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Founded in 1999, First Principles Consulting (FPC for short) has an enviable track record of implementing sustainable business improvements in heavy and other industries.

Whilst we are headquartered in Queensland Australia, FPC successfully runs projects all over the world thanks to having consultants in every region that speak our client’s languages.

Project areas often become siloed not realising their true potential. Our approach ensures our specialists communicate across the project, unlocking hidden value.

Mark Franklin

Founder and Managing Director

Alex Franklin​

Operations Manager and Principal

Jillian Exton

Manager, People and Change

Brett Armstrong

Manager, People and Performance

David Hollingsworth​

Senior Consultant, Tech and MOS

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Mark Franklin

Founder and Managing Director

Mark works with clients from identifying their specific needs to overseeing their implementation. With over two decades of international consulting experience, he has learned that client-owned initiatives assisted by competent external specialists result in transformative outcomes.

Mark’s superpower is the ability to assemble a team with superpowers.

Alex Franklin

Operations Manager and Principal

Alex is a chartered engineer with global experience across the full project lifecycle. His superpower is deconstructing complex problems with clients, helping them move forward.

Jillian Exton

Manager, People and Change

Jillian was our first teammember! With a background in Human Capital, she helps our clients with Stakeholder Engagement, Change Management, Project Management Frameworks and Management Systems (MOS). By using her superpower, Jillian not only contributes to improved client bottom line results but helps reduce stress.​

Brett Armstrong

Manager, People and Performance

Brett helps client teams and individuals in leadership positions by identifying the intended and unintended consequences of their behavioural preferences. By applying his superpower, he helps them improve their individual and team performance based on awareness and development strategies

David Hollingsworth​

Senior Consultant, Tech and MOS

David has worked with many clients developing their specific reporting and collaboration platforms. His superpower combines a deep understanding of Management Systems (MOS), behaviours and an exceptional knack to rapidly develop a specific competency for the required ICT platform (e.g. MS Excel, Power BI & Azure DevOps, SQL scripting and many, many more).

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