Renee Burkinshaw.
Head of People & Culture

Renee Burkinshaw is a strategic People and Culture leader and trusted executive partner, known for shaping high-performing organisations through strong people strategy, leadership capability, and culture transformation. Operating at the intersection of strategy and delivery, she brings a commercially grounded and pragmatic approach to aligning workforce, capability, and organisational design with business outcomes. 

With significant experience across government, professional services, and not-for-profit sectors, Renee has led enterprise-wide people strategies, organisational development, and culture reform initiatives that drive measurable impact. She has successfully translated business priorities into workforce planning, capability frameworks, and engagement strategies that elevate performance and employee experience. 

Renee is recognised for her ability to partner with Executives and Boards as a trusted advisor on people-related risks, governance, and strategic priorities. She brings deep expertise across organisational design, leadership development, employee relations and compliance, coupled with strong judgement and a coaching-led leadership style that influences sustainable behaviour change. She is passionate about building inclusive, values-aligned cultures, enhancing leadership capability, and leveraging people insights and data to enable evidence-based decision making and long-term organisational success.