About
Experience. Leadership. Practical delivery.
Power House Consulting delivers strategic marketing, communications, stakeholder engagement, customer experience and behaviour‑informed expertise to help organisations create measurable impact.
Led by Nicola Brandon, a degree-qualified marketer with a BA (Hons) Business (Marketing), Certified Practising Marketer (AMI) accreditation and advanced professional development in behavioural science, governance and strategic leadership, Power House combines research, insight, strategy and hands-on delivery to solve complex organisational challenges.
With a career spanning senior leadership, consultancy and agency environments, including new business and product development roles with international marketing agency Empathy Marketing. Supported by an early foundation in accounting, financial analysis and commercial evaluation, Nicola combines audience insight, research, measurement and evaluation with a strong focus on organisational outcomes, effectiveness and return on investment.
Her experience includes strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, public participation, behaviour change, brand and destination marketing, crisis and issues management, risk communications, reputation management, organisational transformation and communications leadership. She has led award-winning campaigns, large-scale public participation programs and complex communications initiatives involving diverse stakeholder groups, significant organisational change and high-profile public issues.
Nicola has worked on initiatives funded and delivered across federal, state and local government environments, alongside significant corporate and commercial experience. This breadth enables Power House to navigate the unique requirements of public accountability, stakeholder management, governance and commercial outcomes.
With Board, advisory board and committee experience, Nicola has experience in providing governance and oversight relating to strategy, organisational performance, risk management and stakeholder accountability. She has extensive experience supporting executive leadership teams, reporting to boards and navigating complex governance environments where sound judgement, transparency and effective communication are critical.
WALGA Preferred Supplier
Power House Consulting is a preferred supplier to local government through the WALGA Preferred Supplier Program for:
- PSP004-009 — Marketing Services
- PSP004-010 — Corporate Communications & Public Relations
How we work
One senior lead.
The right expertise when required.
Power House Consulting is deliberately designed as an agile consultancy model. Every engagement is led by Nicola Brandon, providing clients with direct access to senior strategic expertise, practical advice and hands-on delivery from first conversation through to project completion.
Where projects require additional capability, Power House draws on a trusted network of Australian and international specialists across research, behavioural science, stakeholder engagement, communications, public relations, creative, digital, facilitation and project delivery. These specialists are engaged only when they add value and are selected to match the specific needs of each project.
This approach gives clients access to the right expertise at the right time, while maintaining a single point of accountability, strategic oversight and quality control through Power House Consulting.
The result is a flexible model that combines senior leadership, specialist capability and practical delivery — ensuring projects are supported by the right people, at the right stage, to achieve the best possible outcome.
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