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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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Andrew Benoy

Principal

Andrew leads the Nous Canberra office and is expert in designing and implementing new operating models.

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David Diviny

Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Head of AI

David is a leading strategic thinker on the application of Generative AI in the public sector.

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Deniza Mazevska

Principal

Deniza is a health policy and research leader with extensive experience driving significant projects in Australia and abroad. Passionate about improving healthcare systems, she combines strategic thinking with a focus on practical implementation to achieve better outcomes.

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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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Jim Pearse

Principal

Jim has an extensive background in Commonwealth-state relations, funding policy, forecasting health care activity, evaluation methods, evidence-based health care, and development of performance and quality frameworks and indicators.

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John Chow

Principal

John is an organisational design and digital implementation specialist, advising government, start-up and corporate clients.

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Paul Eleftheriou

Principal

Paul has extensive experience across health administration, ranging from clinical governance and operations through to people management, higher education, clinical informatics, research and commercialisation.

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Peter Wiseman

Principal

Peter is an award-winning higher education strategist and transformation expert.

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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.

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Sam Abusah

Principal

Sam is a trusted policy adviser and economist with 25 years of experience across senior public and private sector roles.

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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.

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