Vishal Beri is the founder and Managing Director of Aegis Consulting Group.

• Bachelor’s degree in law and political science and master’s degree in international relations.
• Over 30 years of government, corporate and not for profit experience.
• Knowledge expert in policy and program evaluation, micro-economic reform, competition policy and government relations.
• Sector experience includes environment, transport, energy, tourism, information technology, health, and human services.
• Board experience at Centre for Policy Development (think tank) and in pharmaceutical and housing sectors.

Dr Peter Abelson is Special Counsel, Public Policy & Economics.

• PhD and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics.
• Over 45 years of government, corporate and academic experience.
• Australia’s leading cost/benefit analysis practitioner.
• Knowledge expert in cost benefit analysis, public economics and finance, taxation, and pricing policy.
• Sector experience includes environment, land and housing, infrastructure, transport, health, and community services.
• Special economics adviser to NSW Treasury since 2006.

The Hon Dr Peter Hendy is Special Counsel, Public Policy & Economics.

• PhD in government and a bachelor’s degree (hons) in economics.
• Over 35 years of government, corporate and industry association experience.
• Knowledge expert in policy design, economics, government administration and relations, and political strategy.
• Sector experience includes foreign affairs and trade, education, defense, small business, and employment.
• Board experience as CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Commonwealth Grants Commissioner.

Ana Stanic is Special Counsel, Competition Policy & Regulation.

• Masters’ and bachelors’ degree in law and bachelors’ degree in commerce.
• Over 30 years of government, corporate, legal, and academic experience.
• Knowledge expert in energy law, European Union law, public international law, environmental law, and dispute resolution.
• Sector experience includes gas, electricity, renewables, international trade, environment, and climate change, and maritime.
• Ranked amongst top 5 lawyers in energy and natural resources by UK Chambers and Partners.

Brent Fisse is Special Counsel, Competition Policy & Regulation.

• Master’s degree in law and bachelor’s degree in law.
• Over 35 years of legal, academic, and corporate experience.
• Knowledge expert in competition, consumer, media, and intellectual property law.
• Sector experience includes all aspects of competition policy across all major sectors of the economy.
• Adjunct Professor at Sydney University and La Trobe University and Visiting Fellow at Melbourne University.

Tracey Wilson is Special Counsel, Public Policy & Strategy.

• Masters’ degree in sustainable development.
• Over 30 years of government, corporate and not for profit experience.
• Knowledge expert in stakeholder consultation, organisation capacity building, conflict management, program evaluation, and governance.
• Sector experience includes health, community services, Indigenous affairs, natural disaster management and infrastructure.
• Board experience as member of the Qld Electrical Safety Board and Electrical Education Committee.

Michael Wright is Special Counsel, Strategy & Public Policy.

• Bachelor’s degrees in arts and commerce (economics) and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
• Over 30 years of government experience.
• Knowledge expert in leadership, managing structural and cultural change, and public policy design and evaluation.
• Sector experience includes natural resource, land, mining, conservation and disaster management; and tourism, maritime, and housing infrastructure delivery.
• Commissioner on the NSW Independent Planning Commission and NSW Northern Region Planning Panel.

Ian Hunter is Special Counsel, Public Policy & Strategy.

• Master’s degree in environmental management and a bachelor’s degree (hons) in arts.
• Over 30 years of government and corporate experience.
• Knowledge expert in leading complex regionally diverse organisations and policy design and evaluation.
• Sector experience includes natural resources, environment, land and conservation management.
• Board experience at Cabinet Committee level and environmental not for profit organisation.

Peter Dixon is Special Counsel, Public Policy & Programs.

• Bachelor’s degrees in science (biology, land management, palaeontology).
• Knowledge expert in program design, delivery and evaluation, ecological restoration, natural resource management and community engagement.
• Sector experience includes water catchment, natural resource, land and conservation management.
• Advisor Partnerships and Major Grants, Landcare NSW.

Angela Gifford is Special Counsel, Strategy.

• Over 40 years’ experience in the creation and operation of companies that provide care for the aged and people living with disability.
• Her company, Able Community Care, is contracted by the United Kingdom National Health Services and over 50 local authorities to provide patient rehabilitation and care services.
• Founder Member and former Chairman of the United Kingdom Home Care.
• Recognised by the United Kingdom Law Society as a disability care expert.