28Season / Strategic Advisory

28Season / Strategic Advisory

Strategic leadership for organisations navigating complexity.

Strategic leadership for organisations navigating complexity.

Strategic leadership for organisations navigating complexity.

28Season partners with Boards, CEOs and executive teams to create lasting organisational transformation with calm judgement, commercial discipline and long-term thinking.

28Season partners with Boards, CEOs and executive teams to create lasting organisational transformation with calm judgement, commercial discipline and long-term thinking.

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Founder / Chris Potaris

Calm judgement for consequential decisions.

Founder / Chris Potaris

Calm judgement for consequential decisions.

25+

25+

years executive leadership

8

8

industry sectors

$36B

$36B

budget oversight

3,000

3,000

people led through change

About Chris Potaris

About Chris Potaris

About Chris Potaris

Executive experience applied with discretion, discipline and purpose.

Executive experience applied with discretion, discipline and purpose.

Executive experience applied with discretion, discipline and purpose.

Chris Potaris brings more than 25 years of executive leadership across public, private and not-for-profit sectors, working with Boards, Ministers, government departments and executive leadership teams through significant organisational challenges.

Chris Potaris brings more than 25 years of executive leadership across public, private and not-for-profit sectors, working with Boards, Ministers, government departments and executive leadership teams through significant organisational challenges.

28Season is built for moments where judgement matters: complex transformation, governance pressure, stakeholder alignment, financial stewardship and sustainable growth. The work is direct, thoughtful and grounded in lived executive accountability.

28Season is built for moments where judgement matters: complex transformation, governance pressure, stakeholder alignment, financial stewardship and sustainable growth. The work is direct, thoughtful and grounded in lived executive accountability.

A trusted advisor for leaders who need clarity, not theatre; substance, not slogans; and practical strategy that can survive the complexity of real organisations.

A trusted advisor for leaders who need clarity, not theatre; substance, not slogans; and practical strategy that can survive the complexity of real organisations.

CEO & Executive Leadership

Leading organisations through change with operational and strategic accountability.

Governance & Board Advisory

Supporting Boards and executives through decisions with long-term consequence.

Public Policy & Government

Navigating government, ministers, departments and complex stakeholder environments.

Financial Stewardship

Bringing commercial intelligence and risk awareness to major organisational decisions.

Services

Advisory work for leaders facing consequential decisions.

Advisory work for leaders facing consequential decisions.

Advisory work for leaders facing consequential decisions.

28Season works alongside senior leaders where strategy, governance, people, policy and commercial realities intersect.

28Season works alongside senior leaders where strategy, governance, people, policy and commercial realities intersect.

Strategic Advisory

Clear strategic direction for organisations navigating complexity, growth or transition.

CEO Advisory

Trusted counsel for chief executives carrying the weight of complex decisions.

Board Advisory

Helping Boards frame risk, options and long-term organisational consequence.

Governance

Practical governance advice that strengthens accountability and decision quality.

Organisational Transformation

Transformation led through strategy, culture, operating discipline and stakeholder trust.

Executive Leadership

Leadership development and senior team alignment for demanding environments.

Government & Stakeholder Relations

Clear stakeholder strategy across government, community and executive ecosystems.

Financial Strategy

Commercial thinking, resource discipline and risk management for sustainable growth.

Change Management

Guiding change with human-centred leadership, communication and resilience.

Experience

Executive credibility, earned across complex systems.

Executive credibility, earned across complex systems.

Executive credibility, earned across complex systems.

Chris has led organisations through transformation, managed significant financial responsibility and worked directly with the decision-makers who shape public, private and community outcomes.

Chris has led organisations through transformation, managed significant financial responsibility and worked directly with the decision-makers who shape public, private and community outcomes.

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25+ years executive leadership

25+ years executive leadership

25+ years executive leadership

Leadership across public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

02

Eight industry sectors

Eight industry sectors

Eight industry sectors

Cross-sector judgement shaped by varied organisational contexts.

03

$36B budget oversight

$36B budget oversight

$36B budget oversight

Financial stewardship at significant organisational and public scale.

04

Teams of up to 3,000 people

Teams of up to 3,000 people

Teams of up to 3,000 people

Workforce leadership through change, growth and operational pressure.

05

Founder of a Social Justice Coalition

Founder of a Social Justice Coalition

Founder of a Social Justice Coalition

Purpose-led leadership connecting strategy, advocacy and community impact.

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Former criminal prosecutor

Former criminal prosecutor

Former criminal prosecutor

A foundation in judgement, evidence, public duty and integrity.

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Worked directly with Boards, Ministers, departments and executive leadership teams.

Worked directly with Boards, Ministers, departments and executive leadership teams.

Worked directly with Boards, Ministers, departments and executive leadership teams.

Advisory capability grounded in environments where decisions are scrutinised, interdependent and consequential.

Leadership

Leadership

Strategy should make organisations more capable, not simply more busy.

Strategy should make organisations more capable, not simply more busy.

Strategy should make organisations more capable, not simply more busy.

The work of 28Season is grounded in purpose, commercial discipline and respect for the people inside complex systems. It is about creating the conditions for leaders to make better decisions, build resilience and sustain performance over time.

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Strategy with purpose

Direction that connects ambition to responsibility, people and long-term value.

02

Commercial discipline

Decisions shaped by financial stewardship, risk awareness and practical execution.

03

People-first leadership

Transformation that recognises culture, trust and clarity as strategic assets.

04

Governance excellence

Better structures, sharper questions and more accountable decision-making.

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For moments that require clarity, experience and calm authority.

For moments that require clarity, experience and calm authority.

For moments that require clarity, experience and calm authority.

Begin a confidential conversation about strategy, governance, organisational transformation or executive leadership.

Begin a confidential conversation about strategy, governance, organisational transformation or executive leadership.

28Season Advisory

Strategic advisory for Boards, CEOs, government, charities and complex organisations.

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