We work with leaders and organisations on the decisions that matter most to them. The work is long in character, even when engagements are short. It depends on trust, access, and the willingness to hear an honest independent view, and it is not won through a competitive pitch.

There is no business development layer, no proposal factory, and no team of graduates between the client and the advice. The person you meet is the person accountable.

Most engagements take one of two forms. A focused diagnostic, measured in weeks, to assess a specific situation and deliver a direct finding. Or a retained advisory relationship, providing ongoing advice across a portfolio of decisions over months or years.

When we advise a client, we are drawing on what we have done, not what we have studied. More than twenty years of senior leadership across Rio Tinto, BHP, and Fortescue. We have written the investment cases, chaired steering committees, presented to boards, and managedsignificant heritage obligations.

We work with Traditional Owner corporations on the same basis, because we have worked within them and alongside them, and we understand what their governance, commercial pressures, and cultural obligations demand.

Christopher Christie is the founder of Blackpath. A Yirandhali and Koa man, Chris has spent more than twenty years in senior roles at Rio Tinto, BHP, Fortescue, and in the energy sector.

He has governed capital portfolios exceeding A$13 billion, shaping major mining developments including South Flank, Western Range, Brockman Syncline 1 and Extension, Greater Nammuldi, and Robe Valley, from feasibility through to delivery. He has also shaped regional water strategies and closure strategies on significant, and sensitive Traditional Owner Country.

He chaired a Queensland-wide closure steering committee, overseeing A$60 billion in closure liabilities, and more than A$5 billion in direct mine closure portfolios across Western Australia.

He co-founded and co-chaired Rio Tinto's Elevating Indigenous Voices Committee.

Executive MBA, University of New South Wales (AGSM). Leading Sustainable Corporations, Oxford Saïd Business School. Executive Indigenous Leaders Program, UNSW.

We are selective about the work we take on and the organisations we work with. We commit where our advice will carry real weight for company, community, and Country.

Blackpath is wholly Indigenous-owned and Supply Nation registered. We undertake pro bono work regularly, focused on education and place across Indigenous communities in Australia.