Independent governance, commercial, and strategic advisory across Australia and Southeast Asia.

Built from delivery, not consulting theory.

Meridian Advisory is a specialist management consultancy. The firm works alongside organisations as an independent adviser on capital project governance, commercial risk, and organisational strategy — not as a supplier of bodies or a vendor of methodology.

The firm operates across Australia and Southeast Asia, with direct experience in local government, resources, infrastructure, and donor-funded environments. Engagements are fixed-fee and deliverable-defined. Every output stands on its own.

What we do.

• Capital Project Governance Stage-gated assurance frameworks, gateway reviews, capital readiness diagnostics.
• Owner-Side Project Management Independent oversight of cost, programme, and delivery risk on behalf of the asset owner.
• Commercial & Procurement Advisory Contract strategy, procurement governance, commercial risk assessment, dispute avoidance.
• Independent Capital Review Lender-side due diligence, investment-grade cost assurance, financing-stage project assessment.
• Organisational Strategy Governance frameworks, operating model design, capability assessment, restructuring advisory.

Brendan Smith

Mining engineer by training. Project governance and commercial advisory specialist by practice. Career spans major capital project delivery, infrastructure governance, and owner-side advisory across Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Southeast Asia.

Executive-level experience in local government across Western Australia and New South Wales, with direct responsibility for capital infrastructure programmes, procurement and delivery frameworks, and governance accountability structures.

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