Ria Bleathman
five consulting was established in 2002 and is managed by its sole director, Ria Bleathman. Ria has held senior executive positions in both the private and public sectors in Australia, Europe and North America. Her prior executive line management experience includes: corporate finance, debt origination, treasury management, regional development and commercial lending. Her previous employers were: Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance, Melbourne and the Department of State Development, Hobart.
Her country experience includes: Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand, Korea and sub-Saharan Africa (including: Republic of South Africa and Malawi).
Ria has tertiary qualifications in economics, public administration and business management. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has held non-executive director positions for national public and private sector organisations.
To find out more about Ria, please refer to her personal blog: riableathman.com
Nick Lewis
has worked with five consulting since 2005. Nick provides strong conceptual, analytical and report writing skills. Nick specialises in triple bottom line analyses, multi criteria decision analysis, economic evaluations, and risk management and planning.
Why choose five consulting
five consulting’s director Ria Bleathman is one of the few management consultants in Australia who has held executive line management positions in both the private and public sectors. She is a former Deputy Secretary of a major government department, has held executive line management responsibilities for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance and has held global profit and loss accountabilities for two major AAA rated international investment banks.
Ria is able to apply this experience to deliver workable commercial outcomes within a government policy context.
Ria typically operates at the executive or Board level for all her assignments. Her specialist skills include the full range of project dynamics from concept and strategy through to implementation and operations.
five consulting’s associates have a proven track record in working with the firm over many years. The firm does not backfill assignments with inexperienced or untested resources.
five consulting has minimal corporate overheads and passes on these savings through competitive pricing for its services.