Bahar Shafiei

Intermediate Advisor, Grant Office & Professional Advisory

Bahar Shafiei

About Bahar

Bahar joins Peak as an Intermediate Advisor in the Grant Office and Professional Advisory team, bringing extensive experience across multidisciplinary teams.

Bahar brings eight years of experience as a management consultant, with expertise in tourism strategy and planning, stakeholder consultation, data analysis, survey design, project management and training. She has worked across multidisciplinary research teams on innovative research projects in sustainable tourism and behavioural science, applying both qualitative and quantitative methodologies using tools such as Stata, SPSS, and Smart-PLS. Her experience also includes designing and delivering workshops in business, negotiation, and tourism-related courses. She has leveraged tools like Design Sprint, Tableau, and Miro to drive data analysis, visualisation, and stakeholder communication.

Core Capability

  • Sustainable & Transformative Tourism Research
  • Negotiation & Business Strategy
  • Management Consulting
  • Mixed-Methods & SEM Analysis
  • Academic Leadership & Teaching

Qualifications

  • Master of Tourism Management
  • PhD in Management

Key Experience

QUT Design Sprint

Collaborated with a multidisciplinary research team to develop a strategic report for industry partners. The report informed industry strategies for aligning with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Mindset Evolution & Sustainable Tourism Research

Designed and led a mixed-methods study examining the role of psychological factors in Australian travellers’ transformation toward sustainability.

Bahar Shafiei, Grants Office (2025, March)

Bahar Shafiei

Intermediate Advisor, Grant Office and Professional Advisory