Stephen Christopoulos

Senior Consultant

Stephen is an experienced consultant with a deep interest in health and human services, higher education and public policy.

His previous work has involved sensitive stakeholder consultation, program evaluation, and organisational redesign. He is driven by a desire to understand each client’s unique context and facilitate excellence in those around him. Clients value Stephen’s ability to provide both big picture thinking and detailed analysis, to deliver tailored solutions that have a meaningful real-world impact.

Influential work

Developed an evaluation framework for a national grant program to improve the cultural safety of cancer services for First Nations people.
Delivered a suite of projects in voluntary assisted dying, including evaluating the statewide implementation of VAD in Queensland, supporting a NSW local health district to implement VAD, evaluating the VAD program of a major Victorian health service, and designing a national VAD survey for a leading advocacy group.
Created an operational policy for a state regulator to support the implementation of a modern, risk-based and intelligence-led approach to licensing.
Conducted an organisational structure review and redesign of a regional TAFE and developed accompanying recommendations to support a more student-centred service model.
Evaluated the pilot of an emergency management toolkit, which aims to take a more nuanced and strengths-based approach to identifying those most at risk before, during and after an emergency.

Outside of Nous

Prior to Nous, Stephen worked as a high school tutor, specialising in developing underachieving students. He has also had internships at KPMG, the Greek Consulate of Melbourne and the Better Governance and Policy Research Centre.

Stephen has extensive volunteering experience. He has worked with United Nations Youth Australia and the Australian South-Asian Healthcare Association, specialising in developing high school students’ skills in international relations and debating. He also has significant public speaking experience, including being an ambassador for Monash University and participating in international Model United Nations competitions.

In his spare time...

Stephen loves to travel and is hoping to see North America next (or really anywhere that has good coffee). He is also a big sports fan – particularly soccer, tennis and Formula One.