About us

A collective of safeguarding experts.

We have worked in senior executive and leadership positions across the public, private and community sectors, offering a wealth of expertise in governance and practice, systems reviews and planning, and investigations and assessments.

Our experience is unparalleled.

We have drafted the standards and built the frameworks. We have led the reviews and undertaken the assessments. We are accustomed to translating complex legislative and regulatory requirements into practice.

Let us share our knowledge with you to manage risk, strengthen safeguarding and design an approach that works for you.

Susan Beattie

Managing Partner

Governance and Partnerships

Susan has extensive senior leadership and change management experience. Having worked within a range of strategic policy, project coordination and system reform roles over the last 20 years, Susan has honed her capacity to collaboratively deliver complex projects, frameworks and reports. She uses this expertise to develop solutions which are tailored to context and setting.

Susan has led multiple investigations and systems reviews into high profile, adverse events, and is committed to undertaking this work with integrity, robustness and discretion. She has a nuanced understanding of violence prevention, safeguarding and institutional risk, with a passion for ensuring good governance and continuous improvement in practice.

Susan has served as a non-Executive Director for a range of not-for-profit charities focused on violence prevention and early intervention and has a strong commitment to ensuring that services are designed to meet the needs of those that access them.

She holds a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology), and a Master in Forensic Mental Health.

Helen Lac

Managing Partner

Legal and Assessments

Helen is a senior leader in public and community services with more than 15 years' experience strengthening organisational capability and driving improved outcomes for victims and survivors. She is known for her ability to navigate complex environments while keeping people and integrity at the centre of decision-making.

Before moving into the public sector, Helen built a strong foundation in risk, compliance, and dispute management through her work in private practice, specialising in corporate disputes and administrative law. This combination of legal rigour and public-sector leadership enables her to bring clarity and accountability to challenging issues that require both empathy and precision.

Her career reflects a sustained commitment to system improvement, cross-sector collaboration, and delivering practical, meaningful change.

Helen holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) / Bachelor of Laws.

Our commitment

We recognise the need for confidential advice. For this reason, we maintain the strictest confidentiality about who our clients are and how we have helped them.

We understand that trust is built through transparency, accountability and action. But we are also clear about our limitations and obligations.

If we cannot help you, we will be upfront about this and connect you with someone who can.

While our role is to support you to understand your reporting requirements, we are also bound by reporting obligations where we identify that someone has, or is at risk of, experiencing serious harm.