Our Purpose – Why we’re in business
Welcome to Unearth. We’re a risk consultancy that works with enterprise and government leaders to ensure the protection of their most valuable organisational assets. Our unique perspective on risk enables our clients to unearth their greatest defence against risk…their people.
We exist to create a safer world
Ambitious? You bet.
We are ambitious and we’re deeply passionate about our Purpose.
It’s our North Star. It guides how we work with our clients, our partners, our employees and any other Unearth stakeholder.
It comes from a belief that everyone has the right to feel safe and to live well.
Safe and healthy environments nurture successful outcomes, because they empower people to give their best efforts, free of fear of failure.
Our commitment to our clients is to PROTECT THE HOUSE.
We drive transformational outcomes for organisations, by creating “safe to succeed” environments. Because it’s only when people feel safe to fail, that they also feel safe to succeed.
Our Core Values
Be Worthy of Trust
We build the confidence of our people, clients, partners and suppliers to Trust us. We earn that Trust. We are worthy of it. And we value it each and every day.
Bring Care and Compassion to the Table
Our commitment to the ethics of Compassion and Care extends to all living beings. We concentrate our efforts on protecting those exposed to harm and those who have the courage to identify the perpetrators of harm.
Channel Wisdom with Humility
We draw knowledge from a range of credible sources to inform our views and advice. We act beyond self-interest, united by a common purpose to prevent, mitigate or minimise harm. We channel wisdom with humility, understanding that without it, it’s not wisdom at all.
Be Brave in Our Endeavours
Our Purpose of creating a safer world demands us to step into our Courage. We won’t shy away from difficult issues or conversations. We recognise the road ahead may sometimes be rocky, but by being brave individually and collectively, we will create the change we are committed to achieving, with integrity.
Our Story
Unearth was born from both passion and frustration — a passion to protect what matters most, and a frustration with systems that too often forget the people within them.
We saw how organisations were drowning in heavy approaches to compliance, data, and control, while the real risks — the deeper ones, the human ones — were only addressed after incidents or escalation. We saw talented people silenced, real innovation stifled, and cultures built on fear instead of trust.
So we decided to do something about it.
Unearth was created to challenge the way risk is perceived, understood, and managed — to remind leaders that risk doesn’t start in a spreadsheet or a policy. It starts and ends with people.
That’s where the Risk Rebel movement was born — a call to courageous leaders ready to see risk differently. Leaders who are brave enough to go beyond tick-box thinking, who want to protect their people and their purpose, and who believe that true strength lies in humanity, not hierarchy.
Every framework, every tool, every conversation we create stems from that truth. Our PROTECT Framework and S4R model were built to help leaders see clearly, lead courageously, and protect the house — not through fear or force, but through connection, clarity, and compassion.
We believe that when people feel safe — to speak up, to stretch, to make mistakes — they unlock their greatest potential. And when leaders create those safe-to-succeed environments, organisations don’t just survive risk; they thrive because of it.
Our story is one of courage — of choosing to lead differently, of daring to put people before process, and of believing that a safer world isn’t just possible, it’s our shared responsibility.
This is what it means to Unearth.
To see beneath the surface.
To reveal what’s real.
To protect the house — together.
Unearth’s History
Unearth’s journey started in 2013, leveraging innovative and specialised technology capabilities and services from around the world.
The company was founded by Lisa Sisson who was driven by a passion to solve challenges that were deemed “too difficult” for others. She wanted to find innovative and pragmatic options for local customers.
Two key customer-centric objectives were defined from the beginning:
#1. Give back power to customers, by creating an environment where they could look under the hood of the technology capabilities and services in a more transparent model.
This allows them to make informed decisions relating to the relevance of the technology in question for their needs.
#2. Provide customers with tangible and innovative options that are effective today and for the future.
Our attitude is not to compound the noise in the marketplace by bringing in versions of similar technologies.
Our approach is to reduce technology limitations or gaps in the market, through innovation and complementing the technology capabilities and services that are currently available.
Our customers know our commitment is to their journey, aiding them when there is often confusion, misinformation, complexities and sensitivity.
Education and facilitation have always been our methods of engagement with customers, not a hard sell. Our journey has allowed us to work with global brands on innovative programs of work, and at times, make history in this country.
Our path has allowed us to evolve and sharpen our focus and efforts to working in a space that is close to our hearts and where we believe the work is critical to get right… Protecting People, Places and Things (Assets) at risk… at scale.
Our People
Click on a member of our team below to see their background.
