Consultants
To provide the best possible service to our clients Nexus has established a network of experienced consultants. These consultants bring valuable expertise in:
- strategic people management
- change management, career transition, team building and conflict management
- coaching and facilitation
- network building and collaboration across government
- research and evaluation
- workforce planning and modelling
- survey design and analysis
- project management
- corporate governance.
Jan Saggers (BA Hons)
Managing Director
Jan is Managing Director of The Nexus Network. She has been consulting since 1995, first as a sole operator and then as a foundation Director of Nexus. Jan has a background in research and public policy development, with an organisational development focus. She is particularly interested in building organisational capacity and in fostering strategic links between agencies' people management functions and the delivery of organisational goals. She has also worked extensively in the area of executive recruitment. Prior to becoming a consultant, Jan worked for seven government agencies and has maintained these public sector links in her consulting work.
Catherine Sambell (BA, DipEd, Grad Cert Management)
Director
Catherine is a Director of The Nexus Network. She has over 22 years' experience in the WA State Government primarily working in five of WA’s central oversight agencies as a senior manager and member of the executive leadership group. In her government roles Catherine worked on whole of public sector people and organisational development programs including leadership, corruption prevention and integrity building. She also has experience in organisational change. Catherine has consulted to many state government agencies and community organisations on a wide range of projects. She has considerable corporate and leadership expertise in organisational development and strategic people management.
George Wilkinson (BA, MS, MBA)
Consultant
George is a management consultant and project manager with fifteen years' experience working in strategy execution, facilitation and business analysis. George is achievement oriented and passionate about partnering with clients to bring strategy into fruition. He has successfully implemented change in a variety of settings including the public sector, healthcare, resources, agriculture, finance and higher education. George has special expertise in regional development and is currently pursuing a PhD at UWA in Institutional Economics.
Caroline Adupa (M. Psych Community, Post Grad Dip Psych, BA Psych)
Consultant
Caroline is an experienced consultant, having joined Nexus in 2014. Before that, she worked for almost ten years in various WA public sector agencies including the Department of Justice, Office of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman WA, the Commissioner for Children and Young People, the Department of Child Protection, and the Department of Education. In her last public sector role Caroline was a Senior Project Officer at the Department of Justice where she worked on the development of the Aboriginal Family Safety Strategy. In her consulting role Caroline has assisted, guided and supported a wide range of public sector agencies on recruitment processes and also worked with other Nexus members on government compliance and evaluation projects. She has a strong interest in, and is committed to, helping agencies and individuals achieve their goals in an effective and efficient manner.
Other Nexus consultants
Susan Barrera (BSc Hons, BEd, MBA)
Consultant
Susan returned to The Nexus Network after an absence of ten years, during which time she worked in senior public sector management positions in industrial relations and community development. Her most recent position was Director General, Department for Communities. Susan's background includes organisational development, labour relations, policy development, program development and evaluation and training. During her career, spanning more than 30 years, Susan has worked in all tiers of government and has a strong interest in assisting agencies and individuals improve their performance through creative collaborations.
Renu Burr (BA, PostGrad Dip Business, PhD Human Resource Management)
Associate Consultant
Renu's extensive expertise in executive coaching, leadership development, organisational change and cultural transformation has been built over 35 years of business, leadership and academic experience. Renu has worked in senior leadership, consultant and advisory roles to support organisations and executive teams improve effectiveness in the private, public, and the for-purpose sectors in Australia and overseas. In recent years, she has delivered numerous large-scale change and cultural transformation programs supported by associated leadership development interventions including executive coaching. She also provides advice on the design and implementation of people processes to embed cultural change in a wide variety of organisations.
Brendon Jarvis
Associate Consultant
Throughout his 35 year career in the IT industry, Brendon has held a range of senior management roles with service providers and within the commercial marketplace. He has held executive management roles in several IT services organisations covering many aspects of both sales and delivery including responsibilities for strategic growth, outsourcing/managed services, strategic consulting services, infrastructure and application based projects, business governance and executive relationship management of key client accounts. Brendon has managed and delivered a broad range of IT Services engagements covering strategic business and IT Consulting, Cloud strategies, governance, application development and support, systems integration and IT outsourcing. He has considerable experience in market sectors including local and state government, mining and resources, oil and gas, and finance.
