For more than 15 years I’ve worked at the intersection of strategy, transformation, and operational delivery — mostly in organisations where the normal answers haven’t worked and the problems in the too-hard basket have been sitting there for a while.
“I’m not a traditional project manager. My value is in the nuance — asking the curly questions, building trust with difficult stakeholders, getting to the root cause of why something isn’t moving, and creating the clarity that makes delivery possible.”
What draws me to this work is the bridge problem: the gap between where an executive team wants to go and what’s actually happening at the coalface. I’ve spent my career learning how to close that gap — by speaking both languages, understanding the structural and the political, and being willing to sit with complexity long enough to actually understand it before acting.
I work as an independent consultant because I believe the best work happens when there’s a direct relationship between the person accountable for outcomes and the person doing the thinking. No junior team. No firm agenda. Just clear-eyed, experienced judgment applied to your specific situation.
Qualifications and Credentials
Selected project experience
Program recovery — Victorian Government
Government · Digital
Stabilised a troubled digital program by engaging stakeholders to understand their real drivers, auditing the delivery approach, aligning business and ICT, and restoring delivery disciplines. Delivered critical milestones on revised schedule.
Revenue growth program — government organisation
Public sector · Commercial
Led the turnaround of a $6M+ consumer product portfolio within a government organisation, reversing revenue decline and returning the portfolio to double-digit growth.
International joint venture — higher education
Education South-East Asia
Took a proposed South-East Asia partnership from conceptualisation through business case, governance design, and operational build to market entry and first cohort launch.
Regulatory change — financial services
Financial services · Compliance
Designed and executed a risk-based delivery framework for complex privacy law changes across customer contracts and collateral. Delivered ahead of compliance deadlines.
Governance review — large NFP
Not-for-profit · Governance
Conducted a corporate governance review to modernise Board processes, compliance frameworks and organisational policies. From assessment through to implementation.
Operational modelling — government & NFP
Multiple sectors
Developed financial models of operating activities to identify cost-drivers, understand revenue dynamics, and surface $2.5M in operational efficiency opportunities.
Let’s talk
If you have a situation that sounds like something I work on, I’m happy to have a confidential conversation about whether and how I can help.