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Welcome to Slate Advisory
We help the natural resources, energy and infrastructure industries solve the challenge of adapting to external forces by advising established business on strategy and building new enterprises where the potential impact is 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
- We are not your typical consultancy
Our Team
Meet the Slate team behind all of your next business wins.
Our team is small and tested, made up of a phenomenal group of individuals driven by achieving 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.
Lisa Harwood
Director State of Play
Lisa is the Director of State of Play, overseeing the research, analysis and production of State of Play data and reports. With experience in government, data, economic development and place development, Lisa has worked with businesses from a diverse range of backgrounds.
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.
Brian Joo
Intern
Brian is currently a student at UWA studying a Masters of Applied Finance. He is very passionate with working with non-for profits having volunteered in engineering organisations engaging in human-centred practices, as well as consulting societies to support the professional development of other university students. He also has previous internship experience in the advisory department for private clients at Deloitte.
Kelly Williams
Business Operations Administrator
With over 20 years experience in Insurance, IT, Accounting, and Disability Services Administration, Kelly brings a wealth of knowledge and organization to the team.
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.
A Collective
Strategists, analysts, leading technology and specialist partners – together we form a passionate and committed collective.
We work with a number of leading technology and specialist partners, a vast network to address the varied strategic challenges faced by our clients.
Professor Youngjin Yoo
John Voeller
Dr Celia Merzbacher
Dr Kay-Yut Chen
Dr Paul Leonardi
Dr Robert (Bob) Pierce
Dr Kevin Hurst
Mike Neal
Martin Fischer
Dr Luigi Barone
Collaboration
We partner with businesses
We’re not your typical consultancy. But if you want a label, ‘business partner’ comes close. When we team up with like-minded clients, we become a vested partner and we work collaboratively with you to grow, strengthen and position your business to win in the years ahead.
Strategy Insight
Our Capabilities
We apply strategic design capability to create value in two main ways
Advising
Advising established businesses on navigating shifts in response to external change, through the design of business and functional strategy and tailored reviews
Building
Building new businesses based on deep industry insight, through the design of business models and bringing together partners, capital and capability
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.
Case Study
Flagship Consortium
In all our work, we are single-minded when it comes to achieving results. This is one of our projects where we are creating positive outcomes.
Case Study
Flagship Consortium
The road to zero emissions:
The Electric Mine Consortium
In all our work, we are single-minded when it comes to achieving results. This is one of our projects where we are creating positive outcomes.
Over a dozen mining and service companies have joined forces to create the electric mine consortium with the ambition to accelerate progress towards the fully electrified zero CO2 and zero particulates mine.
Our Portfolio
Slate has a number of investments and commercial partnerships in the natural resources industry
