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
Tim Orton
Managing Principal & CEO
Tim is the founder, Managing Principal, and CEO of Nous Group. He has led the firm through 27 years of growth, including expansion across Australia, the UK, North America, Mexico, Ireland, and New Zealand.
Anita Sarris
Principal
Anita is an organisational performance and capability expert with more than 15 years’ experience designing organisational structures, systems, processes and culture across a rage of industries including resources, energy, and government.
Annette Madvig
Principal
Annette leads Nous’ work in Early Childhood Education and Care and co-leads Nous’ evaluation offer.
Christie Allison
Principal
Christie is an organisational development specialist with over 15 years of experience. She partners with clients to lead, design and deliver innovative initiatives.
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.
Heidi Wilcoxon
Principal
Heidi has 20 years of experience in public, private and not-for-profit environments in Australia, the UK and the Middle East. Heidi is an expert in public health who has worked as a project lead and manager.
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.
Krisztina Barnett
Principal
Krisztina is a seasoned people and organisational effectiveness professional specialising in complex change, business transformation, and people and organisation programs.
Maria Jolly
Principal
Maria is committed to collaborating with stakeholders to improve education, health and wellbeing.
Michael van Koesveld
Principal
Michael is strategic leader with almost 20 years’ experience working in partnership with human services, health, emergency management and community-led organisations to achieve better community outcomes.
