About us

 We Prepare organisations. Transform business models. Accelerate markets.  

Who We Are

We are a transformation and innovation consulting firm helping organisations navigate change, create new value and accelerate growth. 

We help organisations turn transition strategies and innovations into market opportunities—activating demand, enabling procurement and accelerating adoption and scale, with distinctive expertise in the circular and clean economy, 

Our purpose

Futureproofing organisations  for  responsible growth  

Our typical products and services

  • A range of courses that aim scaffolded capacity building of professionals on circular transition and relevant areas 

 

  • Advisory and consulting services covering  

 

  • concept- strategy-execution 

 

  • Measurement and assessment services that provide data and evidence on to enable decisions on transition   

 

  • Transformation advisory to de-risk innovations and remove market barriers  

Core values

  • Rethink to create a new vision 

Target responsible regeneration and improved value creation 

  • Reskill to create readiness 

Upskill and cross skill to match the development needs of a new era

  • Recreate to win collectively and together 

Collaborate to co-design and co-create

  • Redesign to create value differently 

Reach new levels of performance and productivity through new business models 

  • Renew relationships to share and create harmony 

Contribute to uplift social and environmental standards through regenerative consumption and equitable distribution 

PREPARE

Understand the starting point. Build the organisation. 

Baseline → Strategy → Capability 

RANSFORM

Change how value is created. 

Business Model → Product & Service → Value Chain 

 

ACCELERATE

Make the market move. 

Commercialisation → Demand → Procurement 

And the overall proposition becomes: 

From transition strategy to market impact. 

Our principles

We support the transition to regenerative economic systems that employ resource-conscious design and challenge whole-of-life environmental impact of our consumption .

Clean economy

We support the transition to economic systems that create value while reducing environmental impact and enabling long-term impact. 

Product stewardship

We promote shared responsibility across the full product life cycle, encouraging design, production, use, recovery, and regeneration to maximise value.

Systems thinking

We approach challenges by understanding broader systems, connections, and interdependencies.

Collaboration for Impact

We believe meaningful change happens through collaboration between industry, research, and markets. 

Our approach

Understand

Identify the opportunity, context, and potential value of emerging solutions. 

Enable

Build partnerships, capabilities, and activation 

Assess

Evaluate feasibility, value proposition, and market readiness. 

Grow

Support expansion and long-term market impact. 

Design

Develop strategies, business models, and pathways for adoption. 

Transition

Develop strategies, business models, and pathways for change.

Our specialized expert network

Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara

Founder & principal advisor & CEO

Mayuri is a leading international expert in strategic transformation and enterprise-wide transition, advising organisations and markets to adopt circular and low-carbon economy principles. With over 20 years in this field as a senior industry practitioner, tenured academic, and a consultant, she currently leads Anvarta. Mayuri is a Fellow of CIMA and holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Melbourne. 

 Key advisory roles and board positions 

Lead circular economy specialist: Gopa GmBH (Current) – Lead international expert providing technical advisory for the development of circular economy roadmap for the Philippines (A project implemented by GIZ, UNDP, Expertise France and IFC funded by the EU) 

Ministerial advisory committee member: Recycling Victoria, Victorian Government’s Market Regulator for Circular Economy (2023 – To date) 

Circular economy expert: United Nations Human Settlement Program (2022-2023) 

Executive committee member: Global Product Stewardship Council (2023 – To date) 

Procurement working group member: Planet Ark’s ACE Hub (2023- To date) 

Advisory committee member: Australia and New Zealand Biochar Industry group (ANZBIG) (2022 – To date)​ 

Executive committee member: Victorian Branch of Waste Management Association of Australia – (2018-2022) 

Working group member: National Packaging Targets Implementation Working Group: Australian Packaging Covenant Organization (2021-2022) 

Technical reference panel (circular economy): Sustainable Subdivisions Framework, The Council Alliance for a Sustainable Built Environment, Australia (CASBE) (2020-2022) 

Our team and collaborators

We help organisations realise their competitive advantage and achieve productivity gains, while demonstrating environmental responsibility.

Dr. Srikanth Prakash

Consultant- Anvarta

Expert in modelling industrial value chains/market factors

Tim Grant

Lifecycle Strategies

Expertise in Life Cycle Assessment

Sally-Anne Käsner

Circular-Vision

Expertise circular economy

Caitlin Phillips-Peddlesden

RMIT Activator

Expertise in circular innovation ecosystem

Stephen Thorpe

Principal – Nova Ratio

Expertise in strategic planning and sustainability in local government

Dr. Lakmini Edirisighe

Consultant- Anvarta

​Expert in cleaner production & resource efficiency

Russ Martin

MS2 Consulting

Expertise in product stewardship and public policy

Chulendra De Silva

Inter Balance

Expertise in driving sustainability and ESG strategy implementation

Kristina Cockbill

Circular Collaborations

Expertise in business agility and sustainability

Marian Gruber

ZOOiD

Expertise in ESG strategy and education

Ready to turn your ideas into lasting impact?

Partner with Anvarta to move your clean economy solutions forward. Together, we can shape your strategy, build pathways to market, and create lasting economic and environmental value.

Why Join the Anvarta Community?

The community is open to a broad range of participants—from people who are simply interested in learning more about the circular economy to experienced professionals who can contribute specialised expertise. Anvarta frames the community as a shared learning environment in which members can participate, contribute, and strengthen the collective knowledge base. 

Membership is presented as providing a set of benefits that can be matched to members’ different needs.