Ric Lamont
Principal
I love the collaborative culture and interesting and challenging projects at Nous. They provide the opportunity for me to stretch myself and in the process build great relationships with people I respect.
Ric specialises in the development of business and technology strategies that work. He delivers strategies that push the boundaries of current thinking yet remain practical and actionable. Ric understands the unique challenges in creating highly functional organisations, particularly in distributed and diverse settings. He makes use of industry methodologies and standards combined with Nous originated frameworks to deliver outstanding results.
Ric has 20 years management and leadership experience in education, government, wholesale and distribution. He has a profound understanding of corporate information and technology management. Ric also contributes to and leads projects in the strategy, organisational capability and leadership development spaces.
Project experience
- designed and facilitated numerous strategic planning workshops with government agencies, not for profits and the private sector
- strategic and operational review of a large community service provider to improve financial sustainability and ability to deliver on its mission. The project led to a business turnaround with many efficiency and revenue opportunities identified and actioned
- service demand analysis for a large organisation with significant outsourcing and functionally distributed responsibilities leading to a sustained investment in service supply capability
- assessed the strategy execution performance of a large consulting engineering firm. The project resulted in the organisation acquiring a realistic understanding of its execution capability and a suite of initiatives to improve strategy execution
- reviewed the corporate social responsibility function of a major Australian bank. Identified a suite of initiatives to improve community contribution and recommend a set of actions to improve reporting quality, marketing and employee engagement.
- developed an information management strategy for central government agency. The project highlighted the requirement for improved IMT governance, clearer accountabilities and significant structural reform of the IMT function
- designed and implemented a major restructure of ICT function in a higher education institution resulting in sustained improvements in client satisfaction and experience
- reviewed the ICT function for a large research facility. Recommend a set of actions to build the capability of the ICT through stronger engagement with the organisation, enhanced governance and improved risk management.
- worked with government department to develop a workforce capability matrix and gap analysis. This work lead to a long term program of structural and cultural reform and significantly improved functional performance.
Education / accreditation / board membership
- MBA, Melbourne Business School
- Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Melbourne Business School.
Past employment
Ric has worked as a CIO in the education sector and successfully started and exited two software development and consulting organisations. Prior to this, Ric built his career in business analysis, project and program management.
Interests
A keen yachtsman, Ric has competed at a national level in a wide variety of classes. Currently, Ric is content just to sail model yachts with his two year old son.
Recent projects
Strategy to support quality timely advice to the Dept. of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria
Service lines
- Information management & technology
Implementation plan for central agency IMT strategy
Service lines
- Information management & technology
Review of university’s education strategy to balance stakeholder expectations
Service lines
- Business strategy
Information management aligned with structure, capabilities, processes and systems
Service lines
- Information management & technology
Recent project team members
Norman Pidgeon
Principal
Service lines
- Information management & technology
Andrew Benoy
Consultant
Service lines
- Public policy
- Business strategy
Simon Lancaster
Principal
Service lines
- Business strategy
- Public policy
Vincent Conrad
Consultant
Service lines
- Business strategy
- Public policy
Kristen Hedgecoe
Senior Consultant
Service lines
- Public policy
- Business strategy
Hamish Ride
Consultant
Service lines
- Public policy
- Business strategy
Mark Burford
Principal
Service lines
- Public policy
- Business strategy
Tim Orton
Managing Director
Service lines
- Public policy
- Business strategy
Zac Ashkanasy
Principal
Service lines
- Business strategy
- Public policy
Christine Axton
Senior Consultant
Service lines
- Organisational capability
Jim Davidson
Senior Adviser
Service lines
- Public policy
- Business strategy