Sally-Anne Barber

I have been working in the recruitment industry for many years, hiring interim and permanent employees for public and private sector organisations. During my career I have been fortunate to partner with both start-up and established businesses, helping them to secure talent to work through a variety of organisational challenges.

I genuinely enjoy engaging with HR leaders and business executives and I embrace the challenges of global working. I also love being part of a professional, close-knit team for my day to day work.

Away from my desk, I enjoy spending time with my 3 children, whom I am hugely proud of. I make a point to invest in my health and fitness, and gravitate towards yoga and pilates. Weekends are often spent at our family plant nursery where we grow our own vegetables and tend to our ever-expanding bonsai collection. In my “spare time” you’ll find me going to the theatre or travelling with my family.

Featured Articles by Sally-Anne Barber

Why can a period of interim work make it harder to land a senior salaried HR role?

Perhaps most importantly, show the hiring leader that you aren't looking for a permanent role simply because you have had enough of interim work.

What does great HR really look like?

Great HR is no longer about simply managing people. The best HR professionals understand business, influence strategy, drive growth and turn people decisions into measurable commercial results.

Why is a VP of Employee Relations a strategic hire?

A VP of Employee Relations isn't overhead. It's the function that protects everything else you're trying to build — your culture, your talent brand, and, not incidentally, your own credibility as the person the board holds accountable when things go wrong.

The Executive Bottleneck: how HR stalls Tech, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing growth

...too often, when a company misses its quarterly targets, the bottleneck turns out not to be related to product design or market demand. Instead, our Execs share that the failure is frequently down to talent strategies not being aligning to operational capacity.

What executive recruiters notice that HR candidates don't realize they're showing

But if every previous employer was incompetent, every CEO was unreasonable and every board was political, a recruiter may eventually start wondering: what is the common denominator and recurring theme, and why has so much bad luck followed this HR leader?

HR vs political and social issues

We’re in an age where once again, politics and social issues are dividing our societies, with sometimes dangerous and deadly results.

Who will help the workers?

As AI continues to transform our lives, and drive job displacement, who is going to help the people who can no longer work?

Why do we ignore our mature HR professionals?

We are constantly “preaching” to our stakeholders to consider transferable skills to broaden their talent pools.

Are your HR leaders burnt out?

We are speaking to many of our senior level job seekers, and hearing about extra -ordinary levels of candidate burnout.

Is it time to overhaul your HR offering?

We’re constantly “preaching” to our stakeholders to consider transferable skills to broaden their talent pools.

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Sally-Anne BarberJuly 20, 2026Sally-Anne Barber

Sally-Anne Barber

Carter Morris HR Hiring Solutions