Katherine Fraser

Chief Executive Officer

Katherine’s government communication career spans multiple decades and includes experience in several political offices, as well as public service positions in Commonwealth and Queensland government agencies.

Her expertise includes working with government to enhance projects by delivering tailored communication and engagement. Katherine loves a challenge and is highly regarded for her ability to develop and execute strategies, including delivering communication to support complex and sensitive legislative reform programs and high-profile government priorities.

Katherine’s skills span the breadth of both internal and external communication:

  • writing and editing

  • media relations

  • stakeholder engagement and governance

  • change communication

  • social media

  • visual communication.

In addition to working in political offices, Katherine has worked with:

  • Department of Defence

  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  • Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

  • Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

  • Department of Foreign Affairs

  • Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

  • Department of Health

  • Department of Home Affairs

  • National Indigenous Australians Agency

  • Queensland Government Department of Health

  • Queensland Government Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors.

Our Team

Ariarne SelOSa

Consultant

Ariarne is an accomplished project manager with a communications and graphic design background. She is renowned for her exceptional skills in visual communication and has an impressive portfolio that highlights her aptitude for translating intricate concepts into visually striking designs. Specialising in government projects, particularly within stakeholder engagement, Ariarne has consistently demonstrated her capacity to develop successful communication strategies and achieve excellent project outcomes.

ADAM MILLS

Consultant

Adam has over ten years of experience working in and with the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments. He has a broad range of corporate, administrative, and management skills suitable to many government roles and teams. Specifically, his strengths include analysis and reporting, case management, understanding and working within regulatory environments, engaging with stakeholders, and communicating with influence to manage demanding clients under high-stress situations.  

Adrian Baker

Senior Consultant

Adrian is a highly skilled IT professional with 20 years of experience in the Energy, Police and Defence industries. His technical understanding and strong interpersonal skills ensure that high-quality results are always met. Adrian has been in various Test Management positions, including Test, Environment and Release Manager, BI Test Lead, Data Modeler, Senior Test Analyst, and Business Analyst.

Dane Anderson

Consultant

With a career spanning over 15 years in the public sector, Dane has developed a reputation as a respected public sector and project management professional. He has proven success within operational, technical, and intelligence-focused roles where he has refined his self-driven approach informed by his integrity, respect, and authenticity values. Dane excels in translating highly technical information into plain English to support the implementation and uptake of new systems and is considered a subject matter expert in Intelligence Systems.

Matthew FRASER

Executive Director

Matthew is an experienced program manager and has worked across both the private and public sectors to shepherd successful projects, or as he puts it “make things happen”.

Matthew’s experience spans IT, managed services, health, aviation and events in both government and corporate environments. While his roles have varied across these sectors, management and delivery have remained steady features in his career, which has included roles such as:

  • Program Manager

  • Product Owner

  • Project Manager

  • Business Manager

  • Chief of Staff

  • Operations Manager

  • Services Manager

  • Event Manager.

Through working with clients, Matthew helps to identify and solve problems and is known for creatively finding different and new approaches built around a plan that will work. To deliver solutions, he flexibly uses a variety of methods: Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, Scrum, and Kanban.

Matthew has worked with:

  • Department of Finance

  • Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  • Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

  • Department of Education, Skills and Employment

  • Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

  • IP Australia

  • ACT Government.

Ed Fenech

Senior Consultant

Ed is an accomplished and polished product management professional. His practical and pragmatic approach adds value to leading the delivery of highly complex and sensitive projects. As a Scrum Master, he is an expert in translating strategy to concise tactical outputs, ensuring that delivery partners are aligned, and projects are delivered on time and within budget. He has managed the rollout of a data intelligence system from conception to business as usual for the Victorian government. Other projects include transforming service delivery models, data management systems and interactive online portals, eCommerce platforms, conducting system audits, coordinating training and system support.

GREG THOMAS

Senior Consultant

Approaching two decades of consulting experience, Greg is an engaging contributor to business value, specialising in creating consensus and collaboration for cross-agency and cross-divisional business change. He achieves organisational and government-wide benefits for complex bodies of work that touch multiple administrative units. Whether managing a program or identifying and contributing to organisational change, Greg represents the interests of his clients.

JOHN BURton

Senior Consultant

John is an expert in developing and implementing change strategies. He is also an internal and external stakeholder engagement, governance, and business development expert. Working across Commonwealth, State, and Local Government levels, John has held a wide range of senior government roles and specialist assignments in health care, public transport, customer service/contact centres, social policy, not-for-profit governance, and financial management sectors.

Rick van Der Zwan

manager

Dr Rick van der Zwan is a distinguished evaluation expert with over 25 years of experience in both academic and government sectors. At 1 and One, Rick leads and delivers high-quality evaluations, ensuring they meet the highest standards and align with Australasian Evaluation Society competencies. His expertise spans complex, large-scale evaluations, and he is known for his robust mixed-methods approaches, extensive stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate complex findings into actionable recommendations. Rick's innovative evaluation methods have directly shaped government policy and are integral to our mission at 1 and One.

Laura Jurowicz

Consultant

Laura’s expertise in operations management in government at both the Federal and State level has positioned her well for working in fast-paced environments with demanding priorities. She excels in working with diverse stakeholders, bringing a calm and focused disposition and using proven methods to streamline operations, cut costs and increase productivity. Her detailed and ethical approach to project management and coordination is appreciated by the many clients she has built strong relationships with.

LUKE BERNIE

Senior Consultant

Luke is a versatile and skilled project manager with experience in delivering complex ICT and business outcomes to government. Luke has an in-depth knowledge of government processes and principles making him an expert at delivering whole of government solutions for large federal agencies. Luke manages multiple projects concurrently, always ensuring project milestones are achieved and client expectations are met.

MARTIN WITTMANN

Senior Consultant

Martin is a senior business analyst and program manager with over 20 years of experience in the public sector. He is our resident Agile Expert’ and our most experienced project scrum master. He is an expert in risk management, having successfully identified, documented, and managed risk across every project he has delivered. Martin demonstrated the ability to facilitate technical, functional, and practical change to system users and executive-level stakeholders within high-profile government projects. 

ROSS MERCHANT

Senior Consultant

As 1 and One’s L&D specialist, Ross is an expert in creating quality learning for the public sector. With core skills in instructional design, technical writing and learning delivery, Ross designs, develops, and delivers blended (eLearning, virtual classroom or face-to-face) training solutions that meet client expectations every time. Ross has learned from and continuously approved his approach to training management, with the ultimate goal being to uplift the end-user in using a new system.