Who we are

Ziva Consulting is a values-led service provider working across health, strategy, and innovation. We support people and organisations—particularly in remote, rural, and under-resourced areas—to build stronger systems, clearer pathways, and more sustainable ways of working. In a realistic and tailored way.

Founded by Zoe Richardson, Ziva grew from a desire to bridge the gap between big ideas and real-world outcomes. With a background in public health, business, and on-the-ground consulting, Zoe has supported everything from grassroots wellbeing workshops to strategic enterprise development in some of Australia’s most remote regions.

Today, Ziva brings together trusted collaborators across health, facilitation, tech, and design to deliver work that’s thoughtful, ethical, and impactful.

Ziva Consulting meeting with local women community by the beach in Sulawesi

Our Mission

To walk alongside individuals, communities and organisations to create real, grounded change—through health education, strategic/opportunity support, and future-focused innovation.

Our Values

Integrity
Courage
Collaboration
Creativity
Adaptability

Integrity – We honour people, time, and culture with honesty and care.

Courage – We dare to encourage big dreams and stand strong in values-led choices.

Collaboration – We co-create with others, never assuming or leading without listening.

Creativity – We bring resourcefulness, imagination, and alternate solutions to every challenge.

Adaptability – We meet people, projects, and needs where they are—responding with flexibility, clarity, and care.

Future Focus

Ziva is growing into a national and international consultancy, with services designed to:

  • Strengthen health and wellbeing education

  • Build early-stage businesses and community enterprises

  • Support organisations to integrate AI and innovation tools that actually work and feel safe and secure for all

  • Provide structured support and strategic opportunity coaching to help individuals and leaders gain clarity, build confidence, and take meaningful next steps.

Whether you’re a hospital team, a remote youth program, a small NGO, or a founder with a spark—we’re here to help you bring it to life.

Photo of Zoe Richardson with a signpost showing directions to MarlGowa, ManMoyi, and Gamargawan.

Meet the Team


  • Founder & Lead Consultant

    Zoe is a strategist, facilitator, and health communicator with a unique ability to bridge systems and people. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Public Health, and brings a rich mix of experience across community engagement, research, health promotion, and social enterprise development.

    Zoe’s career has taken her across oceans and into communities—from interning with the Tropical Medicine Research Unit at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where she supported community engagement in remote village health initiatives, to leading health promotion and engagement projects with First Nations communities in West Arnhem Land.

    As the founder of Ziva Consulting, she now leads project management and strategy for emerging tourism and social enterprise initiatives across northern Australia, with a focus on rural, remote, and under-resourced communities. Her work is grounded in cultural respect, clarity, and practical action—and always centred on people.

    Alongside Ziva, Zoe runs a small events-based coffee business, and spends her downtime surfing, travelling, and connecting with nature wherever she can.

Photo of Justin Henri researcher at Ziva Consulting


  • Researcher & Human-Centred Design Specialist

    Justin is a biomedical researcher turned human-centred service designer, currently leading a Strategic Design team at the Department of Health, Disability and Aged Care. His multidisciplinary background spans postdoctoral research in oncology drug delivery, coordination of large-scale clinical trials, and co-design in government policy and health sector. With over six years of research expertise, he brings strategic insight, systems thinking, and deep user empathy to every engagement. A recent secondment with an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation strengthened his focus on culturally responsive care. Justin is passionate about inclusive, evidence-based innovation and consults at the intersection of design, science, and digital health.

Photo of Stef Krause women's health specialist at Ziva Consulting


  • Women’s Health Specialist

    Stef is a Registered Nurse and Certified Fertility Awareness Educator who is passionate about empowering women through accessible, evidence-based education. Her sessions are designed to make cycle knowledge clear, supportive, and life-changing.

    Stef believes every woman deserves to understand her body’s natural rhythms, recognise what’s normal and what’s not, and harness the strengths of each phase of her cycle. Through science-backed information delivered with care and sensitivity, Stef helps women feel confident, strong, and deeply connected to their bodies—because this knowledge is every woman’s birthright.

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