Strategy & advisory
Strategic reviews, communications strategy, positioning, narrative, evidence and audience insight, and independent senior counsel.
Independent advisory · Perth, Western Australia
Strategic communications for complex environments.
Senior, independent advice across communications, reputation and stakeholder engagement. Grounded in Western Australia and informed by national and international experience.
How I work
Begin with the end in mind.
I start with the problem and the desired outcome, then map to the right communication solutions. What are you trying to achieve? Who matters? What are the risks and opportunities? With practical strategy at the core, I build a path from advice to delivery.
How I can help
Senior expertise, applied where it matters.
Focused support for moments that need judgement, clarity and extra capacity, not a catalogue of off-the-shelf communications products.
Stakeholder & community engagement
Stakeholder mapping, framework-based meaningful engagement, public affairs and relationship strategy.
Reputation, issues & media
Reputation and issues management, crisis and emergency communication, media relations, executive advice and spokesperson preparation.
Leadership & delivery
Short-term leadership, multidisciplinary teams, capacity building and hands-on support from strategic advice through delivery.
Government focus
Experience with the realities of government.
Government communications sits inside a wider operating environment: public accountability, policy intent, ministerial and executive expectations, competing stakeholders, tight timeframes and legitimate scrutiny. The work must be strategically sound, operationally useful and credible with the people it needs to reach.
- Independent judgement for complex or sensitive issues
- Extra senior capacity for priority programs and pressure points
- Stakeholder insight that strengthens decisions and messages
- Practical delivery, capacity building and knowledge transfer
Selected experience
Perspective shaped in government, consultancy and media.
WA government
Engagement where trust matters
Led communications and engagement on sensitive community, environmental, land-management and emergency response matters, aligning technical specialists, agencies, local government and regional teams.
Australian Government
National issues under international scrutiny
Led integrated strategic communications and public affairs for nationally significant issues, including whole-of-government messaging, international stakeholder engagement, media strategy and executive briefings.
International consultancy
Complex programs across sectors and cultures
As a senior director in international government advisory, led multidisciplinary teams supporting complex initiatives across tourism, aviation, culture and development, working across cultures, evolving priorities and diverse stakeholder environments.
Media & storytelling
A practical understanding of audiences
Broadcast and production experience across BBC World News, ABC TV, Radio National, triple j and RTRFM, bringing editorial discipline and a strong instinct for what people need to understand.
Ways to work together
Flexible support, matched to the situation.
- Strategic advisory
- Project-based consulting
- Strategic reviews
- Short-term leadership
- Selected retained advisory
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How can I help you?
If you need experienced, independent counsel, or senior capacity to turn a difficult brief into a practical way forward, I’d be glad to hear what you are working through.
+61 429 445 432
Perth, Western Australia