I have 35 years’ financial services experience across all facets of financial services communications including public and media relations, investor relations, and social media management.I have deep experience in financial marketing communications and corporate affairs, and I bring strong skills in strategy development. I have worked in marketing and communications for organisations such as the ASX, Centric Wealth and AMP, and was a financial journalist for over 15 years.My media roles covered a diverse range of financial services and personal finance publications, including: business editor of NEWS.com.au, editor of the SMH / The Age Weekend Money section, editor of Financial Planning magazine, a journalist on Money Management, and founding editor of the PortfolioConstruction Journal. I have freelanced for The Australian Financial Review, Personal Investor magazine, The Australian newspaper’s Wealth section and Women’s Money magazine.Clients benefit from my solid understanding of financial markets and the media landscape, and my detailed understanding of the communications process.

Responsible for managing a portfolio of clients and a team of staff. Clients included listed ASX entities and a diverse range of financial services and fintech firms.

Responsible for the coordination and management of Corporate Relations activities, including media relations, investor relations, corporate communications and stakeholder events.Position ASX as a professional, knowledgeable and transparent organisation that engenders market and broader public confidence.Key accountabilities:· Provide strategic media relations and communications support for ASX issues management.· Provide media and communications support for ASX business units for ASX products, services and events.· Respond to enquiries from, and deliver proactive messages to, media and key external stakeholders.· Provide editorial services for the ASX Group, including speeches, presentations, brochures, media releases, annual report contributions and reports.· Manage participation in ASX Group investor relations and corporate events such as results presentations and AGMs.· Manage and maintain content on relevant ASX Group and ASX.com.au website pages.

Reporting directly to the CEO, I was responsible for the national marketing, media, communications and branding activities of five divisions across four state offices. Prior to joining Centric Wealth, I was a business journalist who had reported on the financial industry in Australia and the United Kingdom for over 15 years. I was Business Editor for the News Limited web site NEWS.com.au, and spent six years writing for and editing personal finance sections of The Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age. I was the editor of the FPA's Financial Planning magazine, a contributing writer to Money Management newspaper and was founding editor of the PortfolioConstruction Journal. I have written for the Australian Financial Review, Personal Investor magazine, The Australian Newspaper's Wealth section and Women's Money magazine.During the 1990s I worked for the AMP Society in the marketing and sales support divisions as an in-house journalist.

Trainee Accountant in the audit and later taxation and business services divisions.