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
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.
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.
Geoff Sjollema
Principal
Geoff is an experienced strategy consultant and project leader, with 15 years’ experience leading high-performing, interdisciplinary teams.
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.
Krisztina Barnett
Principal
Krisztina is a seasoned people and organisational effectiveness professional specialising in complex change, business transformation, and people and organisation programs.
Monique Jackson
Principal
Monique Jackson is a leader in health and human services policy, with specialist expertise in mental health, alcohol and other drugs (AOD), domestic and family violence, and child protection.
Nikita Weickhardt
Principal
Nikita brings extensive experience in aged care systems, particularly at the intersection of disability and health and ageing services.
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.
Rodney Williams
Guwa man from Queensland, Principal
Rodney has diverse industry experience across the private, public and community sectors. He applies strategic thinking and well-developed commercial skills to solve challenging client problems.
