A key science goal of the Gaia-ESO survey (GES) at the VLT is to use the kinematics of low-mass stars in young clusters and star forming regions to probe their dynamical histories and how they populate the field as they become unbound. The clustering of low-mass stars around the massive Wolf-Rayet binary system {gamma}^2^ Velorum was one of the first GES targets. Targets were selected from colour-magnitude diagrams and intermediate resolution spectroscopy was used to derive radial velocities and assess membership from the strength of the LiI 6708{AA} line. The radial velocity distribution was analysed using a maximum likelihood technique that accounts for unresolved binaries.