Strategic Advisory
Strategy, planning, commercial analysis, scenario modelling and executive decision support focused on sustainable value.
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Clarity in decision.Trust in partnership.
Echelon Executive provides experienced executive, financial and commercial advisory to business owners, CEOs and boards navigating growth, change, complexity and critical decisions.
The point of difference is not simply technical capability. It is the relationship: trusted counsel, straight communication and genuine partnership with the people responsible for the outcome.
The Echelon difference
Advice matters.
The relationship matters more.
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Trust built before recommendations
I take the time to understand the business, the people, the history and the pressures behind the numbers. That context creates better judgement and more useful advice.
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A partner, not an adviser at arm's length
Echelon works alongside owners, CEOs, boards and executive teams. The aim is to help carry the thinking, challenge and execution — not simply deliver a report.
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Trustworthiness demonstrated through consistency
Discretion, honesty, reliability and follow-through are fundamental. Strong relationships are treated as a long-term business asset.
Core capabilities
Executive perspective. Financial discipline. Strategic impact.
Senior capability applied to the business issue in front of you — with the financial rigour of a CFO and a broader commercial and operational lens.
Financial Leadership
CFO leadership, board reporting, forecasting, cash flow, funding, capital allocation, controls and finance-team capability.
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Performance Improvement
Sharper margins, stronger processes, better management information and tighter connection between finance and operations.
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Governance & Risk
Governance, controls, risk disciplines, audit readiness and reporting structures that build confidence without bureaucracy.
Explore service →A disciplined way of working
Precision without rigidity.
The Japanese influence within Echelon is philosophical, not decorative: disciplined preparation, precision, respect, restraint, calm thinking and considered action.
Those principles matter because difficult commercial decisions rarely fail through lack of data alone. They fail when the thinking is unclear, the relationships are weak or execution loses discipline.
Clarity
Understand the whole picture, identify the signal and make the decision easier to see.
Discipline
Apply rigour and consistency to analysis, planning and execution.
Respect
Listen first, value experience and protect trust in every interaction.
Partnership
Work with leadership, not around it, and build capability rather than dependency.
Impact
Turn insight into action, stronger performance and sustainable value.
Founder & Principal
Evan Higgs
More than 20 years across finance, commercial leadership and executive decision-making, including CFO leadership in complex private and ASX-listed environments.
Experience spans roads and infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, property, retirement living, multi-site operations, acquisitions, integration, transformation, capital investment and major business change.
The way Echelon works is deliberately personal: understand the business quickly, develop trust with the people involved, bring structure to difficult decisions and stay accountable through execution.
Evan Higgs · CPA · B.CommFounder & Principal, Echelon Executive
20+
years across finance, accounting, commercial and executive leadership.
$300m+
annual turnover business under CFO leadership across multi-state operations.
12
locations across three states within a multi-site operational environment.
15+
years presenting financial and commercial information to boards and senior executives.
Engagement style
Senior-to-senior. Direct. Practical.
Engagements can range from a targeted commercial review or independent business case assessment through to interim executive leadership, transformation, acquisition support or an ongoing advisory relationship.
Complex decision ahead?
Start with a confidential conversation. No pitch deck and no obligation — just a clear discussion about the business, the decision and what useful support would look like.