Professional History
Ryan Nindra is a management consultant and Director in FTI Consulting’s Health practice in Sydney.
In nearly six years across PwC, EY, Cognizant and FTI, he has moved from financial assurance into strategy consulting.
Along the way, he has advised banks, government agencies, hospitals and aged care providers on strategy, operating models and governance.
● Director – Health, FTI Consulting: advises health and aged care organisations on strategy, service delivery and operating model design
● Strategy Consulting Manager at Cognizant: led multidisciplinary teams on enterprise AI, cybersecurity and risk governance frameworks
● Strategy Consultant at EY across health, emergency management and essential services, and Assurance Associate at PwC in banking and financial services
● Bachelor of Economics (Health & Developmental Economics) and Bachelor of Applied Finance (Corporate Finance & Investment Management), Macquarie University
● Award for Academic Excellence from the Head of Macquarie Business School, and runner-up in the university’s Financial Deals and Valuations Challenge
His passion for mentoring and giveback
Ryan began his own career at PwC before he had finished university. He knows first-hand how much difference the right guidance makes in those early years.
He has mentored high school and university students for over eight years and remains an external consulting mentor with 180 Degrees Consulting at Macquarie University.
His mentoring is practical and grounded in how professional services firms actually hire, train and promote people.
● Over 8 years mentoring high school and university students
External Consulting Mentor, 180 Degrees Consulting, Macquarie University
● Former Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee, KYDS Youth Counselling Service
● Student leadership roots: Internal Strategy Director at 180 Degrees Consulting, President of the Investing and Trading Society, and founder of Macquarie Startups
● Active voice in the industry: shares thought leadership with 4,000+ LinkedIn followers and writes the Systems Thinking newsletter
Ryan’s Career Mentoring Services
Ryan mentors students and young professionals at two stages: during university, and after it. He helps mentees understand and navigate careers in finance, management consulting, banking and related business fields. That covers the first internship, the graduate role, and the later mid-career move. All sessions are online.
● Internships and graduate roles: how to target, apply for and land opportunities in professional services
● Career transitions: moving from university into consulting, from assurance into strategy, and planning mid-career moves
● Consulting foundations: structuring problems, research, building recommendations and communicating findings clearly
● Professional development: stakeholder engagement, teamwork, executive communication and stepping up to greater responsibility
● Sector insight: what consulting work looks like in health, aged care, government and regulated services
● More about Management and Finance Studies Mentoring
● More about Management Consulting and Finance Careers Mentoring