Annabey Whitehead Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Directly reporting to Bupa’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Managing Director, Bupa Dental, I established and led the Dental business’ corporate affairs function. This included engaging andinfluencing over 3,000 employees across ANZ and managing corporate communications, public affairs, and corporate social responsibility programs. As a member of the Bupa Senior Leadership Team, I also played a role in business strategic planning, prioritization and decision making. I managed a direct report and worked in a matrix structure with a centrally shared resource pool.• Member of Bupa’s COVID-19 Crisis Response Team – responsible for all stakeholder engagement and communications. Included 300+ practice closures, reopens and transitioning more than 2,000 employees to JobKeeper.• Increased employee satisfaction survey participation rates, employee engagement scores and email open rates. Delivered a 300-person immersion event.• Mitigated reputational risks.• Selected, as one of 5 people from Bupa ANZ (and 30, globally), to complete the Leading at Bupa program, where I led an international team and delivered outcomes for both a social enterprise and Bupa Hong Kong.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for influencing public policy; building collaborative relationships with government, regulatory and industry stakeholders; and providing the Managing Director and Leadership Team with advice and analysis, public positioning and submissions, integrated campaigns and coaching.• Acted as Bupa’s Head of Government and Public Policy, reporting to Bupa ANZ’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (Aug 2017, Feb – Apr 2018).• Mitigated the impact of policy changes through the development and execution of proactive advocacy strategies.• Identified opportunities and secured roles for senior leaders to be appointed on key government policy advisory committees.• Established and maintained relationships with Government and Opposition through the design and delivery of leadership roundtables, parliamentary showcases and backbencher engagement programs that led to positive commercial outcomes for the business.

London, United Kingdom (International Secondment)

Provided corporate affairs support to the C-Suite through speech and Board report drafting; led a global internal and external communication campaign and provided issues management support to our businesses operating in other markets.• Developed and implemented, in partnership with World Heart Federation, a global communications campaign that successfully mobilized 1 million people to get walking.• Designed and delivered a VIP engagement event on the eve of the G8 Summit in London, showcasing Bupa’s world-leading dementia experience. • Played a role in brokering and managing Bupa’s partnerships with international charities.

London, United Kingdom (International Secondment)

Managed proactive and reactive media relations and social media issues for Bupa UK’s five business units, in an issues-rich environment, on an international and 24/7 basis. • Secured numerous proactive, positive press with Daily Mirror, Mail on Sunday, BBC Radio, Channel 4, Women’s Running, Zest Magazine, medical and insurance trade B2B publications.• Provided copy-clearance for high-risk Customer Relations matters.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for preparing strategic policy submissions and analysis on policy and regulatory changes; supporting Bupa’s Chief Medical Officer and other senior leaders through the prepartion of briefing papers, conference presentations, position papers and speech writing.

Sydney, Australia

Developed and executed issues management, political engagement, advocacy campaigns and corporate affairs advice for clients from various sectors including transport, gaming, retail and non-profit.

Sydney, Australia

Conducted social audits & stakeholder led appraisals of non-profit organisations and their programs, on behalf of government and private sector funders.

Managed the Council’s external and internal communications requirements; reporting to the Council’s Manager and Chairperson.

Led a team responsible for supporting the company’s legal and financial, corporate advisors.

Corporate Public Affairs Professional Development Institute

Ba Communications (Public Communications), Public Relations/Journalism