Nigel is a specialist in management consulting with 35 years in consulting and advisory services in its many forms: in small start-ups, established firms, global organisations, research institutions, and not-for-profits. He’s worked in, and for, government across multiple portfolios. He’s advised and facilitated for numerous small and medium sized professional services firms spanning law, accounting, engineering and defence capability.
Nigel was the longest serving partner of Apis Group, a specialist management consulting business in Canberra serving government clients. With his business partners, Nigel oversaw the growth of Apis from less than a dozen people back in 2002, to a major firm of more than 150 professionals, and its subsequent sale and transition in 2019 to Accenture, a world leading global technology services business.
In the government sector, Nigel has led assignments for numerous departments including Social Services, Health, NDIA, Education, Employment, Finance, Prime Minister & Cabinet, Home Affairs, Veterans’ Affairs, Human Services among others, including many small agencies. These have included short and long term assignments on high profile government initiatives and policy reforms, with services spanning the full delivery lifecycle: feasibility, planning, business case, design, implementation, execution, operations and evaluation. He has been involved in the development of numerous first and second pass business cases, strategic reviews, and independent evaluations. He has worked on - and led teams for - a number of complex organisational establishment and transformation programs.
For more than 15 years, Nigel has actively consulted on health and social policy assignments at Commonwealth level. Nigel brings a unique blend of deep analytical capability, with leadership and management experience across numerous sectors. Clients value his pragmatic, principles based approach to consulting and problem solving
