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Programs and Projects
Delivering transformation support enabling successful delivery of complex government programs.
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Experience
Our senior advisors bring direct experience supporting a range of programs across the APS, working alongside internal teams to strengthen delivery where additional capacity, independence, or specialist expertise is required.
This includes program development and design, business case development, and program assurance under the DTA Integrated Oversight Framework (IOF), as well as support for machinery of government changes, post–Royal Commission reform implementation, operating model redesign following structural reform, and complex change programs that benefit from experience operating across policy, governance, and operational environments.
Skills & expertise
Program and Project Design and Delivery
- Program and project design, including current and future state analysis
- Business case development and cost modelling
- PMO design, implementation, and capability uplift
- Resource analysis and workforce strategies
- Risk and issue management frameworks
- Senior Responsible Officer and program board advisory
Independent Assurance
- DTA Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework assurance
- Delivery confidence assessments
- Program health checks and deep dive reviews
- Gate reviews aligned to investment approval frameworks
- Independent advisory for Senior Responsible Officers and program boards
Strategic Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
- Communication strategy and planning for reforms and programs
- Stakeholder mapping, analysis, and engagement strategy
- Public consultation design and delivery
- Co-design and participatory design workshops
- Facilitation and stakeholder workshops
- Cross-government stakeholder coordination
- Executive and leadership communications
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Rising Star of the Year
Wellness Advocate of the Year
Government Team of the Year
Law Firm Leaders of the Year
People
Vanessa Domaschenz
Principal Advisor
National Lead – Consulting
Nicoll Parton
Special Advisor
Team Lead – Program and Project Management
Anthony Ween
Principal Advisor
National Lead – Defence & Analytics
Elise Poiner
Principal Advisor
National Lead – Commercial
Sean King
Principal Advisor
Strategy and Markets Lead
Andrew Roden
Expert Advisor
Team Lead – Commercial
Anthony Honeyman
Expert Advisor
Courtney Cole
Expert Advisor
Team Lead – Commercial
Dannya Hu
Expert Advisor
David Brown CSM
Expert Advisor
Director – Maritime
Dougal Pidgeon
Expert Advisor
Team Lead – Commercial
James Lavery
Expert Advisor
Phil Cholewick
Expert Advisor
Team Lead – Commercial
Phillip Mottram
Expert Advisor
Portia Wolf
Expert Advisor
Director – Space and Cyber
Scott Bradford
Expert Advisor
Director – Joint
Warren King
Expert Advisor
Wayne Coulston
Expert Advisor
Director – Federal Government
Anita Morris
Special Advisor
Claudio Damiani
Special Advisor
Colin Maher
Special Advisor
Daren Murphy
Special Advisor
Declan Norrie
Special Advisor
Team Lead – Regulatory Development and Reform
Erica Andrews
Special Advisor
Kirk Parcel
Special Advisor
Samantha Mayes
Special Advisor
Team Lead – Evaluation, Assurance and Review
Saul Zhang
Special Advisor
Sonia McMaster
Special Advisor
Stephen Bailey
Special Advisor
Steve Momcilovic
Special Advisor
Su-Ann Tan Burke
Special Advisor
Corinne Tennant
Senior Advisor
Joshua Cox
Senior Advisor
Kyle Wood
Senior Advisor
Mitchell Eddy
Senior Advisor
Monica Beven
Senior Advisor
Nicholas Pychtin
Senior Advisor
Renae Domaschenz
Senior Advisor
Sharon Reay
Senior Advisor
Sophie Marriott
Senior Advisor
Jeremy Nicholson
Advisor
Lilly Cook
Advisor
Madison Ewer
Advisor
Tye Young
Modelling and Simulation Team Leader
