Our leadership

Strategy& prides itself on delivering essential advantage through the diverse range of skills and extensive expertise of our leadership team. Profiled below are the skills and expertise of our strong Australia leadership team.

Chris Manning

Managing Partner

Chris Manning is managing partner for Strategy& in Australia and is based in our Sydney office. 

Chris has more than 25 years consulting experience working in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States. Having spent the last 4 years on secondment to the Unites States, Chris has returned to Sydney and now leads the Strategy& business in Australia. As a functional strategist, Chris has led projects across many industries including Insurance, Airlines, Banking, Construction & Building Materials and Industrials.

Almost all of Chris’s work is growth-oriented, where he helps clients redefine their strategic positioning in the face of challenging or changing industry structures and dynamics. He also works with clients to maximise shareholder value by defining their capabilities and developing innovative growth strategies through the development of market-back campaigns designed to create value across the value chain.

Chris earned his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of New South Wales. Prior to becoming a consultant, Chris practiced as a lawyer and was focused on mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructures

Leaders

Brisbane

Simon Herrmann

Partner, Brisbane, Strategy& Australia

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Hayley Morphet

Director, Brisbane, Strategy& Australia

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Melbourne

Tamanah Azizi

Director, Energy Transition, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Chris Battle

Partner, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Michael Burns

Partner, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Whitney Campbell

Director, Energy Transition, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Tom Gunson

Partner, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Lachy Haynes

Partner, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Alanah Hearn

Director, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Christopher Lee

Director, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Birger Maekelburger

Partner, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Mahan Perera

Director, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Marcella van Blaricum

Director, Melbourne, Strategy& Australia

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Sydney

James Boyers

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Harry Bunton

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Varya Davidson

Partner, Energy Transition, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Subhodeep Ghosh

Partner, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Chris Greenwood

Head of Partnerships, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Stefan Harberts

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Tony Histon

Partner, Energy Transition, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Stuart Holywell

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Steven Kavallaris

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Nick Kotwal

Partner, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Sudhanshu Malik

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Chris Manning

Managing Partner, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Nick Meadows

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Tasheel Sidhu

Director, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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Amy Zhou

Partner, Sydney, Strategy& Australia

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