Our Team
If you are in Sydney, Canberra, Perth or Adelaide, please reach out for a coffee and a chat.
Rob is happiest with a bike – thinking, planning, tinkering and riding
Rob Tyson
Rob Tyson
Rob has over 20 years’ experience as a government consultant focused on securing funding, and then helping to deliver, major government investments and transformations. He does this by working closely with senior public servants, developing compelling strategic and policy narratives, bringing an economic and fiscal lens to projects and navigating the Budget process. He has applied this skill set to secure funding and help deliver multi-billion-dollar customer-centric transformations and reform programs across both commonwealth and state governments.
Rob is at his best on complex and time critical projects, working in multi-disciplinary teams and managing a wide variety of sensitive, and often shifting, stakeholder priorities. Rob is on the Board of Advice for the Sydney University ITLS and has lectured on cost-benefit analysis for the School of Economics at Sydney University.
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Deb loves a reality TV program – all of them…
Debrah Pono
Deb Pono
Deb has deep expertise in working with government clients to provide strategic policy advice and development, legislative reform processes, ministerial engagement and briefings, drafting key documents and stakeholder consultation.
Deb has worked in the Public Policy & Economics space, focusing on working with government clients to develop the evidence base to fund critical policy change. She also has almost 10 years of legal policy and legislative reform experience as an officer in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and the Attorney-General’s Office where she was responsible for the then Government’s legislation program.
Deb is experienced in collaborating with government departments, private organisations and community sectors around legal process and policy issues and legislative reform.
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If you can’t reach Andrew on the phone – he is at the golf course
Andrew Wise
Andrew Wise
Andrew is an economist specialising in business case development, economic and financial analysis, funding strategy, and benefits realisation. His work is grounded in delivering outcomes that are strategically aligned, sustainable, and informed by stakeholder needs.
With two decades of experience across EY, leading global engineering firms, and government, Andrew is now a trusted strategic adviser to government and not-for-profit organisations. He provides policy, strategy, commercial, and operational advice that supports complex decision-making and long-term organisational planning. His current work with organisations such as the Community Housing Industry Association, Landcom, Homes NSW, Metropolitan Memorial Parks, and the Botanic Gardens of Sydney focuses on shaping integrated service delivery models aligned with major infrastructure, housing, and community development initiatives.
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Amy is a mum to her three pre- teen boys and still finds the energy to work
Amy De Corsey
Amy De Corsey
Amy is an experienced Government Financial Manager who specialises in providing strategic advice on Government decision making, business case development, and financial control. She is also an experienced Project Manager. Amy is an expert in the business of Government - having worked across Government and to Government for over 19 years.
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Luke lives for sport. Don’t expect to talk to him about anything else
Luke Wedding
Luke Wedding
Luke is an experienced economist who has 12 years’ experience working for the likes of EY Australia and EY USA supporting all levels of government. Luke has delivered numerous business cases, cost benefit analyses and economic land use models for major transport infrastructure, urban renewal and housing development projects across Australia. Luke is well-versed in the appraisal of traditional economic benefits, as well as WEBs, land use and city shaping benefits.
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Kate loves books, books and more books
Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson
Kate is an experienced economic analyst and policy consultant, with a background in economics and engineering.
With eight years of experience, she has delivered several business cases across multiple industries including education, housing, tourism, water and transport. She is also an experienced project manager and has led numerous stakeholder engagement exercises. Kate is Canberra based and holds Baseline Clearance.
Kate also has experience in developing economic and financial appraisals to inform decision making at both the strategic and detailed stages. She has also delivered several business cases which seek funding for the upgrade or construction of schools in regional NSW and led the economic appraisal.
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Rachel likes to spend her free time out in nature
Rachel Lewis
Rachel Lewis
Rachel has over six years experience in providing strategic advice to government to inform investment decision-making through business case development, policy reform analysis and strategy, commercial evaluations and evidence-based data analysis.
Previously, Rachel was a Manager at EY, where she worked on a number of business cases and provided policy analysis and advice to all levels of Government, in a range of sectors including health, housing, renewable energy and transport. Rachel has led multidisciplinary teams to deliver actionable insights that shape government reforms, steward markets, and guide major investment decisions—underpinned by a practical understanding of government priorities and commercial principles.
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Max is a mad Adelaide Crows fan – we don’t hold it against him
Maxwell Lambert
Maxwell Lambert
Maxwell is an economist with deep experience guiding policy decisions, shaping labour market insights, and developing evidence-based solutions for government. He brings expertise across fiscal policy, economic analysis, workforce planning, and program evaluation, with a strong track record advising senior decision makers on complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
Maxwell thrives when creating practical solutions to unique and complex problems. He enjoys being deeply embedded with clients, working closely with teams to understand their challenges, shape tailored analytical approaches, and deliver insights that drive meaningful action.
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Anna enjoys the finer things in life
Anna Finizio
Anna Finizio
Anna has over a decade of experience in public policy, strategy and overseeing legislative reform. She has been a trusted adviser across government and worked closely with peak and industry bodies to impact and manage change. Anna brings subject matter expertise in health, justice and social policy. She has demonstrated experience in advising senior decision makers, including ministers, on complex and sensitive, multi-stakeholder projects. Anna’s experience across public and private sectors, allows her to work closely with clients to understand organisational needs and create tailored practical solutions.