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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

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Tim Orton

Managing Principal & CEO

Tim is the founder, Managing Principal and CEO of Nous Group. He has led Nous Group through 26 years of uninterrupted growth including expansion across Australia, the UK, North America, Mexico, Ireland and New Zealand.

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Anita Sarris

Principal

Anita is expert in designing organisational culture, systems and processes that optimise performance, and in creating the people engagement necessary to enact change.

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Annette Madvig

Principal

Annette leads Nous’ work in Early Childhood Education and Care and co-leads Nous’ evaluation offer.

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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.

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Christine Samy

Principal

Christine leads Nous’ global higher education strategy and student experience pillar and works extensively with universities, government and industry to deliver evidence-based and pragmatic solutions.

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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.

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Craig Hutchinson

Principal

Craig is a Principal with more than 15 years’ experience in strategy, growth, emerging technology and transformation across the energy, resources, and industrials sectors.

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Craig Knox Lyttle

Principal

Craig helps senior leaders in mining, energy and higher education transform their operating models to create greater purpose, sustainability and impact.

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Greg Joffe

Principal

Greg leads projects helping clients to develop and implement their strategy.

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Gregory Evans

Principal

Greg brings an uncommon blend of strategic and practical skills to improving leadership capability and influencing culture across private and public sector organisations.

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Hamish Ride

Principal

Hamish specialises in strategy and policy development, from direction-setting through to execution in education and other sectors.

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Jean-Paul Cardoso

Principal

Jean-Paul is a Principal at Nous Group with more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience across Australia.

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