Chair Profile

‘With deep facilitation experience and a strong commercial lens, I create high-trust environments where leaders can reflect, challenge and grow. The most rewarding moments are when a leader steps back from the noise, challenges their own thinking, and hears a perspective they hadn’t considered — leaving with clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of direction.

Lincoln Elliot is an experienced strategy and operating model advisor who has worked with Boards, CEOs and executive teams across Australia, the US and Asia-Pacific. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Lexcen Consulting, a Perth-based firm known for its clear thinking, collaborative style, and ability to deliver strategy that gets traction.

Over a career spanning more than 20 years, Lincoln has led strategy, operating model design, customer experience and executive advisory projects across industries including resources, government, sport, health, infrastructure, education, and technology. Prior to founding Lexcen, he was Managing Director of the global management consulting firm Sia Partners in Perth and has held senior executive roles in professional services, financial services and marketing.

Lincoln currently chairs the Board of a community-focused arts organisation and serves as a strategic advisor to national sporting bodies. He has conducted detailed governance reviews for complex member-based and purpose-driven organisations, and has worked extensively with Indigenous organisations, government agencies, not-for-profits and high-growth businesses to navigate complexity and lead change.

With deep facilitation experience and a strong commercial lens, Lincoln creates high-trust environments where leaders can reflect, challenge and grow. His approach is pragmatic, people-focused and grounded in real-world leadership — enabling executives to gain clarity, align stakeholders and deliver results that matter.

Career highlights include:

  • 20+ years in strategy, operating model design, customer experience and executive advisory across Australia, the US and Asia-Pacific
  • Former Managing Director of a global consulting firm with senior roles in professional services, financial services and marketing
  • Founder of Lexcen Consulting, advising Boards and C-suite leaders across sectors including resources, government, health, education and sport
  • Extensive experience in governance reviews, strategy facilitation and stakeholder alignment for complex member-based and purpose-driven organisations
  • Board Chair and trusted advisor known for cutting through complexity, fostering high-trust environments and guiding real-world leadership decisions

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