Founder

Winnchester Consulting was founded by Nathan Hackett, an experienced HR and employee relations practitioner who supports leaders through complex people matters with calm judgement and clear structure. Nathan has led HR and ER/IR portfolios across multi-site operations, balancing commercial realities with fair, defensible processes that stand up to scrutiny.

Based in Brisbane and working with clients across South East Queensland and interstate, he partners with businesses that need senior HR capability, without the overhead of a full internal function.

Credentials

Nathan’s approach is supported by formal qualifications and ongoing study:

• Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

• Master of Business Research

• Bachelor of Science (Psychology) — currently in progress

This combination supports an evidence-informed approach to behaviour at work, people risk, and defensible decision-making.

Why Winnchester exists

Winnchester exists so small and medium businesses can access big-company HR support — without big-company complexity or cost.

Experience and impact

Across corporate HR leadership and consulting work, Nathan has delivered measurable improvements for the organisations he supports, including:

• Reduced manual HR transactions by ~40% through HRIS and process changes.

• Improved closure times by ~25% across 40+ complex ER/IR and conduct matters, with strong documentation.

• Cut time-to-hire ~6 weeks to ~4 by streamlining recruitment without compromising quality.

How this experience shows up in your business

Behind these numbers are the challenges many small and medium businesses face every day: policies that have drifted over time, investigations that need to be handled with discretion and firmness, turnover that begins quietly, and managers carrying risk without adequate support through difficult conversations.

Calm structure, clear communication, and decisions that can be explained.

Nathan works with businesses to refresh policy frameworks so they withstand external scrutiny, restore confidence in how conduct and performance issues are handled, and strengthen consistency across leaders. He builds tidy, reusable templates, checklists and scripts that managers can return to the next time a situation arises — leaving clients not only with a resolved issue, but with clearer processes and more capable leaders.