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Bridgeway Global team

If your organisation works to improve the wellbeing of our community, then we're for you. We offer policy and advocacy services that build the influence of not-for-profits, member organisations, peak bodies and charities.

We're agile and scale according to our clients' needs by partnering with a trusted network of professionals, from data experts to media and communications professionals.

Our name, Bridgeway Global, reflects the holistic approach we take in our work (we’re definitely not a multinational!). We like to think of it as bringing a “global view”, because we know our clients operate in complex environments where nothing can be done in isolation.

Shanthi Gardiner

Shanthi Gardiner (she/her)

Director and Consultant, Bridgeway Global

Bridgeway's founder, Shanthi Gardiner, is a policy and advocacy leader with almost 20 years' experience working for not-for-profits, peak bodies and consultancies across Australia.

Shanthi is passionate about supporting organisations to build their capacity to influence decision makers and affect positive change.

"I understand first-hand the challenges of securing adequate capability to pursue a policy and advocacy agenda. That's why I wanted Bridgeway to be the service I wish we had access to years ago."

Experience includes:

  • Leading the development and presentation of an issues paper commissioned by the Department of Health and Aged Care for the Primary Health Care 10-year Plan.
  • Working with the Victorian state government commissioning a statewide diabetes prevention program.
  • Working on Country with regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Pilbara, Western Australia, on integrated tobacco and alcohol prevention programs.
  • Consulting for Nous Group and The Social Deck on a variety of projects across the health and disability sector.

Shanthi holds a Master of Public Policy and Management and an undergraduate Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics from Monash University.

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Interested to learn more about how Bridgeway can support you?

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