Our team
Our consultants are passionate about finding clever and creative solutions and delivering them with clarity and honesty. With decades of experience throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, our team turns complex fire safety challenges into practical outcomes that our clients can act on with confidence.
Kjetil Pedersen
Founder and director
FIEAust CPEng EngExec NER PE APEC Engineer IntPE(Aust) MIFireE CEng RPEV RPEQ FSE
Since 2006, Kjetil has led projects across the world. His fire safety engineering education in Europe, combined with worldwide project experience, shapes a holistic approach to performance based fire safety and risk engineering.
Kjetil is a member of the Building Appeals Board, Deputy Chair of the Society of Fire Safety at Engineers Australia, and Immediate Past Chair of its Victoria, Tasmania and Overseas chapter. He is a Chartered Fire Engineer and a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and member of CROSS-AUS.
Driven by his Scandinavian roots and international experience, Kjetil established STRATEG to offer timely, consistent and unbiased advice.
Anggraini Nitiwalujo
Principal engineer - fire safety and risk
CPEng NER RPEV RPEQ RC-FS
Anggraini is a chartered engineer with more than 20 years of experience in risk and fire safety engineering. She has worked as a risk engineer since 2003, specialising in process engineering, risk analysis and risk management, including dangerous goods risk assessments and hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies for ports, refineries, manufacturing and petrochemical companies.Since 2010, Anggraini has provided performance based fire safety advice across Australia for a wide range of building types. She is a chartered fire safety engineer and is registered in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
Sheran Khan
Senior fire safety consultant
Sheran has worked in the construction industry for more than seven years on projects across Australia. His approach to fire engineering draws on hands-on experience in essential services measures maintenance. He has worked across offices, education, manufacturing and storage, retail, residential, health care and rail. Alongside performance based designs, Sheran delivers fire risk assessments, building advisory services, fire mode testing and fire matrix development, supporting clients across the whole building lifecycle. His approach is client focused, prioritising functional outcomes for building owners and end users.
Naomi Tsz Kwan Chau
Fire safety consultant
Naomi brings a strong technical foundation and a practical approach to fire engineering and risk management. She has prepared fire safety design briefs, performance based solutions and detailed risk assessments across education, childcare, residential, retail and commercial projects, including combustible cladding assessments. Skilled in B-RISK software, Naomi applies quantitative analysis to demonstrate compliance with the National Construction Code and Australian Standards.
Taylah Laplace-Toulouse
Business support coordinator
Taylah keeps STRATEG running smoothly. She looks after our business systems, financial reporting, the integrated management system, and the office jigsaw puzzle. Taylah has studied a wide variety of subjects from global politics to programming with R and is always ready to learn something new if it’ll help the team.
Work with us
At STRATEG we’re always looking ahead, and that includes growing our team with curious, collaborative, and values-driven professionals.
While we’re not currently hiring, we welcome expressions of interest from individuals who share our passion for strategic fire safety and risk engineering. Whether your background is in consulting, research, design, or regulation, we’d love to hear from you.
If you’re interested in joining our team, please reach out to careers@strateg.com.au with your resume and a brief introduction.
