The Foundation
Not theory. Experience.
My career didn't start in a classroom. It started in the United States, in some of the most high-stakes environments in the world — alongside the US Secret Service, the FBI, the CIA and the NYPD, and inside the boardrooms of Wall Street and Fortune 500s. When failure isn't an option, you learn fast what leadership actually looks like.
New York
Building bridges where none existed.
I was a member of the Bankers & Brokers (B&B) Roundtable — a post-9/11 group of Heads of Law Enforcement and Chief Security Officers from every major financial institution in New York City, built to do what most assumed impossible: get banking and law enforcement to share intelligence, build trust, and move as one.
At 22, I became the youngest person and only woman on the Board of the US Secret Service Big Apple Classic. To this day, I remain the only non-CSO and non-law enforcement professional ever to receive the coveted B&B statue — one of the greatest honours of my career, and one that sits proudly in my office.
Canada
Fixing the talent problem from the inside.
From New York, the work took me to Canada, where I led an industry-leading line of business in the recruitment sector. My role wasn't just to place people — it was to train companies how to build the internal processes that actually attract and keep great talent.
The Through Line
The context changes. The work doesn't.
Kristen Enright has spent 20+ years building and repairing workplace cultures across three continents — from New York boardrooms to New Zealand hospitality. As Director of Culture & Learning at SGEi, she helps leaders see the invisible defaults that silently drive out their best people and best ideas. Her background spans Wall Street, elite US law enforcement agencies, Canadian healthcare, and hospitality across the Pacific. It’s an unusual profile — and it’s the reason the work lands differently here than anywhere else in Australasia. This isn’t theoretical. She’s lived and led in both worlds — and knows exactly where they misread each other.
After two decades across three continents, one pattern keeps emerging — in boardrooms, in hospitality, in scaling startups. It’s invisible until it isn’t. That’s the work.
Today
Global reach. Personal approach.
Over two decades, I've founded and led four companies, worked across more than ten industries, and built a reputation for telling the truth in a way people can actually act on. I'm based between Auckland and Hawke's Bay, working with leaders across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. As Director of Culture and Learning for SGE International (SGEi), I bring world-class methodology to organisations serious about culture as a competitive strategy.
I speak to move people, not just inform them — including at the upcoming HNZ26 Conference, Rotorua, June 2026.