GED Advisory is a small management consultancy that was established in 2010 and is owned and operated by its principal, Graeme Drake. It provides management and technical advisory services to governments and regulators, companies, membership-based associations and not-for-profit organizations.
Its past and present clients include:
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Support Unit, Singapore
- Australasian Construction and Procurement Council (APCC) – Australasian Technical Infrastructure Committee (ATIC), Canberra, Australia
- Australian Certification Authority for Reinforced Steels Ltd (ACRS), Sydney, Australia
- Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) – Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS), Canberra, Australia
- European Commission (EC), Brussels, Belgium
- Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), Canberra, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand
- Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC) and other national standard bodies in the region, Bogota, Colombia
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Geneva, Switzerland
- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Sydney, Australia
- National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), Sydney, Australia
- NCS International Pty Ltd, Sydney (NCSI), Australia
- OneSteel Ltd, Sydney, Australia
- Government of Abu Dhabi – Quality and Conformance Council (QCC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Republic of the Philippines – Department of Agriculture (DA) (including the following operational units: Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards (BAFPS), Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA), National Dairy Authority (NDA), National Food Authority (NFA), National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)), Manila, Philippines
- Retirement Village Association (RVA), Melbourne, Australia
- Rwandan Bureau of Standards (RBS) and other national standard bodies in the region, Kigali, Rwanda
- Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) Nederland B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Standards Australia (SA), Sydney, Australia
- Standards New Zealand (SNZ), Wellington, New Zealand
- Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Thailand Ministry of Industry (TISI) and other national standards bodies in the region, Bangkok, Thailand
- The Agile Group Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
GED Advisory undertakes a broad range of assignments for the above customers mostly in the four main areas of:
- Strategy and Policy
- Planning and Management
- Standards and Conformance
- Development and Change
Graeme Drake often works on assignments with recognized technical specialists in various fields. Graeme has a significant network of specialist policy, scientific and technical experts to call upon.
GED Advisory provides services in many parts of the world and is based in Sydney, Australia. It also operates out of London in the United Kingdom and Mammoth Lakes in the United States of America.
GED Advisory has a successful track record in consulting and project managing using small or large multi-disciplinary teams. It appreciates different cultures and delivers fit-for-purpose outcomes that are pragmatic and practical.