Our People
Our Story
Everyone deserves to feel safe and respected at work. But when sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination or violence occur, organisations need more than good intentions—they need practical solutions that work.
We established Axiom Consulting Group to support organisations to build safe and respectful workplaces and organisations.
We know that most organisations care deeply about gender equity —what's often missing is tailored support to turn commitment into meaningful action.
Based in Melbourne/Naarm, our experienced team delivers trauma-informed training, evidence-based response protocols, and compassionate support across private and public sectors.
Our Team
Laura Ricketts
Director & Founder
Laura has over 15 years of experience working to prevent and address gender inequality, family violence, and sexual violence against women and children.
Laura has spent her career turning complex policy into practical, real-world action. She has led large-scale initiatives across the Victorian public service, higher education, and the community sector — including DFFH's first Gender Equality Action Plan, family violence prevention programs under Free from Violence, and RMIT University's first gender-based violence prevention strategy, Respect RMIT. Her experience spans research, consultation, capability building, program management, and monitoring and evaluation.
In 2023, Laura co-founded Axiom Consulting Group, recognising the need for more expert, values-driven support for organisations navigating this work.
Dr Kylie Fisk
Research Consultant
Kylie is an experienced researcher and adviser with expertise in gender equality, social justice, and evidence-based reform. She brings over 15 years of experience from international organisations, government, and the not-for-profit sector, with a record of designing and delivering high-quality research, strategy, and evaluation in complex policy areas.
She has led major projects spanning gender-based violence prevention, anti-corruption reform, food systems and resilience, and human rights advocacy. Kylie has worked with partners including the United Nations, national governments, and community organisations to translate research into practical solutions, enact policy change and. improve outcomes for marginalised groups through evidence-informed initiatives.
Her skills span quantitative and qualitative analysis, program design, and translating evidence into policy, practice, and communications. Kylie’s approach is collaborative and pragmatic, focused on building the evidence base while ensuring it can be used by decision-makers and communities alike.
Martha Schoch
Organisational Psychologist Consultant
Martha is a highly skilled organisational psychologist with experience across the research, non-profit, and public service sectors. Her work includes strategy, business performance, evaluation and design and delivery of innovative, evidence-based projects to serve people and communities.
Martha is passionate about improving outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations. Over the past 13 years, she has led large-scale, population-level impact projects focused on improving outcomes for families with children with disabilities in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. She has advanced federal patient-led primary healthcare models and worked to address critical challenges in Victoria, including the family violence research and reform agenda.
Cassandra Scott
Communication Specialist
Cass is passionate about using technology driven communications to create social impact.She is a highly qualified communications specialist with over 13 years experience in diversity, inclusion, mental health, gender-based violence prevention and education.
A creative thinker with strong stakeholder management skills, she has broad experience designing communications strategies, managing web redevelopment projects, creating engaging content and helping organisations understand and reach their audiences for effectively.
Ready to create positive change?
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We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing a safe, inclusive and culturally sensitive environment for people of all backgrounds, beliefs, abilities, orientations and identities.
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