Devereux Clayton & Partners

Devereux Clayton & Partners is a recruitment and consulting firm based in Auckland, New Zealand. It describes itself as a broad-sector recruitment partner with strong traction in FMCG, foodservice and manufacturing. It specialises in sales, marketing, commercial, HR and operations search at all levels, from graduate and mid-career to executive leadership. Its stated specialist areas are sales and marketing, accounting and finance, HR, and supply chain, operations and procurement. It fills permanent, temporary and contract roles for corporates, SMEs, global organisations and local firms across New Zealand.

The firm was founded by Lara Devereux, who began her consulting career in 1994. Rachel Clayton joined her in 2024, and both are directors. The company says it has over 30 years of experience in New Zealand sales and marketing recruitment.

Alongside recruitment, it offers job search coaching, in-house interview training for line managers, outplacement and psychometric assessment. It is a certified assessor of Hogan tools, which are available as part of executive search, outplacement or career coaching.