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MEET THE PEG TEAM
When you engage PEG Consulting, you are engaging the Managing Partners, Ingrid Haythorpe and Dr Tahnya Donaghy.
Together, we have over 30 years of working in, or with, governments.
We use this expertise to deliver consultancy services to multiple government agencies and companies around the country. Our expertise draws on a deep understanding how government works, blended with a laser focus on delivery, results and value for money.
Dr Tahnya Donaghy
GAICD
Tahnya has led Peg Consulting reform projects and legislative and policy reviews for the Victorian, ACT, NT and South Australian governments. She has led the provision of strategic advice on data sharing legislation, machinery of government changes and agency reforms and establishment. She has designed and delivered multiple workshops focused on reform and performance in government agencies. She has worked with companies to establish their government relation strategies. In 2020-21 she supported Victorian and South Australian senior executive health teams in their response to COVID-19.
Tahnya’s has held senior executive roles the South Australian government’s Department of the Premier and Cabinet, SA Health, Department of Families and Communities and the Department for Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology.
Tahnya currently serves as a member of the board for the Women’s and Children’s Local Health Network and the Courts Administration Council.
Ingrid Haythorpe
GAICD
Ingrid has led Peg Consulting projects for the Victorian, ACT, NT and South Australian governments. This has included reviews of whistleblower legislation, lands title legislative, regulatory reviews, justice system projects, women in leadership policy, and governance reforms. In 2020-21 she supported Victorian and South Australian senior executive health teams in their response to COVID-19.
Ingrid’s past roles in the South Australian Government include Chief Executive of the Attorney-General’s Department and senior executive positions in SA Health, the Department of Human Services and the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. She has led teams of legislators, policy developers, regulators, corporate services, and grant-makers.
Ingrid is the Chair of the Board of TAFE SA, serves on the Board of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, and is Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee.
ASSOCIATES
Ainslie O'Connor
Ainslie is a highly skilled professional, having worked as a senior executive in the Victorian and South Australian Departments of the Premier and Cabinet and the South Australian Attorney-General’s Department.
Ainslie is a natural strategic thinker with strong analytical and policy design skills, she is experienced at providing strategic advice at the most senior levels of government.
Ainslie is well versed in how governments operate and very comfortable navigating the legislative, policy and organisational environment of any government agency. She has extensive experience leading policy reform, complex and sensitive stakeholder engagement and developing response strategies during crises.