Kerry-Anne Walsh is one of Australia’s most respected communications strategists, with more than 30 years’ experience at the highest levels of Australian political media. During her extensive career Kerry-Anne has been a leading member of the Canberra Press Gallery, an award-winning political author, and a trusted adviser to national and international organisations on their communications efficacy. Kerry-Anne is recognised as an astute architect of grassroots and multi-stakeholder media and political campaigns, a crisis media specialist, and a highly regarded media and cultural awareness coach. She has deep contacts in the Australian political and media worlds, and extensive networks in corporate Australia. For the last decade Kerry-Anne ran a highly successful boutique communication consultancy with offices in Canberra, Sydney and Western Australia, servicing domestic and international clients. Kerry-Anne advises clients drawing on her deep understanding of the Australian media landscape. During her twenty-five years at the highest levels in Australia’s national media Kerry-Anne was a senior political correspondent and bureau chief for News Limited and Fairfax newspapers; an ABC radio presenter and producer; Kerry O’Brien’s editorial producer on Channel Ten’s Face to Face program; political editor of the highly respected The Bulletin magazine; and panelist for six years on the ABC’s influential Sunday morning TV program, Insiders. Kerry-Anne is a best-selling and award-winning political author and is widely published in international publications including The South China Morning Post, the Singapore Straits Times and the Irish Times. She remains a regular political commentator on Sky News Australia, Radio New Zealand, ABC News Radio, the BBC and ABC’s respected nightly talk program, The Drum.
Listed skills include Corporate Communications, Strategy, Government, Crisis Communications, and 25 others.