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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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Brenden Carriker

Principal

Brenden is a leader in public sector innovation with extensive experience in strategy, engagement, human-centred design, transformation and change.

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Claire McCullagh

Principal

Claire is a human services and justice expert specialising in policy development and system design.

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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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Greg Joffe

Principal

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

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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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Kaushal Vyas

Principal

Kaushal is a digital strategy leader with more than 15 years of executive leadership experience designing and managing digital product and service businesses.

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Krisztina Barnett

Principal

Krisztina is a seasoned people and organisational effectiveness professional specialising in complex change, business transformation, and people and organisation programs.

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Michael Rathjen

Principal

Michael is an experienced advisor across digital strategy, policy and technology-enabled transformation. He is passionate about to role of technology in improving outcomes for people, government and organisations.

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Monique Jackson

Principal

Monique has more than 15 years of experience in health and human services. She works with clients in system redesign, policy reform, strategy, analysis, operating model design and stakeholder engagement.

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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.

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Raj Verma

Principal

Raj has deep executive-level experience in clinical, operational and ministry settings in the Australian health sector.

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Stephen Petris

Principal

Stephen brings more than 20 years of experience working with senior leaders in environmental, primary industries and emergency management agencies in strategy, policy and organisational design.

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