From 2025, Charles is only available for small advisory roles or reviews, not leadership of substantial projects. He’s happy to help where his knowledge of related work over the last 30 years is useful.

Charles Sullivan has extensive research and evaluation experience, both as a senior manager and as a practitioner. He was a Director in leading research companies (Nielsen, Research NZ) for 10 years. In the public sector he managed rapid change in the Health Promotion Agency research team through 4 Team Leads.

As a practitioner he worked for around a decade as an independent consultant, and more recently in the public sector (Social Wellbeing Agency & Ministry of Justice/Sector Group). His core skills include evaluative thinking, survey design/analysis/management, and familiarity with administrative data (including the Integrated Data Infrastructure, IDI). Topic areas he has worked in over recent years are wellbeing, health, and justice.

Fiona McPherson is a Director of the company and provides editorial and administrative support. She is a writer and publisher through Wayz Press, the publishing arm of Capital Research, which specializes in educational, reference, and self-help books. She also has a doctorate in psychology from the University of Otago.

Associates

My former colleagues in the Kinnect Group: Judy Oakden, Kate McKegg, Nan Wehipeihana, Julian King and Adrian Field.

Several other researchers, evaluators and data analysts Charles has enjoyed working with previously.

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