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Welcome to Slate Advisory
We help the natural resources, energy and infrastructure industries adapt to external forces by advising on strategy and building enterprises where the impact can be compelling.
How We Help
- We build strong relationships.
- We apply unique data and analytics
- We drive innovation and change
- We bring together partners, capital and capability
- We are environmentally aware
- We are financially impactful
Our Team
Meet the Slate team.
Our team is small, tested and highly capable. We are driven by being at the forefront of change and achieving both commercial and community impact. The team at Slate has been instrumental in many of the big shifts in the industry over the past two decades - in doing so building strong relationships across the world.
Chris Nelson
Commercialisation & Venturing
Chris heads up the Innovation and Commercialisation Team at SLATE. He has a rich and diverse research background, having worked for many years at CSIRO where he was integral to the commercialisation of science and technology research, collaborating with corporations, SMEs and other stakeholders.
Sarah Boyatzis
Principal
Sarah has designed and implemented purpose-driven strategies with organisations across the resources and biotechnology sectors in Australia, the US and the UK. She has over 15 years of experience in business analysis, project management and IT, with expertise in business transformation and organisational change.
Mark Young
Principal Commercial Technologist
Mark is a highly experienced mining industry technologist and studies expert, having led teams to review investments and projects for major operators in over half a dozen countries, across numerous commodities, bringing a unique blend of conceptual design and practical delivery.
Fritz Greyvenstein
Principal
Fritz is a qualified engineer with over 15 years of experience across engineering, project development, corporate advisory and industry roles in Africa, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. His expertise includes executing corporate innovation programmes, engineering design, strategy consulting, corporate finance, M&A, financial modelling and infrastructure advisory.
Karsten Wolfram Sommer
Principal
Wolfram has more than 20 years of experience across Brazil, Europe & Asia, mostly involved in the global expansion of one of the worlds largest mining companies. He uses a holistic approach with special expertise on value and supply chains, integrated business planning, governance, culture, change management & digitalisation.
Georgie Taylor
Senior Analyst
Georgie has previously studied and worked as an academic research scientist, which has provided her with extensive experience in solving unique problems and analyzing unwieldy data sets. She has a background in mathematics and computer science, and strong analytical, project management, and communication skills.
Our Capabilities
We apply strategic capability to create value in two main ways.
Advising
Advising businesses on navigating necessary strategic shifts in response to external change.
Building
Building new enterprises based on industry insight and bringing together capability and capital.
natural resources
energy
infrastructure
Deep Insight.
We use the power of research and data to uncover insights that lead to transformation and change. The natural resources, energy and infrastructure industries are complex given their long-time horizons, and the unique impact they have on communities at both the local and global level. Successfully navigating strategy in this environment demands both deep insight and considered design.
Considered design.
We take an unbiased view to complex strategic questions, examining a wide range of options and possibilities to address business challenges. We work with experts to drive our understanding of the external environment, engage in divergent thinking and design bespoke solutions in tandem with our clients to address their business requirements.
Environmentally Aware.
We take a holistic approach to strategy and operations in the natural resources industry. As the global economy shifts to combat climate change, natural resources industries have both a significant opportunity and responsibility to supply the energy transition and shift operations and strategies to decarbonise at a global level and reduce environmental footprint local level.
Financially Impactful.
We deliver strategic advice that makes a difference on the cost and returns profile of our clients’ businesses. We design solutions that maximise the opportunities presented by business model shifts and new revenue opportunities, while maintaining a focus on delivering innovation options to ensure safe, low-cost operations.
Digitally Innovative
We are constantly looking to improve our services through the integration of new technology and systems to complement our people. We are deeply connected with the bleeding edge of digital technology while maintaining a practical view on the applicability of new solutions on operational businesses and opportunities for new business models.
Our Portfolio
Slate has a number of investments and commercial partnerships in the natural resources industry
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