About Cobalt59
Cobalt59 helps governments, public agencies and mission-driven organisations evaluate complex programs, design monitoring and reporting frameworks, and make better strategic decisions. The firm brings a systems perspective to work in water, environment, climate, arts, community and public policy settings.
The practice combines analytical rigour with practical implementation experience — working with clients to understand context, clarify purpose, strengthen evaluation and strategy, and support decisions that hold up in the real conditions of complexity.
What we bring
- Systems thinking for complex settings
- Policy, programs, institutions and stakeholders interact in ways that are dynamic, uncertain and hard to reduce to linear models.
- Evaluation, strategy and implementation
- Designing frameworks, assessing progress and supporting decisions — not just reporting on them.
- Deep sector experience
- Water, environment, climate, public policy, community and the arts, with a focus on public value and practical usefulness.
Our team
Senior practitioners across evaluation, strategy, economics, water, climate, public policy, organisational development and the arts.
Brian Keogh
Director | Evaluation & Strategy
Brian is a director, evaluator and strategist with more than 20 years’ experience helping governments and organisations understand what is working, what is not, and why—so they can…
Dr Kara Scally-Irvine
Evaluation Specialist | Systems & Impact
Kara is a highly experienced evaluation specialist with more than 20 years of experience in research, monitoring and evaluation. She is known for her expertise in systems thinking,…
Rod McInnes
Senior Economist
Rod is a consultant economist with more than 25 years’ experience helping governments and utilities make robust, value-for-money investment decisions in water, environment and clim…
Sue Donnelly
Senior Consultant | Arts Leadership, Governance & Social Policy
Senior Consultant | ARTS LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE & SOCIAL POLICY…
Beth Medway
Principal Consultant | Environment
Beth is a principal environmental consultant with more than 30 years' experience delivering multidisciplinary projects across government and private sectors, with particular expert…
Julieanne Campbell
Director | Strategy, Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
Julieanne is a director and co-founder of Cobalt59 with more than 25 years' leadership experience across the not-for-profit, arts and health sectors, with particular expertise in s…