About Us

Our proven professional team includes:

Dr Bruce Felmingham
Ian McMahon
Ian Milward-Brown
Dr Natalie Jackson
Anne Fisher
Sophie Clarke

As required IMC-Link draws upon our vast network to augment our teams capacity to ensure that we bring the right skills and experience to meet our client expectations.

Our recent activity includes:

  • Forestry Tasmania and Forest Industry Association Tasmania – economic based Tasmanian industry comparative review.
  • Department of Economic Development and Tourism – as part of the States Pandemic Influenza planning committee drafting and facilitating small business ‘Disaster Survival Planning’.
  • Tasmanian Abalone Council Ltd – strategic based industry review.
  • Private Forestry – identify the economic value that the private forestry sector to the Tasmanian economy.
  • Carers Tasmania - To critically examine and report upon the economic value of Carers Tasmania to the state as part of their budget submission.
  • Tasmanian Fire Service – development of the Junior and Cadet Program and Workbook.
  • Aurora Energy - over 14 Post Implementation Reviews for major project and projects of significance, Cambridge Sub Station Project Health Check, and quality assurance ‘gating reviews’.

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Dr Bruce Felmingham

Dr Bruce Felmingham is a highly respected academic, economic commentator and Newspaper Columnist who has completed many consultancies for business, State, Federal and Local Government.

Bruce has held a large number of positions within the tertiary, public and private sectors and is the principal consultant for IMC-Link.

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Ian McMahon

Ian McMahon has extensive management experience in both the public and private sectors.

This experience was gained following thirteen years as a senior manager in Defence, and from holding an executive position within Woolworths Limited as the State Wholesale Manager in Tasmania before becoming a consultant.

Ian’s main focus is strategic and operational planning, project management and interactive workshop facilitation.

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Ian Milward-Brown

Mr Ian Milward-Brown is a professionally qualified agricultural economist with over 30 years experince in strategic infrastructure planning incorporating socio-economic and financial policy and project evaluation in the public and private sector.

Ian has extensive national and international experience. This work has encompassed National Water Plans, Surface and Groundwater Planning, Urban and Rural Water Supply and Demand, National Sanitation Planning, Irrigation Development and Planning, Land and Water Management Plans, Regional Water Management Strengthening, Dam Break Assessments, Natural Resource Accounting Assessments, Infrastructure Assessments, Asset Management Planning and Evaluations, Catchment Planning, Agricultural Development, Resource Demand Forecasting, Pricing and Tariff Development, Environmental Impact Evaluations and Training, Natural Resource and Transport Economics, Policy Development, Government Advisory, Regulation Development, Capital National Program Assessments, Shipping and Aviation Policy and Forecasting.

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Dr Natalie Jackson

Dr Natalie Jackson is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost applied demographers. Natalie has published extensively on population-ageing issues in Australia and New Zealand. Her main research areas are the implications of the different rates of population ageing unfolding across Australia’s states, territories and local government areas; and the retirement intentions of Australia’s Baby Boomers.

Natalie’s website looks at the population dynamics in Tasmania.

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Anne Fisher

As a highly experienced social and economic researcher, IMC-Link’s Senior Research Assistant Anne Fisher is able to support the team in most projects, with a particular focus to the demographic/social analysis.

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Sophie Clarke

Sophie Clarke is the project officer, researcher and administrator for IMC-Link. Sophie’s key areas within the business are economic research and analysis, report preparation and administratior for the Regional Input-Output Model (RIOM). Sophie has completed a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resources and Finance

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