• Mining Advisory

    52 years combined experience in various operations, transformation, contract, engineering and service support roles, we can deliver results at your site

  • Aged Care advisory

    Experience in WA and NZ jurisdictions in aged care in various operations and support roles, including 2018 Parliamentary Inquiry into Aged Care facilities (AU-Cth)

  • Leadership advisory

    Combined 55 years of site based and corporate leadership including operations, maintenance, service & support and project roles

  • Tourism Advisory

    Experience in thinking differently about visitation to an iconic part of New Zealand

  • Business Advisory

    Negotiations, Merger & Acquisition, team and individual mentoring for new mid-tier and senior leadership

Rethinking tourism for New Zealand

“New Zealand as it was .. forever”

Featured Projects

Milford Opportunties Project

Extracting full value from existing mining assets

5 Mines - proposed sale for $5.7B consideration

Milford Opportunties Masterplan (2021)

Peabody - Anglo Coal $5.7B acquisition

Acquisition of two Cromwell Otago aged care facilities to NZX based Promisia Healthcare

Completing sellers conditions president for $33M consideration

Promisia Healthcare $33M acquisition

Black Swan Consultancy NZ is a boutique advisory firm based in Tarras, Central Otago, New Zealand, directed by Chris Goddard and Donna Goddard.

The firm specialises in mining advisory, leadership development, business transformation, and mergers and acquisitions. Chris Goddard brings approximately 27 years of mining industry experience including senior operational and transformation roles with Rio Tinto, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt credentials, and postgraduate AI qualifications. Donna Goddard contributes complementary operational and advisory experience across the firm's practice areas.