Lisa Buckingham

Lisa is a dynamic leader who achieves impact through her values-based and collective leadership approach that forges coalitions of stakeholders, decision-makers and teams around a shared and clear purpose.

Lisa has deep practical experience working in the public sector, working in partnership with government agencies, regulators, community organisations, auditors, industry associations, peak bodies, unions and statutory authorities.

She understands how decisions are made in public sector settings, anticipating the dynamics and risks, and how to influence and engage across a broad range of stakeholders. Lisa knows what senior government officials are weighing up when they make decisions, what trade-offs they will be making, and what types of information and evidence they need to support their work, and the strategies required to push change agenda. 

Lisa has designed and delivered complex, innovative public policy within budget. She has more than two decades of experience in the Victorian and Australian Public Services. She has worked across Defence and Security, Industrial Relations, Community Services, Commonwealth-State Relations, Small Business and Employment.

Significant engagements

For major Australia Government agency:

• Budget and Efficiency Review on financial sustainability, including:
  • conducted strategic review of expenditure to understand cost-to-deliver
  • provided an evidence base for required funding
  • facilitated agreement and understanding of funding options, to cover cost pressures, operational requirements and resourcing, and performance.