Mr Jeremy Chandler

Mr Jeremy Chandler has operated Business WIDE, a management consulting support and coaching across a range of business areas, since 2008. Prior top this, he had 40 years working in a range of organisations and government agencies. Much of that time was spent in the Australian Public Service (APS) and of that 15 years was in the Senior Executive Service (SES).

His particular expertise is in financial management and in high level strategic leadership and delivery of corporate and governance functions. Until late 2007, he was the Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Infrastructure). He occupied the same role for the former Australian Communications Authority (ACA). He was Chief Financial Officer for three Australian Government agencies and had many years experience in accounting systems development, accounting and budgetary policy and in program review, in the former Department of Finance.

In the APS he also worked in policy development, program delivery and the development of major legislation reform in the areas of: government business enterprise policy; aviation policy and programs; and broadcasting policy and programs.

Since establishing Business WIDE in 2008 he has wworked with clients in a wide variety of ways, these include: as an Independent Member on Audit Committees; business process mapping; activity based costing; financial analysis; organisational redesign; change management planning; and governance reviews. As a Senior Adviser to Nous Group he works in the areas of leadership and organisational capability.

He is a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (FCPA) with CPA Australia; a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM); and a Member of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (MIPAA).