Our Experts
Grattan Institute employs Australia’s leading non-partisan policy experts across a wide range of issues. Our staff are available for interviews, commentary, and event appearances. For media enquiries call 03 9035 9881 or email media@grattaninstitute.edu.au
Sam Bennett
Dr Sam Bennett joined the Grattan Institute as its inaugural Disability Program Director in September 2023. Sam has worked on…
Peter Breadon
Peter Breadon is the Health Program Director at Grattan Institute. He has worked in a wide range of senior policy…
Brendan Coates
Brendan Coates is the Economic Policy Program Director at Grattan Institute, where he leads Grattan’s work on tax and transfer…
Jordana Hunter
Jordana Hunter is the Education Program Director at Grattan Institute. She has an extensive background in public policy design and…
Marion Terrill
Marion is a leading transport and cities expert with a long history in public policy. She has worked on tax…
Tony Wood
Tony has been Director of the Energy Program since 2011 after 14 years working at Origin Energy in senior executive…
Alastair McEwin
Alastair McEwin AM has had a long involvement in disability and human rights policy work, encompassing roles at both domestic…
Kate Griffiths
Kate Griffiths is the Deputy Program Director of Grattan Institute’s Budgets and Government Program. She previously worked for The Boston Consulting…
Amy Haywood
Amy Haywood is the Deputy Program Director of Grattan Institute’s Education Program. Amy has a background as an educator and…
Joey Moloney
Joey Moloney the Deputy Program Director of Grattan Institute’s Economic Policy program. He has worked at the Productivity Commission and…
Alison Reeve
Alison Reeve is the Climate Change and Energy Deputy Program Director at Grattan Institute. She has two decades of experience…
Trent Wiltshire
Trent Wiltshire is the Deputy Director, Migration and Labour Markets, in Grattan Institute’s Economic Policy Program. He previously worked at…
Natasha Bradshaw
Natasha Bradshaw is a Senior Associate in Grattan Institute’s Economic Policy program. She previously worked at the Australian Treasury, with…
Ingrid Burfurd
Ingrid Burfurd is a Senior Associate in Grattan Institute’s Cities and Transport Program. Ingrid has a background in public policy and academic…
Nick Parkinson
Nick is a Senior Associate in Grattan’s Education Program. Before joining Grattan, Nick was a consultant at Nous Group where…
Anika Stobart
Anika Stobart is a Senior Associate at Grattan Institute. She advocates for evidence based reform on social, health, economic, and…
Richard Yan
Richard Yan is a Senior Associate in the Grattan Institute’s Energy and Climate Change program. He has previously worked at…
Elizabeth Baldwin
Elizabeth Baldwin is an Associate in Grattan Institute’s Budgets and Government Program. She previously worked at the Productivity Commission and…
Lachlan Fox
Lachlan Fox is an Associate at Grattan Institute. In the Transport and Cities Program, he co-authored a report into how…
Dominic Jones
Dominic Jones is an Associate at Grattan Institute. He has previously worked as a research assistant in the Australian Research…
Hannah Orban
Hannah Orban is an Associate in Grattan’s Disability Program. Hannah advocates for the equality of people with disability through evidence-based…
Esther Suckling
Esther is an Associate at Grattan Institute. She previously worked on health policy as an intern at the Department of…
Professional Staff
Alan MacKinnon
Alan looks after Grattan’s corporate central services and is the organisation’s Company Secretary. He has over 20 years of experience…
Simone Baker
Simone is the Head of People and Development at Grattan Institute. She has over 15 years of professional experience in…
Paul Austin
Paul Austin has been the Editor at Grattan Institute since 2016. He previously worked for many years as a journalist…
Kat Clay
Kat Clay is the Head of Digital Communications at Grattan Institute. She has more than a decade of experience in…
Ant Clark
Ant Clark is Head of Philanthropy at Grattan Institute. Ant has held senior fundraising and philanthropy roles in the for-purpose…
Laura Yong
Laura is Grattan’s Executive Assistant and Engagement Coordinator.
Beatrice Ringrose
Beatrice joined Grattan in January 2020 as our Executive Assistant and Media and Events Coordinator. She has completed her Bachelor…
Jenny Green
Jenny is Grattan’s HR/Business Administrator and Grattan Academy Coordinator. She is responsible for providing high level administrative support to Grattan’s…
Alison Leonidis
Alison Leonidis is Finance Coordinator at Grattan Institute. She has a broad range of experience across corporate and not-for-profit organisations…