Adam Connolly is Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Communications, an agency specialising in protecting the reputations of large organisations.Adam is skilled in building corporate trust with key stakeholders, providing advice on financial transactions, including contested M&As and public/private partnerships.Over the past 25 years he has worked on some of the highest profile media and public affairs issues in Australia.During that time he has served as Senior Media Adviser to the Australian Prime Minister, has been an in-house counsel within the finance sector for Suncorp, HBOS Australia, Bankwest, Macquarie Bank and AMP, and as a journalist for News Ltd (The Australian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror).He has a strong track record of establishing and driving major transactions and strategic issues advice to corporate boards and their CEOs, particularly in the publicly listed sphere. With unrivalled media contacts and deep and trusted relationships with journalists across Australia, Adam creates and implements unique and tailored communications programs to meet his clients' needs. Adam has a Bachelor of Arts in politics/economics/international relations from the Australian National University (Canberra), a MBA in corporate strategy from the University of Oxford and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Non-Executive Director of of UnitingCare Australia, a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Property Institute and a Non-Executive Director of the Oxford Business Alumni. UnitingCare Australia is the national body for the UnitingCare network, delivering more than $5 billion worth of community services annually, making it one of the largest community providers in Australia with 50,000 staff.Specialties: Crisis management, corporate communications, media relations, media training, public relations, government relations, internal communications, investor relations, reputation protection, thought leadership, financial communications, M&A communications