About Us
A diverse group of people with real business-line and delivery experience saw the challenge that large institutions have in successfully converting strategy to tangible outcomes – transformation in partnership
Our Core Values
Honesty . Excellence . Building Trust
We live our values in every engagement and always go the extra mile to deliver a great result. We promise to deliver honest advice and build trust at every stage – we will not move forward unless you are happy that we have a strong, well understood foundation for the next stage of the work.
Meet some of our team
Chris Karopoulos
Chief Executive
For over 30 years, Chris has held senior executive and consulting roles working with many corporations across Australia and abroad in banking, superannuation, commerce, technology, travel and government
Gabrielle Bancroft
Gab is an accomplished business leader with extensive experience leading large and complex programs including; business mergers, migrations and separations, as well as technology transformations.
George Knight
Prior to Synerga, George co-founded another successful consulting business that grew to more than 70 in less than 4 years. George has significant experience managing large-scale transformations, integrations and separation programs in banking, insurance, super and wealth management.
Judy Cole
Judy is passionate about helping customers solve their toughest sustainability challenges and accelerating their transition to Net-Zero. Judy has an extensive breadth and depth of knowledge in sustainability and transformation with over 40 of experience in the IT industry working across the globe helping customers transform and solve business and IT problems.
Mark Currie
Mark has deep experience in consulting, business leadership, program management, technology program implementation and transformation leadership in banking, super, pharmaceuticals, telco and financial services.
Mark Kouyias
Mark has 25 years’ experience in banking, financial services and telecommunications, in both executive and consulting capacities.
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He has led significant transformations in core banking, lending and telco, and played a key role in multiple successful mergers and acquisitions.
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Mat Theobald
Mat has more than 15 years’ experience delivering procurement related programs across banking, utilities, mining, oil & gas, public sector and retail. Mat has a strong project delivery background from planning and business case through execution and optimisation. Mat is a trusted advisor to many of the largest organisations across Australia and New Zealand.
Neelam Tandon
Neelam is a passionate and visionary leader who strives to deliver exceptional results for her customers, stakeholders, and team. She has a strong background in risk, delivery, strategy, operations, innovation, and change management, with a focus on leveraging data and technology to create value and competitive advantage.
Richard Bradbury
Richard has held both senior executive roles and consulting roles in and around technology implementation, procurement, supply chain management and business networks in Australia, Asia Pacific and Japan.