Jennifer Bennett
Founder and Managing Director
Jennifer Bennett is an experienced strategic advisor in public sector reform, systems change and governance — with 25 years of leading complex programs.
She is the founder and Managing Director of Spring Green Consulting, a Canberra-based advisory firm working with governments, boards and executive teams across health, disability, Indigenous affairs and public sector transformation. Over the course of her career, Jennifer has worked with more than 100 organisations across 10+ countries.
Jennifer's landmark programs include the national transition to full-scheme NDIS, the ACT health system separation (two new legal entities, 7,500 staff, four months to delivery), the first jurisdictional review of Closing the Gap Implementation Plans for the Coalition of Peaks, and advisory work for the Our Booris, Our Way wholly Aboriginal Steering Committee committed to reducing First Nations children in the ACT child protection system.
She brings the rare combination of an executive management consultant's analytical rigour — developed across Deloitte, KPMG, and Arthur Andersen — with the governance depth of a sitting Non-Executive Director and former Chair.
Jennifer is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and the elected President of the ACT Divisional Council — the peak governance body for directors in the nation's capital. She is a Non-Executive Director of MS Plus and Beechworth Health Service, and served as Chair of Woden Community Service for six years, steering the organisation through NDIS funding reform, two Royal Commission responses, a doubling of turnover to $28M, and two COVID lockdowns.
She holds a Certificate in Circular Economy and Sustainability from Cambridge Judge Business School, an IDEO U Certificate in Designing Strategy, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Management from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
Current non-exucutive director roles:
MS Plus
Beechworth Health Service
Current Advisory roles
ACT Divisional Council President — Australian Institute of Company Directors