Commencing in 2007, we had a straightforward goal: provide expertise, great service, and be easy to work with.
Nineteen years and over 200 projects later, that goal hasn’t changed, but we’ve grown and matured in ways we’re genuinely proud of. Early recognition as a SmartCompany Smart 50 Top 10 finalist, and BRW Fast Starter in both 2010 and 2011 gave us confidence we were onto something.
In 2023 we became pta Consulting Group—new leadership, a new home, refreshed brand, and sharper ways of working. A meaningful evolution, built on a foundation that was already solid.
We partner with some of Australia’s leading organisations and government entities across our four disciplines—analyse, communicate, learn and change.
We’re proud of what we’ve built, and even prouder of the people and clients who’ve built it with us.
And… our goals remain the same.
Our principal consultants
Elissa Callahan
Daniel Mullens
John Riveral
Heath Sampson
Frequently asked questions
We provide consulting services across four interconnected disciplines: business analysis and process design, communication, learning and development, and change management. We can offer one service in isolation, or bring all four together—which means your transformation program, system rollout, or capability uplift is supported end-to-end by one trusted partner.
We work with leaders and project teams inside complex organisations—from large corporates to government agencies and mid-market companies. Our clients are typically navigating significant change: a major system implementation, a business transformation, or a period of rapid growth that has outpaced internal capacity and capability.
We're not a firm with layers of account management and junior staff doing the work. When you engage us, you get consultants with real delivery experience—people who have done this before, not people learning on your project. We're also built to flex. We don't force you into a fixed model; we structure engagements around what you actually need.
We offer fixed scope fixed price projects, time and materials arrangements, and flexible hybrid models. No matter what the engagement model is, we listen and partner with you to define what success looks like. Some clients bring us in for a defined piece of work with a clear outcome. Others embed us alongside their team for the duration of a program. We'll recommend the right model in your discovery call based on your timeline, budget, and goals.
Scope and effort drives cost, not our size or your industry. Because we work across fixed-price and flexible models, we can often structure an engagement that fits your budget and delivers meaningful outcomes—even if you only need us for one workstream. The best starting point is a conversation.
We've delivered across a broad range of sectors including government, banking and financial services, utilities, infrastructure, healthcare, mining and professional services. Our approach works well across sectors, because the challenges of driving adoption, building capability, and managing change are remarkably consistent across industries, even when the context differs.
Because we deliver. We're consistently told that we move quickly, flex to how clients work, and turn complex problems into clear, tangible outcomes. We don't disappear after the strategy deck—we stay until the work is done and the results are real.
Book a discovery call. We'll spend time understanding your challenge, and we'll be upfront about whether and how we can help. No hard sell—just a friendly and straightforward conversation.
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