Emmeline McIllree is the firm’s Chief People Officer, leading the people and culture strategy with a clear focus: enabling performance and outstanding client service through people. As a member of the Executive team, she works closely with leaders across the business to ensure the firm’s culture, capability, and ways of working are aligned with its strategic goals.
With a distinguished career in human resources and executive leadership, Emmeline has held senior roles across prominent organisations, where she consistently led strategic people initiatives and built high-performing, inclusive workplace cultures.
Emmeline is known for her ability to connect the dots between people and performance — balancing a human-centred approach with strong commercial acumen to drive meaningful outcomes. Her leadership style is grounded, compassionate, and impact-driven, and she believes that when people feel supported, challenged, and connected to purpose, great things happen — for individuals, teams, the business, and its clients.
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