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An award-winning corporate affairs strategist, journalist and storyteller with proven ability to work collaboratively across large complex organisations and stakeholder groups to influence, develop and deliver strategic, data-driven, innovative, and impactful customer-focussed reputation and integrated programs across marketing, advertising, communication, brand and change management. Extensive experience providing strategic oversight to Boards/CEOs and leadership teams on purpose-driven and business outcomes-aligned corporate affairs strategy, accounting for regulatory, reputational stakeholder/partnership risk. Highly skilled in the corporate affairs portfolio advising on messaging, reputation and scenario planning, leading and project managing commercially critical enterprise-wide projects, and developing marcomms plans aligned to global business objectives. Experience includes internal, external, stakeholder engagement, startup, crisis management, and change communications.Success has been achieved through strong influencing skills, executive presence, being curious; and an anticipatory mindset; disciplined processes and a commitment to quality outcomes; a systems thinker who joins the dots for reputational/operational risk; a nurturing leader who values team culture and effort; being opportunistic to engage audiences and highlight policy/thought leadership positions; strong stakeholder management; leadership of forums/working groups; ability to navigate ambiguity across complex corporate structures and sensitive political/regulated environments.Experience in listed, public and non-profit organisations in USA, Europe and Australia across government, IT, energy, resources, education, insurance/financial services, healthcare, medical devices, biotechnology, FMCG, logistics, proporety and construction sectors.Highly skilled in the design and direction of the corporate affairs portfolio, Kathryn’s held senior leadership, team and portfolio management roles in several organisations, as well as leading portfolio restructures.

Listed skills include Corporate Communications, Issues Management, Crisis Communications, Reputation Management, and 19 others.