Our People
Our people are expert, personable and pragmatic. Our people make us Nous.
We recruit exceptional people from diverse fields into all levels of our organisation. We then invest heavily in the continuing learning and knowledge development of all our people. Our leaders include career consultants and a range of former senior executives from the private, public and community sectors. This allows us to provide you with the ideal blend of world-class consulting technique and nuanced sector expertise.
We create multi-disciplinary teams with skills and perspectives that perfectly complement yours. Our people listen carefully, push the thinking beyond the obvious, and work in the spirit of genuine co-production. Meet the people who can help your organisation achieve performance and positive influence.
Meet the team
Principals
Andrew Benoy
Principal
Andrew leads the Nous Canberra office and is expert in designing and implementing new operating models.
Annette Madvig
Principal
Annette leads Nous’ work in Early Childhood Education and Care and co-leads Nous’ evaluation offer.
Brenden Carriker
Principal
A recognised leader in human-centred innovation, Brenden specialises in facilitating co-design for strategies, services and system-wide reforms to deliver real impact.
Claire Noone
Principal
Claire is a leading thinker in regulatory design and practice, governance and integrity management. She provides strategic and operational advice to governments, regulators and businesses.
David Hallinan
Principal
David brings decades of Australian Government experience and more than 15 years in senior executive roles across the breadth of the Australian Government.
Greg Joffe
Principal
Greg leads projects helping clients to develop and implement their strategy.
Dr Kelly Samson
Principal
Kelly is a business transformation expert who specialises in solving workforce challenges, lifting organisational performance and guiding complex transformations arising from strategic redirection, modernisation, scale efficiencies, MoG and mergers.
Paul Kennedy
Principal
Paul is an expert in designing and implementing digital decision support for complex operations. He has worked as CEO of a start-up and in several technical management roles.
Philippa Prothero
Principal
Philippa supports organisations to build future-focused workforce models, applying a strong data-driven approach and incorporating best practice at all points of the employee life cycle.
Simone Schulz
Principal
Simone is an experienced consultant who leads large and complex engagements for private sector organisations, governments and not-for-profit organisations across Australia.
Stewart Howard
Principal
Stewart has over 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. Known for his strategic thinking and innovative mindset, he works with stakeholders to improve processes, people and digital solutions.
