Sarah Purches helps founders and scaling organisations hire better, with clarity, care and commercial impact, at a pace that matches the speed of their growth.
Her expertise sits at the intersection of Talent, People, Culture and Employer Brand. She designs the structure, rhythm and experience that enable organisations to attract, hire and keep great people, without the chaos or inconsistency that growth so often brings.
Across a 20 year career, Sarah has built and led high-impact Talent functions that lift culture, strengthen leadership capability and turn hiring into a genuine competitive edge. She takes a whole-of-business view: workforce planning, role clarity, employer brand, candidate experience, onboarding and the steady momentum leaders need to hire well without slowing down. She has also been leaning into AI for many years, figuring out where it genuinely helps and where it just gets in the way.
Through Kindtide, she partners with founders, CEOs, People Leaders and HR and Talent teams through Fractional Talent engagements, Talent Advisory and Executive Search. She is also the founder of the Geelong Talent Meet Up, a 2025 Internal Talent Awards finalist, and has been a speaker at the Australian Talent Conference for over a decade.
Because talent is not just about hiring. It is about building organisations where people choose to stay, grow and do their best work.
