Biruu.
Accredited Investment Logic Mapping Facilitator
Facilitator Profile
Dominic Grounds is a Principal of Biruu and Biruu.Health, prior to which he was
an executive at Lend Lease Corporation.
Dominic’s primary focus is on investment analysis supported by robust and
defendable financial and demographic modelling, and investment business case
development.
Dominic has experience in twenty Gateway Reviews on either side of the table,
twelve of which as Review Team Leader. Importantly, in Dominic’s capacity as
commercial advisor his own work has been reviewed by others on numerous
occasions.
Dominic has experience in all stages of the Investment Management Standard, including facilitating
Investment Logic Maps, Strategic Assessments, Strategic Options Analysis, Investment Concept Briefs,
Benefit Management Plans, and Business Case Development.
Organisation Overview
Biruu is the market leader in its niche. Biruu provides:
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detailed knowledge of Victorian Government investment management policies and guidelines
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commercial and transaction advice supported by robust financial modelling and demographic needs
analysis for complex property and infrastructure proposals
Our engagements are characterised by financial, commercial, regulatory or policy complexity, usually
connected with property or infrastructure.
Our approach is strongly evidence based placing great store on robust methodology, supported by
quality input data and other evidence. Our analyses are thorough and easy to understand, ensuring our
work is highly regarded and trusted by Government and other clients.
In the last few Victorian State Government budget cycles, Biruu has led the development of bids for
projects of capital value summing to several billion dollars across all Victorian public agencies.
We regularly address high value or high risk investments, and typically compete with the commercial
advisory divisions of the global accounting firms. Evidencing the credibility of our analysis and advice,
Biruu is prequalified on the following Panels:
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Whole of Government Panel of Commercial Advisors for Partnerships Victoria and Infrastructure
Projects (additionally accredited for Advanced Financial Modelling) DTF (Vic)
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Private Financing Advisory Panel for Privately Financed Projects, DoFD (Cth)
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Panel of Project Feasibility, Initiation and Development Managers, MPV (Vic)
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Public Transport Specialist Advisory Services Panel, DoT (Vic),
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General Commercial & Water Industry Technical Advisor Panel, DSE (Vic)
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and others.
Sister company, Biruu.Health, provides quality advice to the Health and Human Services side of
Government and private clients.
Biruu.Health provides strategy and analysis for health-related service development, asset and
infrastructure investment and workforce planning. We recognise that health and human services
respond to the needs of vulnerable people, being a significant contributor to national wellbeing and
economic health. The planning of health sector investments is a specialist field and demands the same
rigour as Biruu’s broader domains.
Biruu and Biruu.Health carry Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurances, and their operations
are carbon neutral.
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Investment Management Practices
We guarantee that output of each 2 hour workshop will be delivered for review within 24 hours.
PROBLEM
PROBLEM Definition
BENEFITS
BENEFIT Definition
STRATEGIC RESPONSE
STRATEGIC RESPONSE
SOLUTION
SOLUTION Definition
Problem Definition (Investment Logic Map)
The problems to be solved by the investment are defined in a two-hour workshop where the key
participant, the Investor, leads the narrative summarising the essential logic for the investment.
Benefit Definition (Benefit Map and Benefit Management Plan)
The benefits of solving the problems represent government’s investment return. On simpler investments
the benefits can sometimes be defined and KPIs established (the “Benefit Map”) in the first workshop.
Strategic Response (Strategic Options Analysis)
Strategic responses to the problems are developed in a separate two-hour workshop that reviews and
expands upon the initial Investment Logic Map. The likely timelines, cost, risk and dependencies
associated with the preferred solution(s) are extracted, and summarised in a Strategic Options Analysis,
for inclusion in the Strategic Assessment.
Solutions Definition (Investment Concept Brief)
The indicative solutions are explored in a separate two-hour workshop that expands upon the earlier
work, to examine the range of solution options in more detail, and tentatively recommend a solution.
Together, these form the core of a Strategic Assessment or a Preliminary Business Case.
Workshop facility requirements
A suitable room with a printing electronic whiteboard plus a laptop/projector combination allows the
workshop to be more time-efficient for time-poor executives.
Cost of Products
Product
Cost
(incl’ GST)
Investment Logic Map workshop (Problems & Benefits)
$1,980
Benefit Definition workshop (Benefit Map & Benefit Management Plan)
$1,980
Strategic Interventions workshop (Strategic Options Analysis)
$1,980
Solution Definition workshop (Investment Concept Brief)
$1,980
Strategic Assessment or Preliminary Business Case (package comprising all
the elements bundled together accompanied by explanatory information)
Price subject to
complexity
Biruu would be pleased to provide individual quotations for business case development
Dominic Grounds
Principal
d.grounds@biruu.com
0413 709 117
Biruu Pty Ltd
ABN 91 145 663 716
Level 14
15 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
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03 9639 0456
03 9639 0436
www.biruu.com
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