Pro-Bono Advisory

Submit a Request for Proposal

Have a specific project in mind? Submit a Request for Proposal (RFP) outlining your needs and objectives, and we'll contact you to discuss how we can assist.

FNE’s Pro Bono Advisory Service provides critical support to Aboriginal

Community-Controlled Organisations by offering expert guidance at low to no cost. Our services help organisations strengthen their programs, strategies, and capacity through our culturally validated frameworks.

Our focus on empowering grassroots organisations that may not have the financial resources to access high-quality advisory support ensures they can develop and sustain impactful initiatives for their communities.

Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation or community that is looking for assistance with a project that you think First Nations Economics could be of assistance with? Get in contact at probono@firstnationseconomics.com outlining the project requiring our input.

Gurminder Saro

Interim Chair

Associate Professor Rick Macourt is a proud, queer Gumbaynggirr man, lawyer, and economic specialist. He leads First Nations Economics as Managing Director of Strategy and Foundation and serves as Associate Dean of First Nations Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney.

With over 15 years of experience spanning government, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors, Rick is deeply committed to advancing the economic development of First Peoples. As the former Director of First Nations Expenditure and Outcomes at NSW Treasury, he spearheaded the state’s inaugural Indigenous expenditure reporting processes and established the groundbreaking First Nations budget process in 2021/22. Previously, Rick held an executive role at the Westpac Group, overseeing First Nations affairs, and has a rich history in government, monitoring, evaluation, and negotiation, with senior positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, City of Sydney, and Standards Australia.

Rick is a published author with Oxford University Press, a member of the First Nations Advisory Board of Siemens Australia, and a Non-Executive Director on the board of Barnardos Australia.