Matt Callander
Collaborative Thinker

Buzzing with innovation and driven by connecting with people, Matt is creative with words, ideas and in developing solutions.

Matt has been a part of Think since day 1 (well day 2, to be precise) he has lead interesting and sometimes complex projects across Government and NFP agencies through his work with Think, building on a plethora of experience in finance and entertainment. Matt built his early career in Public Relations, is an Internal Communications and Transformation expert, he has deep skills in research and stakeholder consultation and engagement. 

Matt finds innovative, often simple, ways to reach goals. All options are on the table with Matt and solutions emerge quickly when he is involved and with flare. Matt lead projects for Think across the NSW Government Households and Environment portfolio, developing deep insights as to how people were experiencing financial hardship in NSW, who was vulnerable and aligning insights with policy makers to drive change. He also developed an innovating stakeholder partnership program with LGAs across NSW to drive targeted uptake of government programs designed to drive behavior change and consumption around energy usage in homes.

No problem is too big or small for Matt to tackle. His approach leads with understanding the people involved first, including the internal team and the external communities. He then jumps to collaborative process to draw up creative and innovative ideas that are easy to implement and deliver results.  Matt is the guy you want in every brainstorm – he warms up a room and makes anything feel possible.