Flexible support, tailored to you.
Suzanne Shepherd (Suze) — Founder & Principal Consultant
With more than 25 years of experience in corporate affairs and strategic communications, Suze has shaped brand, stakeholder and policy outcomes across Australia’s energy, infrastructure, and professional services sectors.
She has held senior leadership roles with EY, Transgrid (where she led the launch of commercial offshoot Lumea), and Symphony Infrastructure/Solas Infrastructure, as well as advisory and board positions including the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.
Suze is known for:
Leading brand transformations that reposition organisations in competitive and politically sensitive markets.
Driving successful government and regulatory engagement on complex energy transition projects (10GW+ connected, $120bn+ investment delivered).
Building and aligning corporate affairs functions with budgets of $10M+ and measurable results (20% NPS uplift, 15% employee engagement increases).
Advising Boards, CEOs and executives on reputation risk, crisis response, and social licence to operate.
Her philosophy is simple: deliver clarity, influence, and trusted outcomes.
Support when and how you need it.
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On call when you need us—media, government meetings, web updates, or fast-turnaround advice.
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Targeted expertise to deliver what matters—brand launches, Corporate Scorecard initiatives, campaigns, market research.
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Senior capacity—short or long term—so momentum never stalls.
Insight made practical so you move forward with confidence and achieve results that matter.
Trusted by leaders across energy, infrastructure, and professional services.
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