The team
Hannah dabinett
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT Hannah is an experienced HR strategist and business advisor, known for her practical, commercial approach to building strong, compliant, and people-first workplaces. As a co-owner of agricultural company Longtrail Farms, Hannah understands firsthand the unique challenges facing growing businesses and founded People Garden to help employers confidently navigate their people responsibilities in a grounded, approachable way.
Her expertise spans the full employment lifecycle—recruitment, performance management, compliance, policy development, and conflict resolution. With a calm, pragmatic style and deep knowledge of Australian employment law, Hannah is a trusted partner for businesses wanting to get HR right from the start.
Whether supporting a business to hire its first employee, resolve a workplace issue through mediation, or embed scalable HR systems like Employment Hero, Hannah brings clarity, confidence, and care to every engagement.
She holds a Bachelor of Business, is AHRI-certified, and is a trained mediator through the Resolution Institute.
senior talent acquisition specialist adette kagan
With in-depth experience in Talent Acquisition Services, both in-house for small businesses and large Corporates and as a supplier, Adette has extensive experience in all aspects of talent management and recruitment strategy.
Adette has led large and small recruitment projects in Australia and across APAC for both small businesses and global organisations including start ups who are extending their services. She has sourced and on-boarded staff across a diverse range of organisations including agriculture, technology, online travel, retail and defence and she has also managed high volume recruitment projects.
Adette is commercially astute, has high EQ and an uncanny ability to match the right candidiate to her clients requirements. Her focus has always been identifying the best candidate and the best practice for hiring premium talent.
Culture is extremely important to Adette and she values courage, integrity, collaboration, kindness and fun.
Outside of work Adette loves spending time with her family and friends, she teaches yoga, dabbles in photography, loves travelling, discovering new things and being outdoors enjoying nature.
Specialties: agriculture, software engineering, product, design, CX, marketing, sales, executive recruitment, volume recruitment. project management, stakeholder management
