People

Principal consultants and key associates
The PhillipsKPA core team currently comprises four directors combined with a number of consultants and associates with a range of expertise across all education and training sectors, Commonwealth and State government and private industry. Curriculum vitae may be accessed through the link to each consultant's name.
Lampard

Deborah Lampard is an expert in the management of complex organisations, especially large tertiary education institutions.  She combines extensive experience in both the private and public sectors and has assisted a number of tertiary institutions move towards a more commercial approach to management.  Before co-founding KPA Consulting, Deborah was a Senior Manager with KPMG Consulting and previously was Director of Quantitative Planning Support at Monash University. Before specialising in the education sector, Deborah was Planning and Analysis Manager at QANTAS.  She has extensive experience in strategic planning and budgeting, performance frameworks, operational management and statistical reporting.

Contact Deborah by phone (0418 585 690) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au

Noblett

Geoff Noblett is PhillipsKPA’s leading specialist in the schools sector and in cross-sectoral education and training.  He is widely recognised for his expertise in educational policy and management and in organisational design and performance.  Geoff conducts policy reviews and program evaluations for education and training authorities, individual providers and a range of government agencies.     Geoff was a Senior Manager with KPMG Consulting before joining KPA Consulting as a founding Director.  He has 20 years’ experience in the Victorian education system in teaching, school leadership, and planning, policy and program positions.

Contact Geoff by telephone (0402 031 583) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au

Phillips David Phillips is widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s foremost experts in higher education management and policy and has provided consultancy services to all of Australia’s public universities.  David also has extensive experience in the vocational education and training sector and a distinguished career in government. 

 

David was the founder and Managing Director of Phillips Curran from late 1996 until the merger with KPA Consulting to form PhillipsKPA.  Before establishing Phillips Curran, he was the head of the Higher Education Division in the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training.  He was previously Senior Advisor and Consultant to two Commonwealth Ministers for Employment, Education and Training.

 Contact David by telephone (0412 080 614) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au
Wade

Peter Wade is a founding Director of PhillipsKPA and its predecsssor, KPA Consulting.  He is one of Australia’s most respected experts in the operation of universities and in particular in financial and corporate management.  Peter is actively engaged in the governance and management of major educational and private sector corporations.  Before joining KPMG and then KPA Consulting, Peter was General Manager of Monash University for 15 years, overseeing many of its international and commercial initiatives.  He has also been Deputy Head of the Treasury of Victoria and Deputy Director-General (Finance) of Transport.  He is currently Chairman of the Open Universities Australia and a Director of Medibank Private.

Contact Peter by telephone (0428 573 014) or by email  info@phillipskpa.com.au

McInnis

Craig McInnis is Principal Consultant with PhillipsKPA. He is an internationally acknowledged expert on the governance and organisation of teaching and learning, student engagement, retention and success. Prior to joining PhillipsKPA, Craig was Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. He has led many national and institutional policy projects and initiatives on a wide range of issues, including establishing the national agenda to improve the first year experience, and developing key survey instruments to assess the quality of the student experience. Craig has conducted course reviews and provided advice on the design and evaluation of degree programmes in almost every major field of study, and across a wide range of university contexts in Australia and overseas.

 

Contact Craig by telephone (0413 734 770) or by email  info@phillipskpa.com.au

   
King

Conor King  adds to the core strengths of PhillipsKPA in policy, strategy and institutional management across the education and training sectors, and will help build our growing capabilities in the intersection between education and human services.  He has a rare combination of senior level experience in government, great depth of knowledge of policy issues across both the higher education and vocational education and training sectors, and a detailed understanding of the institutional context and the strategic challenges and opportunities for tertiary education providers. Prior to joining PhillipsKPA, Conor was Institutional Strategist at Victoria University.  His previous positions include Director, Policy and Analysis, with the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee, and as a senior executive with the then Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health.

Contact Conor by phone (0434 601 691) or by e-mail at info@phillipskpa.com.au

 Segeth


Jay Segeth is an expert in organisational performance improvement and the strategic alignment of business operations.  Jay offers an extensive track record of delivering sustainable cost reduction and service quality improvement by leveraging his wide-ranging public and private sector experience to the benefit of tertiary education institutions.  Jay’s primary expertise includes shared services, business process re-engineering, organisational design and ICT strategic planning.

Jay’s consulting career spans more than 15 years.  Prior to joining PhillipsKPA, Jay established and led the Higher Education and Private Sector operations of large international consulting firm. 

Contact Jay by telephone (0402 485 606) or email info@phillipskpa.com.au

Stewart

Anne Stewart  joined PhillipsKPA in July 2008. Anne has experience in the healthcare and higher education environments through a range of roles including general management and financial management and advisory. She has made significant contributions to the financial turnaround of organisations and led a team of professionals to deliver financial analysis and advice to assist university managers with improved financial management.  Her other strengths include the development of budget approaches and forecasts, working with staff at all levels of the organisation to achieve improved financial outcomes, review and development of strategic planning processes and outcomes, and analysis and improvement of performance in several areas of university management and administration.

