What Quay Consulting does

Quay Consulting Pty Ltd is a Sydney-headquartered, privately held professional services firm founded in 2006 by Rod Adams and Jon Pascoe, specialising in project management, change management, and transformation delivery for large Australian enterprises. The firm operates a practitioner-led model in which principals each bring over 20 years of experience and a curated network of approximately 300 project consultants can be mobilised at short notice. Since 2021, Quay has operated as part of CPM Group following its merger with Cornerstone Performance Management, alongside the related entity PMsquare Asia.

The company's core offering is organised around three service lines: Project Consultancy (evidence-based advisory with technology, vendor, and system integrator independence), Project Management and Delivery (encompassing PMO establishment, programme design, project and programme management, assurance, change management, architecture, business analysis, capability uplift, test management, and scheduling), and adjacent practices in Workspace Relocations and Workforce Management transformation. Quay has positioned itself as a vendor-independent implementation partner for platforms such as WorkJam (frontline digital workplace, with Kronos and Ceridian integrations) and Smartsheet (PMO and project success), and through the CPM Group umbrella it offers clients access to data science and machine learning expertise via a collaboration with the UTS Data Science Institute.

Quay generates revenue from professional services engagements, with services delivered on a quote-based, project-specific basis. The go-to-market model is enterprise field sales, driven primarily by principal relationships and direct engagement through website forms, phone, and email. Named customers span banking (Westpac, NAB, CBA), credit information (Veda), telecommunications (Vodafone), government (Sydney Trains), office equipment (Fuji Xerox Australia), and non-profit/social services (Mission Australia, Salvation Army). Marketing is conducted through content (Quay Bulletin newsletter, Quay Conversations podcast, website articles and case studies) and organic social channels rather than paid acquisition. Quay Consulting remains privately held with no public revenue disclosures and no external funding rounds.

Name

Quay Consulting

Legal name

Quay Consulting Pty Ltd

Website

https://quayconsulting.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Quay Consulting is a Sydney-based, privately held project management and transformation consulting firm founded in 2006, serving large Australian enterprises across banking, government, telecommunications, and non-profit sectors via a practitioner-led model and a network of around 300 consultants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Project Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Financial Management & Performance Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAF)

Keywords

• Project management consulting
• Change management services
• PMO setup support
• Workforce management transformation
• Program delivery consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Project Consulting Services: High-level consulting, care and quality assurance for project delivery. Services include project consultancy, project management and delivery, PMO setup and support, workspace relocations, workforce management, capability uplift, change management, business analysis, test management, scheduling, and architecture.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Quay Consulting is a Sydney-based professional services firm delivering high-level consulting, project management, change management, and quality assurance services. It provides end-to-end project support across project consultancy, project management and delivery, PMO setup, workspace relocations, workforce management transformation, and capability uplift, leveraging a network of approximately 300 project consultants.

Product overview

Quay Consulting is a professional services firm specializing in project landscape transformation and strategy execution. The company offers a portfolio of consulting services organized around project consultancy, project management and delivery, and workforce management. Core offerings include Project Consultancy (evidence-based consulting with technology independence), Project Management & Delivery (encompassing PMO, assurance, change management, program design, architecture, business analysis, test management, and scheduling), Workspace Relocations, Workforce Management transformation, and Capability Uplift. The firm also produces thought leadership content through its Quay Conversations podcast series and the monthly Quay Bulletin newsletter. Services are delivered through a network of 300 project consultants, with specialization in sectors including retail, aged care, childcare, not-for-profit, hospitality, and the arts across Australia and Asia Pacific.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 410% ROI with WorkJam implementation

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SmartsheetcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 December 2024Quay Consulting announced a go-to-market partnership with Smartsheet to drive PMO and Project Success. The partnership supports better delivery for PMO and Project Success initiatives.
• UTS Data Science InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021CPM Group announced strategic collaboration with UTS Data Science Institute to help clients access expertise in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for data and digital projects.
• WorkJamcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWorkJam is a frontline digital workplace providing unmatched capabilities to transform frontline workforce experience. Quay brings more than 17 years experience in complex project delivery, change management, and governance in WFM transformation. As WorkJam implementation partners, Quay provides technical, WFM project and change management expertise to support WFM and frontline engagement journeys.
• Cornerstone Performance ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of CPM Group following merger in 2021. Cornerstone Performance Management is a related company under the CPM Group umbrella.
• PMsquare AsiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of CPM Group, PMsquare Asia is a related company providing data science and analytics services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Australia: Global SI/consultancy delivering large-scale program management, change and transformation services in Australia; addresses the same buyers (CIOs, transformation sponsors) as Quay.
• PwC Australia: Global Big-4 with strong Australian enterprise transformation and PMO consulting practices; overlaps with Quay's banking and government client base.
• Deloitte Australia (Consulting): Big-4 consultancy with a large Australian transformation, PMO and change-management practice; competes for the same enterprise transformation mandates that Quay serves.
• EY-Parthenon Australia: Big-4 strategy and transformation advisory competing for finance and regulatory transformation mandates that Quay executes at the delivery layer.
• Slalom: Global transformation and technology consulting firm with established ANZ presence; competes for end-to-end transformation deals similar to Quay's PMO and change services.
• KPMG Australia: Big-4 consulting practice covering PMO setup, program assurance and large-scale transformation in the same banking and public-sector segments Quay targets.

Regional players

• Adapt Consulting: Australian consulting firm focused on business transformation, change, and project delivery; similar boutique scale to Quay and competing for mid-to-large enterprise mandates domestically.
• PM Partners: Australian PMO and project management consultancy delivering PMO advisory, training and assurance — a directly comparable niche player to Quay in the domestic market.

Direct peers

• PMsquare Asia: Related company under the same CPM Group parent; provides data science and analytics consulting that is complementary to Quay's PMO/transformation work, making it the closest organizational peer.
• Cornerstone Performance Management: Sister company within CPM Group following the 2021 merger; both deliver organizational performance and project delivery consulting to Australian enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/quayconsulting
• Facebookfacebook.com/QuayConsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quay-consulting
• Instagraminstagram.com/quayconsulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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