Billi Richmond – Queen Bee

Theres Billi, co founder of the business who has trekked her way north from a land far far away...or a town called Bluff at the bottom of the South. Attachments include: one husband (Sam) and two kids, (Jude and Charlie) who occasionally adorn the pages for Billi The Kid dress ups. She loves to create but can't really sew, enjoys dabbling with ideas, but mostly, loves the thrill (and all the hard work) of being the main driver behind Billi Tees. Most of the time you'll find Billi in Auckland attached to her computer by the finger tips, sipping on hot espresso at intervals. Billi loves the pride that oozes from small towns of NZ, and the ability of people to laugh about their town as well.

Jasmine Shaughnessey – Design Guru

We've got the other co founder Jasmine Shaughnessey who hails from Coalgate down south, (yes, they breed all the good ones from the south). She recently married her long time love Ryan, and resides in windy Welly. Jasmine is our designer and works many a magic moment in front of her beloved Mac. Jasmine is now full time in the Business from April and she'll be starting with a re hash of our Bulls store, multi talented with the mouse and the hammer....

Di – Chief Mama (Bulls)

Our resident 'Part of the Furniture' Di lives in the mighty town of Sanson, and has been playing mother hen to all of us since early 2006. Diane started with Billi Tees when we worked out of a garage, and had to contend with many a cold morning that eventually lead to the demise of the one and only computer at the time it was so cold!  She is an integral part of our family now and always gets her 10c in and does a brilliant job of it. Di loves her country cause she reckons we're a friendly bunch, and we have the 'get up and get going' attitude where anything is possible, and what do you know, that sounds a lot like Di...

Pauline – Front of House (Bulls)

We have Pauline from Bulls, who is Di's right hand chick,  or self appointed 'Office Junior' who takes good care of our Flagship store in Bulls (hence the title – Mayor of Bulls).  Not only does Pauline have a  knack with computers and systems, and sorts us all out with the how-to and why, she is also a fantastic people person looking after you when you visit in store. Not one to sit around on her tush all day you will find Pauline walking her two German Pointer dogs when she's not selling at Billi Tees... Pauline's tip: if you're heading off overseas visit her self declared 'centre of the universe', in Bulls or jump online and she'll get you sorted.

Cheree – The Sunday Sargeant (Bulls)

Not only does Cheree McPhee have a great rhyming name, she is also our youngest member and rules the Sunday roost (not roast) at Bulls. Don't however underestimate Cheree because she's the youngest, as she's pretty clued up about our stuff, having been on board since we opened the mighty Bulls store in '07. Being an eager 16 year old she's super savvy on the computer and you may even get a big ups from her if you place an order over the weekend.

Robyn – Front of House (Tirau)

Robyn or Rob, as we call her is in charge of our Tirau Store (again, she's not really the town mayor, just a title we thought fitting) after we dragged her away from 5.30am starts on the local postie run. She is mum to 5 grown up kids and is now living the life on a patch of dirt down the road in Putaruru – home of the purest spring water in the world! What's the saying? Stay Pumped in Putaruru. Sweeeet!

Catherine – The True Blooded Mooloo (Tirau)

Catherine is a born and bred South Waikato girl who loves to chat! When she's not looking after her little boy Mason or her man Jeremy, she's looking after you at Billi Tees Tirau. After 6 years in the newspaper industry Cath thought it was about time to bust out her love for fashion, so pounced at the chance to become part of the crew!

Emma - The New Weekend Star (Tirau)

Michaela has left us for the bright lights of Auckland to study! Good on ya Michaela! We have been joined by Emma and we'll pin her down for a photo soon...(yes you Emma, no more hiding!)

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