Clients

Our Clients

We work with diverse clients, including government agencies, corporations, and community organisations.

Our Client’s Testimonials

See what our clients say about our work and the impact we've made.

NSW The Cabinet Office

Our team really enjoyed working with FNE. Their dedication and openness to understanding our program was clear from the get work and worked really hard to deliver the best product. Rick and the FNE team were really easy to communicate with and worked closely with our team to build in the detail we needed. Very happy to have worked with FNE.

Vickie Parry & Des Jones

Co-Chairs of the New South Wales Coalition of Aboriginal Regional Alliance

NCARA has been working with Rick for several years. We engaged First Nations Economics to develop a fee-for-service framework for Aboriginal Regional Alliances. FNE have been wonderful to work with, and are committed to re-investing all of their profits back into Aboriginal communities. It’s clear that partnering with them on this project will deliver greater outcomes for our communities.

NSW Coalition of Peak Organisations (hosted by NSW Aboriginal Land Council)

It has been great to be able to work with a First Nations owned and controlled organisation that is able to provide high quality advice that delivers high quality deliverables grounded in a deep understanding of Aboriginal people and guided by leadership with lived experience. FNE lives its values through demonstrated commitment to Aboriginal people and Communities through its charitable activities. FNE's young, dynamic leadership and Board of Directors are a signpost to these values. Being registered as a not-for-profit organisation with charitable purposes gives me a greater level of confidence in the quality and value of the advice and services provided.

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.