Big Brand HR. In Your Corner.

Senior expertise. Scaled to suit you. No corporate overhead.

25 years of executive HR leadership across some of the most iconic brands in the market. Now working directly with businesses like yours.

Dynamic. Caring. Commercial.

The Right HR. At the Right Time. At the Right Level.

Most growing businesses are either paying for HR support they don't need, or growing without support they desperately do.

People Centred Group exists in that gap.

Whether you need a strategic partner for a few hours a week, expert hands on a complex change management initiative, or someone to build your people function from scratch.

I scale to you.

No locked-in packages. No junior consultants. No rotating account managers.

Direct access to 25 years of senior HR experience, calibrated exactly to where your business is right now.

Es Leibig, senior HR consultant and founder of People Centred Group, smiling with arms crossed
Es Leibig, senior HR consultant and founder of People Centred Group, smiling with arms crossed

Experience You Can Actually Feel.

Career experience includes:

Red Bull | Volvo Cars | Nine Network | ACP Magazines | Ticketek | KPMG

25 Years. Nine industries. Across Australia and Asia Pacific.

What You Actually Get When You Work With Me.

  • 25 years lived experience, in the business.

    Not theory. Not textbooks. Lived experience across nine industries, global markets, and the full spectrum of people challenges that growing or transforming businesses face.

  • An MBA-backed business brain.

    I seek to understand your commercial system as fluently as I speak HR. People strategy only lands when it's commercially grounded. Every recommendation I make is built with your bottom line in mind.

  • Direct access to me. Every time.

    No handoffs. No juniors. No middlemen. When you work with People Centred Group, you work with me. The thinking, the recommendations, the relationship - all of it.

  • Support that genuinely fits.

    Scaled to what you actually need. Not what a standard package tells you to buy. Whether you need support for a few hours each week. a 3-month program or something else, we build it around your business.

  • Honesty over comfort.

    I'll tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. I can read the room fast and can pick up what is not being said. Always delivered with human-centred tact.

  • A career built across the full business lifecycle.

    Start-ups finding their feet. Mid-market businesses scaling fast. Large corporates navigating complexity. I've worked across every stage, so wherever you are, I've most likely been there.

Two Ways to Work Together.

Whether you need ongoing HR muscle in your corner or a focused program to solve a specific challenge, there's a way in that fits where you're at.

Not sure where to start?

What people say.

  • "She cut through the noise, connected strategy with what actually works on the ground — and made a real difference for both the business and its people."

    Es has a rare ability to balance being deeply people-centred while also bringing strong commercial and strategic thinking to the table. She operates comfortably at an executive level, but always remains approachable, grounded, and refreshingly pragmatic. She's brilliant at constructively challenging thinking and bringing a real common sense lens to complex problems. I'd recommend Es without hesitation to any organisation looking for someone who combines strategic insight with a truly human, pragmatic approach.

    Head of Sales | 6-year partnership

  • "Es has a magnetic energy that allows those she works with to be themselves and at ease in her presence."

    I've observed Es lead many programs, all carefully tailored to address the needs of the business, unlock blockages and ensure individuals and teams had the tools they needed to deliver business objectives. Es never shies away from challenging situations — she brings her trademark energy and professionalism to everything she touches.

    Marketing Director | 5-year partnership

Ready to Find Out What's Actually Going On in Your Business?

Book a free Discovery Call. Tell me what's happening. I'll give you an honest read on what you need, and whether I'm the right person to help you get there.

No pitch. No pressure. Just clarity.