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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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Aaron Maher

Principal

Aaron has a deep understanding of public policy and service delivery, and is an expert facilitator, evaluator and strategist. He has worked extensively in human services, including with people experiencing domestic and family violence.

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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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Carlos Blanco

Principal

Carlos is passionate about working with clients to deliver innovative and practical solutions to complex challenges. His focus is on translating insight into action that delivers improved performance. 

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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. 

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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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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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Geoff Sjollema

Principal

Geoff is an experienced strategy consultant and project leader, with 15 years’ experience leading high-performing, interdisciplinary teams.

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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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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. 

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Ian Thompson

Principal

Ian has 25 years of experience in operational management of hospitals, community health and mental health services. He has a thorough understanding of operational management.

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