Sarah Banek

Sarah Banek has extensive work experience in the field of human resources and talent management. Sarah currently holds the position of Head of Talent and People Partnering at Orro Group, where they are responsible for delivering secure network and digital infrastructure solutions to major brands in Australia. Prior to this role, Sarah served as the People & Culture Director at HIVERY, a leading AI and operations research company in the retail industry. In this role, they successfully established and led the People and Culture function, supported the expansion of the business into the US and Japan, and played a key role in scaling the global team through Series A and B funding rounds. Before joining HIVERY, Sarah worked as the Director HR at Pacific Talent Partners and held various positions at The Recruitment Company, including People and Performance Director, People and Performance Manager, Enterprise Applications Team Lead, and Senior Business Intelligence Consultant. Sarah began their career as a Recruitment Consultant at TRA. Sarah's areas of expertise include leadership, senior stakeholder management, people operations, strategic and operational business partnering, workforce management, employee engagement and retention, training and development, talent acquisition, and onboarding.

Sarah Banek completed their Bachelor of Education degree in Arts and English at the College of Cape Town from 2000 to 2003. In addition, they obtained a Certification IV in Human Resources and Business Management from TAFE NSW. The specific month and year of obtaining the certification are not provided.