About Sage Group Advisors

Independent advice. Direct relationships.

Sage Group Advisors is a newly established independent firm built on the experience and professional judgment of its two founders.

Our story

Why We Founded Sage Group Advisors

We believe effective risk management should do more than identify problems. It should help organizations make better decisions.

Too often, risk, safety, and claims management are treated as separate functions or reactive obligations. Yet the decisions that shape an organization’s risk profile extend across operations, leadership, finance, and culture.

Sage Group Advisors was created around a more connected approach. Drawing on decades of experience within complex organizations, we combine practical expertise with independent judgment to help clients understand their exposures, prioritize what matters, and implement solutions that work in the real world.

Our goal is to help organizations build stronger operations and make meaningful, lasting improvements that carry beyond the final report.

The founders

Meet the founders.

Founder 01

Nate Williams

Co-Founder | Risk & Operational Strategy

Nate Williams brings 23 years of experience in occupational safety, workers' compensation, and enterprise risk management to Sage Group Advisors.

Throughout his career, Nate has held leadership roles including Workers' Compensation Manager and Global Services Manager, with oversight responsibilities spanning 10,000–14,000 employees and more than 300 locations internationally.

His work has focused on helping organizations move beyond reactive risk management toward proactive, sustainable improvement. His experience includes reducing injury frequency and severity, improving key safety performance indicators such as EMR, TRIR, and DART, and lowering workers' compensation costs.

Beyond day-to-day risk management, Nate has supported strategic corporate initiatives that require an understanding of how operational decisions affect people, financial performance, and organizational priorities.

At Sage Group Advisors, he brings that enterprise-level perspective to organizations seeking practical guidance, stronger operations, and better-informed decisions.

Founder 02

Amber

Co-Founder | Operational Risk & Performance

Amber brings 23 years of experience in occupational safety, risk management, and operational improvement, including professional experience with AECOM and HDR.

Throughout her career, she has worked across organizational functions to address complex operational challenges, strengthen risk management practices, and help teams implement meaningful improvements.

Amber is particularly effective in situations where the stakes are high, the challenges cross departmental boundaries, and success requires coordination among multiple stakeholders. Her experience includes supporting critical initiatives and navigating complex projects where sound judgment, clear priorities, and practical execution are essential.

Her approach recognizes that lasting improvement rarely comes from a single policy or department. It requires understanding how people, processes, leadership, and organizational systems work together.

At Sage Group Advisors, Amber helps clients translate complicated operational challenges into coordinated, actionable solutions.

What we believe

Good advice should carry through to the work.

Recommendations people can use: We consider what a team can realistically take on, given its time and resources.
Clear communication: Leaders should be able to see what matters, why it matters, and what decision comes next.
Direct relationships: You work with the people gathering the evidence, weighing the options, and making the recommendations.
Follow-through: We agree on who owns the next steps and what progress should look like.

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