Management Consulting · Mining & Resources
Senior-led consulting for complex programs.
The management consultant mining Australia's most demanding operations have relied on for 25 years. Matthew Johnston works directly with every client — no junior teams, no handover.
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25+ Years Experience
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15+ Industries
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✓ World-First Projects
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10+ ASX-listed Clients
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5+ Countries Delivered In
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100+ Projects Delivered
What The Change Tank Delivers
Senior consulting across the projects that matter.
Three capability areas. One senior practitioner. Delivered personally.
Business Transformation
Complex organisations don't transform themselves. Matthew Johnston leads end-to-end business transformation — from the brief through to operational implementation — so the change takes hold in practice, not just on paper.
Program & Project Management
From world-first autonomous haulage programs to multi-mine mobilisations, Matthew has managed programs at the frontier of what Australian industry has attempted. He runs the program himself — not from a project office.
Operational Readiness
Getting a complex operation genuinely ready for Day One — people trained, systems operational, processes embedded, interfaces tested — is a discipline, not a checklist. It is The Change Tank's signature capability and the proof behind every major engagement.
Why The Change Tank
The senior person you actually work with.
Senior delivery, done personally.
When you engage The Change Tank, you work with Matthew Johnston directly. No pitch team. No junior handover two weeks in. The same practitioner who takes the brief understands the operation, gets on site, and delivers the outcome. That is the model — and it is why clients come back.
A track record built in demanding sectors.
25+ years of consulting across mining, resources, rail, ports, and health — the sectors where complex operations are built, mobilised, and transformed under real conditions. Matthew's project outcomes have been referenced in ASX announcements. His clients have brought him back more than once.
Work That Speaks for Itself
Proof, not promises.
The following engagement represents the kind of complex, high-stakes program The Change Tank was built for.
Mining Technology · Autonomous Systems
World-First Autonomous Haulage Program — Commercial Deployment
A major Australian coal operation deployed autonomous haulage technology at commercial scale for the first time globally. Matthew Johnston managed the program from integrated trial through to full live operation — navigating frontier technology, active mine constraints, multi-stakeholder delivery, and a timeline with no slack. The program was delivered. The trucks ran commercially. What was a world-first became a working mine operation.
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No pitch decks. No junior team. Just senior consulting, delivered by MJ.