About Vaista

An independent firm, built for Australian leaders.

We started Vaista to do consulting differently — senior, independent, and accountable for outcomes. Today we partner with boards and executives across Australia's most consequential organisations.

Our story

Built by practitioners, for practitioners.

Vaista was founded in Sydney in 2018 by a small group of partners who had spent decades inside global consulting firms and operating roles. We were drawn together by a shared frustration: too much advice, too little change.

We set out to build a firm where senior practitioners do the work themselves — where independence isn't marketing, but a structural commitment. No software resale, no audit conflicts, no rotating juniors. Just experienced advisors, working alongside your team, until the change holds.

Today, Vaista is a team of just over forty advisors with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, serving clients from the ASX 200, federal and state government, and Australia's most ambitious mid-market organisations.

Leadership

The people accountable for the work.

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Daniel Whitlock

Managing Partner

Former Partner at a global consulting firm; 22 years across financial services and public sector transformation.

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Priya Raman

Partner, Technology

Ex-CTO in energy and infrastructure. Led cloud and data programmes at scale across APAC.

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Henry Osei

Partner, Strategy

Corporate strategist with a background in growth, M&A, and operating model design.

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Eloise Tanner

Partner, Sustainability

Climate risk, ESG and resilience advisor to ASX-listed boards and government agencies.