Sarah has more two decades of experience leading and managing transformational projects and programs.
Sarah has worked with some of the largest organisations in Australia and the United States to improve the strategy, structure, culture, effectiveness and efficiency of their organisations. She is a trusted advisor to Vice Chancellors, CEOs and executives across the public, private and not for profit sectors.
Influential work
- Worked as Chief of Staff to the Vice Chancellor during an extremely challenging period for universities, and supported the delivery of major university-wide changes and the development of a new five-year strategy
- Led a large, multi-year program advising a leading human services provider on a substantial transformation, including the vision, governance, strategy, structure, target operating model, change management and culture and capability required to deliver its ambitious agenda
- Designed and delivered a large transformation program for a Group of Eight university to improve the efficiency of all non-academic functions, delivering sustained savings of over $35 million per annum without redundancies, to enable investments in research and education
- Worked with a large government-owned enterprise to identify and quantify strategic options and develop the whole-of-organisation target operating model, business case for transformation and related implementation plan, resulting in a turnaround from projected loss to healthy dividend
- Developed an award-winning global culture change and leadership capability improvement program, now being delivered to more than 5,000 leaders worldwide, for a large Australian mining company
- Customised a change delivery approach for a state government, integrating seamlessly and building change capability across the public sector
Outside of Nous Data Insights
Sarah recently rejoined Nous Group after two years at Griffith University, where she was Chief of Staff to the Vice Chancellor and Transformation Delivery Lead.
In her spare time...
Outside work, Sarah is a keen runner and traveller, and loves spending time with her family.