Contact Anne by phone (0417 551 248) or by e-mail at info@phillipskpa.com.au

Yeoh


Barbara Yeoh provides a range of services focusing on financial and risk management, capital markets and corporate governance, in both the public and private sectors.

Barbara has previously been a Council Member of La Trobe University and was Deputy Chancellor in 1991 to 1993. Barbara is also a director of the Southern & Eastern Integrated Transport Authority (Eastlink project), Eastern Health, Victoria State Emergency Service and Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music.  She chairs the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Audit & Risk Committee and the Fisheries Compensation Panel (Vic), and is a member of the Gambling Licences Review Panel (Vic) and the Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel (Commonwealth).

Contact Barabara by telephone (0424 042 424) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au

Keyes-Pearce


Susan Keyes-Pearce has recently joined PhillipsKPA and brings to the company a proven capacity to drive business results in complex organisational and technological environments.  Throughout a career in both academia and industry, she has continuously developed her capability to understand and meet challenges from the perspective of an organisation’s leaders.  Her analytical and strategic orientation and strong focus on communication have led to significant business outcomes in sectors as diverse as health, transportation, and education.  Susan has also developed specific expertise though intensive field-based research in the strategic management of IT investments and resulting in key insights into drivers of value creation and capture.  This expertise focuses upon principles, processes, governance and relationships.  She has the experience and drive to help organisations deliver their vision through enhancement of business strategy, processes, and key stakeholder relationships.

Contact Susan by telephone (0402 474 100) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au  

Brown

  

Justin Brown has contributed quantitative and qualitative analytical services to a range of projects since joining PhillipsKPA in 2005. Specialising in the design, administration and analysis of surveys, Justin has also undertaken student and operational data analysis for a wide range of universities and government agencies in Australia and overseas.

Justin has recently contributed to an analysis of finances in Victorian universities, a review of VET in Schools in Victoria and a national review of career development services. Prior to joining PhillipsKPA, Justin was employed as a researcher with IDP Education Australia, ACNielsen and the University of Technology, Sydney.

Contact Justin by telephone (0403 737 581) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au  

Levine

John Levine is an associate of PhillipsKPA with over twenty years experience in budgeting, planning and financial analysis in the higher education sector both in Australia and overseas. He has an in-depth knowledge of tertiary education institutions, including strategic planning and management processes. He has worked on projects involving major change and innovative approaches to financial management.

Prior to moving into consulting in 2006, John was Director of the Financial Management Resources Division at Monash University. At Monash, he was instrumental in rolling out a new financial management approach which significantly improved the university’s financial planning and management processes.

Contact John by telephone (0418 370 763) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au

Chapman


Bruce Chapman is an associate of PhillipsKPA and Professor of Public Policy in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University. He has a PhD from Yale University and is a labour and education economist having published over a hundred and fifty articles in the areas of training, wage determination, higher education and schooling. He has had extensive direct policy experience, including the motivation and design of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme in 1988, as a senior economic adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1994-1996, and as a consultant to the OECD, the World Bank, and the governments of around 15 countries (mostly in the area of university financing). He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 1993, and in 2001 was awarded the Order of Australia (General Division) for "….. contributions to the development of economics, labour market and social policy."

 

Contact Bruce by telephone (0424 589 728) or by email info@phillipskpa.com.au

Other major associates

PhillipsKPA maintains a close working relationship with four other major associates:

  • Russell Elliott, is a Key Associate of PhillipsKPA. He is an expert in providing strategic advice to the higher education sector in areas such as property acquisitions, property maintenance and infrastructure development, human resource management, financial and business services, IT infrastructure, development and maintenance and university governance, audit processes and financial controls.

    Russell has more than 36 years experience in Australian higher education institutions, including 6 years as an academic staff member and 30 in university administration and management. From February 2008, Russell has been a consultant to the University of Melbourne providing services and advice on major building projects and other property related matters, including developments with teaching hospitals, research organisations and University expansion projects. He has also worked on projects for the Senior Vice-Principal, including the development of the University’s new budget model.

    From January 2006 to 2008, Russell was Vice-Principal (Property and Campus Services) at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this Russell was the Principal Administrator at Deakin University for 19 years. He has served as a member of a number of policy advisory committees of the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee and as Convenor of the AVCC Administrative Staff Conference. Russell has also been a member of the Advisory Board of the International Meeting of University Administrators. info@phillipskpa.com.au
  • Roger Peacock, an expert in international education, university development, and relationships with Asia .  Roger was Vice-Principal (University Development) at The University of Melbourne and Head of the International Division of the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training. rallian@bigpond.net.au 

  • Christine Ewan, an expert in the higher education and health sectors, former senior executive at the Universities of Wollongong and Western Sydney, former member of National Health & Medical Research Council and Australian Universities Teaching Committee and former General Manager, Planning and Innovation in the NSW Department of Education and Training. c.ewan@bigpond.net.au
PhillipsKPA also works closely with several key consulting and research organisations, including: