brings clarity and confidence when you need it most.

HR Consultant

Annemarie is a CIPD-qualified HR Generalist with over a decade of experience supporting local SMEs across technology, manufacturing, construction, utilities, and the charity sector.

She brings a down-to-earth approach to HR, combined with years of operational management experience that keeps her advice grounded in business reality.

Whether it's recruitment, employee relations, or day-to-day HR support, Annemarie handles the full spectrum of people challenges.

Based in Brighton, she's ideally placed to provide face-to-face support to clients across Sussex and surrounding areas when you need that in-person partnership.

Marketing

Debbie keeps The People Consultancy visible, relevant, and connected to the businesses we serve. She manages our LinkedIn company page, website updates, and Google Business Profile, ensuring we're easy to find when you need us.

Debbie turns Emily's expertise into blogs and creative posts that speak directly to small business owners navigating their people challenges. Her work ensures we maintain a consistent, authentic presence that helps the right clients find us at exactly the right time.

Attendance at meetings available on request.