ELP Strategy
ELP is a small group of highly experienced strategy practitioners who work directly with leaders on important, difficult or ambiguous problems.
We combine strategy consulting, advice, facilitation and coaching rather than forcing the problem into a predefined consulting product. The people you meet are the people who do the work. We configure each engagement around what the client actually needs, and we stop when we've done what is useful.
ELP Strategy -
A different way to get strategic help
Senior-only by design
You work directly with experienced practitioners. We don't sell senior expertise and substitute a junior team.
Bespoke, not productised
We don't start with a methodology or a predetermined answer. The role we play, the people involved and the way we work depend on the problem.
Different kinds of help
We draw on strategy consulting, facilitation, advice and coaching—using whatever combination is most useful.
Built around the work
Sometimes one of us is enough. Sometimes two or three of us work together. Where the problem requires additional specialist or analytical capacity, we assemble it, often using your staff.
Our
Perspective
Commercial experience.
Social perspective.
We've worked across business, government, philanthropy and the social sector. That gives us a perspective that crosses traditional boundaries between commercial performance and social impact.
We are particularly drawn to organisations and leaders trying to achieve something worthwhile—but we don't believe good intentions are a substitute for rigorous strategy.
What We Do
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The kinds of questions people bring us
Where should we go next?
Our environment has changed and our strategy needs to change with it.
How do we make this choice?
We have several plausible paths and need to work out which one to pursue.
How do we get the board and executive aligned?
Everyone agrees something needs to change, but not necessarily what.
How do we turn ambition into action?
We know broadly where we want to go but haven't worked out how to get there.
How do we rethink the organisation?
Our structure, operating model or capabilities no longer fit what we're trying to achieve.
How do we tackle something bigger than one organisation?
The problem sits across organisations, sectors or systems and requires a different kind of strategy.
Meet the Team
Nick Elliott
Nick is an experienced strategy consultant, executive coach and a qualified Non-executive Director, with a specific focus on sustainability, ESG and social impact. He has 30 years of professional and entrepreneurial experience in the commercial and non-profit sectors, supporting organisations to articulate their purpose, develop strategies, rethink their business model and create frameworks and toolkits for managing and reporting on progress and impact.
Nick started his career as an investment banker, and subsequently spent a number of years with WWF before joining Bain & Company. After a stint as an entrepreneur, Nick returned to consulting in 2012, focusing exclusively on social impact. As a Director of Social Ventures Australia Consulting in Australia, and latterly through his work in the UK and South East Asia, Nick has supported a range of clients and projects in the sustainability and social impact space.
Nick is a member of the Board of BoP Hub, a Singapore-based non-profit that creates economic opportunities for the 4 billion people at the Base of the Pyramid who live on less than US$8 a day.
Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz
Following a successful early career in software, commercial strategy consulting, and banking and wealth management in the US, UK, and Australia, Stuart has focused since 2012 on advising and supporting the Australian social sector.
Stuart led the growth of the Consulting practice at Social Ventures Australia to provide support to not-for-profit organisations, government, and philanthropy in delivering impact across a range of areas including disability services, mental health supports, and educational disadvantage.
Stuart is an Ambassador for Flourish Australia, a provider of mental health supports. Stuart was previously a board member of The Housing Connection, a disability services provider, and a board member of Australians for Mental Health, an advocacy organisation for increased federal funding of mental health supports.
Stuart continues to provide strategic consulting and executive facilitation skills to support organisations to deliver positive social impact.
Duncan Peppercorn
Duncan was the founder of Social Ventures Australia Consulting: a not for profit business that is recognised throughout Australia as the leader in strategic advice and support for the for-purpose sector.
His background is as a senior consultant at both McKinsey and Company, and Bain. He has also led the operational functions as Chief Operating Officer at the global consulting firm, Partners in Performance.
Duncan sits on the board of the Centre for Eye Research and has previously been a board member at social and arts organisations.
He brings his combination of strategic insight, commercial acumen and an awareness of the social issues in Australia to the team at ELP, along with his passionate belief in the critical role that business must play in creating a more just and fairer country.