OUR STORY
It started, and stays, in the family.
Grey Matta was founded by Chris Phillips, and it's grown into something genuinely family-led. Today Chris leads the business as CEO alongside his son Nick as Managing Director, with family and a close team of practitioners around them.
That's not an accident, and it's not just sentiment. Being family-founded shapes how we work. It means the name on the door is personally accountable for the work we do. It means we take a long view, because our reputation and our relationships matter more to us than any single engagement. And it means the care we bring to your people is the same care we bring to our own.
When you work with Grey Matta, you're not a line item. You're working with people who take it personally, because for us, it is.
Chris Phillips
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Chris is the founder of Grey Matta and the behavioural architect behind much of its thinking. With more than 20 years as a senior executive across government before starting the firm, he's led change from the inside, not just advised on it from the outside. His clients tend to describe him more simply, as "the people whisperer."
Nick Phillips
Managing Director
Nick leads Outset Learn, Grey Matta's sister business, where the group's leadership thinking is being turned into scalable, technology-enabled programs. As part of the family that leads both businesses, he stays close to Grey Matta's clients and partnerships, helping organisations find the right blend of hands-on and digital development.
Maria Phillips
General Manager, Corporate Services
Maria is the operational engine of Grey Matta, holding the business together behind the scenes, from client coordination and program delivery to the systems and standards that keep every engagement running smoothly. If Grey Matta feels easy to work with, that's usually Maria.
Tim Marsh
Chief Experience Officer
Tim has a genuine, enduring care for people and for helping them realise their capability. He brings decades of shoulder-to-shoulder work across a huge range of governments and enterprises. Practical, human and refreshingly real-world, he's renowned for connecting people to solutions.