Welcome to Abercorn Consulting
Empowering SMEs.
Enabling Entrepreneurs.
Creating and Delivering Strategies.
Mentoring for Growth.
Purpose-Driven Consulting
Abercorn Consulting partners with businesses and leaders across all sectors—from fast-scaling SMEs to large, complex organisations. We bring strategic focus, commercial insight, and experienced leadership to help clients grow, adapt, and lead with purpose.
Whether you're running a national business, launching a startup, or steering a community-based enterprise, we work alongside you to achieve sustainable, profitable and impactful outcomes.
Business Strategy | Leadership Advisory | Commercial Growth | Social & Regional Impact
About Abercorn
Abercorn Consulting provides strategic and commercial advisory to organisations seeking clarity, growth, and purpose. We support businesses of all sizes, from early-stage ventures to multi-site operations - delivering tailored guidance that drives measurable results.
What sets us apart is our ability to move confidently between boardroom strategy and frontline execution. We speak the language of large-scale enterprises while staying grounded in the realities of SME leadership and entrepreneurial ambition.
Our work spans urban and regional Australia, across industries as diverse as:
Consumer goods and FMCG
Business media and communications
Industry bodies and peak organisations
Manufacturing and agri-business
Social enterprises and not-for-profits
We combine commercial thinking with a passion for empowering people and strengthening communities.
We get it
How we help
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Tailored strategies for growth, consolidation, or transformation. Whether you're scaling a national business or repositioning your SME. We turn complexity into clarity.
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Partnering with senior leaders and boards to support performance, succession planning, and strategic alignment. Trusted counsel, shaped by real executive experience.
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Helping small business owners and founders build smart, scalable models with confidence - from structure to go-to-market execution.
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Aligning commercial priorities with government, community, and investor expectations. Clear positioning for influence and trust.
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Designing strategies that drive both commercial and community value. Supporting regional businesses, social enterprises, and organisations with a public good mission.
Medium to large businesses seeking commercial strategy or leadership advisory
Business owners navigating scale, succession, or repositioning
Entrepreneurs looking for a sounding board or strategic partner
Industry bodies and not-for-profits with growth ambitions
Regional and community enterprises delivering impact at scale
Who we work with
About Stephen
Stephen Tait is an experienced business leader and passionate community advocate. With a career spanning over 30 years in high-impact executive roles, Stephen now focuses on helping others lead boldly - especially within regional economies and purpose-driven enterprises.
He brings a deeply held belief that thriving businesses can drive thriving local communities.
As a former CEO with experience that spans across complex commercial, advocacy, and consumer sectors. Stephen has a proven track record leading multi-million dollar businesses, driving organisational transformation, and aligning executive teams behind strategic goals.
Equally, he is a committed mentor to entrepreneurs, small business owners, and regional leaders working to build resilient and values-driven organisations.
Contact Us
From boardrooms to main streets, Abercorn Consulting helps businesses make decisions that matter. Let’s explore how we can support your next chapter.