An is an experienced policy analyst and economist. She has worked across various sectors, advising governments and private sector clients on economic, social, and environmental trends and issues.
She is a strategic thinker and a structured problem-solver, with strong analytical, research and communication skills. An is passionate about working with clients to improve services, programs and system outcomes for individuals and communities.
Influential work
- Managed a review of criminal justice responses to sexual offending in Western Australia, including consulting with people with lived experience, service providers and criminal justice system stakeholders to produce a review that will inform the development of reforms to improve the experiences of and outcomes for victim-survivors
- Developed an operating model for a proposed family and domestic violence forensic service, involving analysing the current state of clinical forensic service provision, developing service model options, and qualitatively and quantitatively assessing them
- Led the economic modelling work for the Ministerial Taskforce into Public Mental Health Services for Infants, Children and Adolescents aged 0-18 in Western Australia, which involved working with the Department of Health and the Mental Health Commission to model the level of need for services across WA and leading the cost-benefit analysis of the proposed service reforms
- Developed a client-centred commissioning strategy and implementation plan for Western Australia’s legal assistance sector, involving facilitating sector consultations to co-design the strategy and detailed service system design work to inform commissioning activities
- Reviewed Australian, state and territory government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic for people with disability and identified lessons learned for the Australian Department of Health to inform current and future responses.
Outside of Nous
Before joining Nous, An worked as a research economist at the Productivity Commission, providing independent advice to government through public inquiries and research studies. Prior to this, she worked at Deloitte Access Economics as a macroeconomic analyst.
An holds a Master of International and Development Economics from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, and a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia.
In her spare time...
An loves travelling, cooking, reading and playing board games with friends and family.
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