Finding simplicity in chaos.
Affy Bhatti provides trusted advice to private and public organisations, navigating uncertainty to achieve their objectives. Over a 20-year career across engineering, systems integration and corporate management consulting, he has served over 40 organisations across every industry and sector, in Australia, New Zealand and the UK — driving tangible, sustainable gains in capability, performance and compliance.
He has reported directly to the Boards of NAB, Coles, South32, Jemena, Pilbara Ports Authority and AusNet Services, and to Ministers for Lands, Water, Health, Industry, Police Corrective Services, Racing and Gaming, Defence Industry, Veteran Issues, Citizenship and Multicultural Interests. Since 2022, he has also been building Bless Payments as Co-Founder and CEO — see the Bless Payments page.
Curtin Business School
Australian Institute of Company Directors
How I work
Diagnose or deliver
From independent assurance reviews to picking up direct accountability for delivery, restructuring a stalled program from the inside.
3–6 month engagements
Scoped to a defined outcome, with clear governance and reporting cadence from week one.
Board and Minister-ready reporting
Comfortable reporting at the highest level, in plain language, under scrutiny.
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Beyond the corporate world
Affy is also passionate about bringing positive change to Australian communities and has served on the boards of not-for-profits, supporting causes to provide scholarships to refugees, celebrating the extraordinary contributions of Australians to society and making Australia’s most recognised leaders more accessible to professionals. He is on the board of the Salaam Foundation, which educates, empowers and employs refugees and migrants and previously served on the WA Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests' Multicultural Advisory Committee.