Our Team

Our CIR team includes eight permanent staff members and a panel of experienced associate consultants and specialists that we engage regularly across a broad spectrum of project work. Approximately two thirds of our team identify as First Nations peoples. Our team members have diverse community connections and expertise, including in health, communications, law, education, youth affairs, reconciliation, tourism, employment, the arts, transport, planning, and environmental management.


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Yatu Widders Hunt
General Manager

Yatu is a member of the Dunghutti and Anaiwan peoples of the Northern Tablelands of NSW.

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Tiernan Campbell O’Brien

Director
Tiernan was raised on Dharug country and is a descendant of the Yulluna peoples from Northwest QLD. He has a passion for working with First Nations people and communities, stemming from his time as a Youth Worker at the Cleveland Detention Centre in Townsville.
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Shannay Holmes
Senior Consultant
Shannay was born and raised on Dharawal country in South-West Sydney and is a descendant of the Dharawal and Dharug peoples from the Hawkesbury River and La Perouse.

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Tamara Shirley 

Senior Consultant
Tamara was born and raised on Larrakia country in the Northern Territory, with ancestral ties to Papuan New Guinea. She has extensive experience in political advocacy, social policy and community-based research on matters in relation to, First Nations peoples.
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Chloe Gunning
Consultant
Chloe was born and raised on Wiradjuri country in Bathurst NSW and is a proud Wiradjuri descendant. 
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Grace Harding
Consultant
Grace is a non-Indigenous woman, born and raised on Gadigal Country and has strong engagement experience with Traditional Owners, communities and stakeholders. She is passionate about connecting and collaborating with First Nations people.
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Aizhan Zhuvanysheva
Project Manager
Aizhan has background in economics, international business and project management.