Built by practitioners. Designed for impact.

bluenorth was born from a simple belief: the best procurement advice comes from depth of experience — decades spent leading functions, running category strategies and delivering transformations.

After co-founding and building one of Australia's leading procurement consultancies — ArcBlue, now part of Bain & Company — Chris and Dan came together again with a clear vision. Create a boutique firm that combines deep procurement expertise with a genuine commitment to social and sustainable outcomes.

bluenorth serves organisations across the public and private sectors, helping them build smarter, more purposeful procurement functions. Our name reflects our guiding principle: always pointing towards better outcomes, for our clients and for the communities they serve.

We combine hands-on consulting with our proprietary technology platform, giving clients both the strategic guidance and the tools to make change stick.

Practical expertise

Advice grounded in experience, not theory. Every recommendation is battle-tested and built for your context.

Purposeful impact

Procurement has the power to drive positive social and environmental outcomes. We design that in from the start.

Building capability

We don't create dependency. We invest in your team's skills and confidence so they can sustain improvement.

Honest partnership

We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. Trust is the foundation of every engagement.

Technology-enabled

We use technology and AI to bring rigour and data to our clients’ decisions — moving beyond gut feel to evidence.

Lasting change

Success is measured by what endures after the engagement ends — skills embedded, processes improved.