Alignment makes everything easier.

L2O helps boards, executives and project teams work through complex regulatory, investor, community and governance expectations.We are often brought in when a project, approval pathway, stakeholder environment or financing process is becoming harder to navigate.Our work helps organisations understand the situation clearly, identify where risk sits, show what evidence supports the assessment, and determine what needs to happen next.

For projects operating in complex environments.

Major projects increasingly operate across regulatory, stakeholder, investor, lender and governance expectations. These expectations are often connected, but they are not always managed that way.L2O helps clients clarify what matters, where attention is needed, and what practical steps will support confidence in the project pathway.

Project pathways and regulatory context

Clarifying what is required, where the pressure points are, and how to move forward with confidence.

Stakeholder and community confidence

Supporting credible engagement pathways with communities, landowners, Traditional Owners and other key stakeholders.

Investor, lender and funding readiness

Preparing clear, evidence-based documentation and management pathways that respond to investor, financier and partner expectations.

Board and executive clarity

Helping leaders understand complex issues, weigh options, and decide what needs to happen next.

Diagnose. Align. Act.

We look beneath the presenting problem, clarify who needs what, and turn the work into a practical pathway.

Diagnose

We look beneath the presenting problem to understand what is creating risk, delay or uncertainty. We test the issue against available evidence, stakeholder context and project requirements.

Align

We clarify what regulators, investors, lenders, communities, boards and project teams need to see – and where expectations are not yet aligned.

Act

We turn complexity into a practical pathway: next steps, decision points, responsibilities, supporting documents and management responses.

Our work is designed to be clear, traceable and usable by decision-makers, advisers and reviewers.

Experience in complex project environments.

L2O brings senior experience across major projects, government, governance, stakeholder strategy, approvals, investment readiness and complex negotiations.

Relevant experience includes:

FID and lender-facing sustainability documentation
Major project approvals and stakeholder strategy
Board and executive advisory
Community engagement and relationship reset work
Investment-readiness and social licence assessment
Traditional Owner and First Nations engagement pathways
Governance, regulatory and policy environments

Founding partners

L2O is led by Michael Tennant and Sibylle Brautigam, combining operational project experience, governance capability, regulatory insight and stakeholder strategy.

Michael Tennant

Co-founder

Michael brings more than 30 years' experience across private, public and not-for-profit sectors, including CEO and senior executive roles.

He has worked across major project approvals, mineral production initiatives, intergovernmental collaboration, governance, risk and stakeholder strategy.

Michael also brings a current operational perspective through his role as Chief Sustainability Officer at Tennant Mines.

Sibylle Brautigam

Co-founder

Sibylle brings senior experience in governance, regulatory systems, economic frameworks and complex stakeholder environments.

She has worked across government, industry and strategic portfolio settings, including senior leadership, policy and agreement-making roles.

Sibylle is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serves on the National Board of the AICD.

Start with a structured conversation.

If your project, approval pathway, stakeholder environment or investor expectations are becoming harder to manage, contact us to discuss what is happening and what the next practical step could be.