Capital investment advisory
Most capital investment doesn’t deliver what it should.
We work on closing that gap.
PQ Partners is an Australian advisory firm. We help mining, energy, infrastructure and government organisations plan, decide and deliver major capital investments.
We help organisations plan, decide and deliver on their investments.
Across portfolio planning, investment governance, and project delivery, we find where the system is breaking down, and work alongside you to fix it.
Trusted across resources, energy, infrastructure and government
Organisations that invest at scale share a common set of problems.
The evidence is consistent, independently sourced, and striking.
29%
belief gap on whether the investment portfolio actually delivers on strategy.1
Source: PMI
56%
benefit-realisation gap on major capital projects.2
Source: McKinsey / Oxford
30–45%
average overrun on budget and schedule.3
Source: McKinsey
- 1The gap between the 84% of executives who believe their portfolio directly delivers on strategy and the 55% of delivery-team leaders who agree.
- 2The average shortfall between the value forecast in a business case at the point of approval and the value actually delivered.
- 3Average cost and schedule overrun on major capital projects, from a survey of senior project executives.
Three frames. One system.
We trace a problem to its cause, not just its symptom, across three connected frames.
Five core services
Each frame is delivered through focused, standalone services. Start with a single one, or engage the whole system.
Plan
Planning System Improvement
Decide
Investment Governance Review
Decide
Business Case Assessment
Deliver
Project Delivery Review
Deliver
Project Recovery Support
Clients come back.
Over more than a decade of high-stakes capital work, the same organisations return, and introduce us to others.
35+
Organisations
400+
Engagements
97%
Choose us again
We’ve been in your seat.
Our people have led and assessed major capital programmes across mining, resources, energy, infrastructure and government delivery.
Government / Energy
Making ten projects move as one program
Ten inter-related projects made to function as one, with shared direction and clear accountability.
Resources
Making major-project performance predictable
A consistent investment framework that gave leaders confidence the business case would be delivered.
Energy
Restoring momentum to unlock acquisition value
Nine workstreams realigned, momentum restored, and a repeatable integration playbook.
Three directors. One standard of judgement.
PQ is led by directors who have sat where you sit. You work with the people you meet.
“One of the highlights of my career was working with PQ on a significant project that involved over 3,000 people in our organisation.”
Senior Manager, Global Mining Company
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