Stuart Barton Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Australia

• senior adviser to Boards/C-suite regarding strategic stakeholder advocacy (media, public, regulators investors and financial markets) • clients include listed companies, super funds, lenders, hedge funds, insolvency firms, family offices, fund managers, private wealth managers, professional service firms, regulators, the central bank, government/political advisers and PR/IR/GR agencies • exceptional competency in complex issues/crisis management and regulatory risk reputation management • provision of an extensive range of consulting services on either a project or retained basis, including: - development and execution of media, investor, stakeholder and public communication strategiesdrafting of submissions to government reviews/enquiries - coaching and reparation of executives appearing before government inquiries/Parliamentary committees - drafting of communications collateral (ASX announcements, media releases, briefing docs, Q&A etc) - editing of macroeconomic research to improve consumer cut-through, engagement and persuasive ability - strategic advice around financial brand management, especially B2B brand extension into retail/consumer - provision of leadership services to agencies: mentoring and tutoring of junior consultants senior business development resource to assist with reverse briefs, RFI, pitches and pitching interim CEO to cover leaves of absence• recent expansion into medical device regulation, assisting global manufacturers prepare for and manage adverse public, political and regulatory lobbying

Sydney

Team: 9 / Budget: $11m p.a.Member of Executive Management Team. General Manager responsible for Corporate Affairs and Communications, Public Affairs, Stakeholder Engagement and Consumer Marketing.Recruited to join the team tasked with Challenger's post-GFC turnaround & transformation from most shorted stock in the ASX200 with a sub $1 billion valuation, to ~ASX50 diversified financial with a market cap of $8 bio and comprising a multi-brand fund manager controlling $80 billon and the dominant retirement annuity provider with a 90%+ market share.In addition to Corporate Affairs and Retail Investor Relations, sought and was granted a remit expansion into Consumer Marketing. Established inaugural function, secured a $30 mio budget from the Board, built a team and researched, developed and launched three highly successful national advertising campaigns. These campaigns were instrumental in reviving the moribund annuities category, driving Challenger's sales from $514 mio to $6 bio (FY90 to FY15), and garnering 12 domestic and international advertising and/or marketing awards. These included Bronze, Silver and Gold Effies (for Advertising Effectiveness) and Australian Marketing Institute's Marketing Campaign of the Year and Marketing Team of the Year.

Sydney

Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Led Corporate Affairs and Marketing for the leading investment banking franchise in Australia (and its related Asset Management and Private Banking arms) before, during and after the global credit crisis and concomitant equity markets rout of 2007.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Canberra, Act

Recruited to lead a Macquarie Bank-funded start-up storage resource management software company serving Fortune 500 and ASX50 enterprise clients.

Sydney/San Francisco/Fargo, North Dakota

Corporate adviser/investment banking executive in the Technology, Media, Entertainment and Technology (TMET) group. Conducted investment identification and evaluation, financial modelling and transaction negotiation, structuring and maintenance in various areas including:Structured finance - R&D syndicationInvestment banking - private and public companies, M&A, IPO, ECM, dual listingsVenture capital and private equity (advisory and principal - established the Macquarie Technology Funds 1A and 1B, early investors in Seek, Looksmart, Altium, onebox) http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/corporations/sfpc/technology/capabilities.htm3Seconded to Intellisol International LLC in Fargo, North Dakota in operational role.

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb) / Bachelor Of Commerce (Finance) With Merit. Concurrent Double-Degree.

Graduate Diploma Of Legal Practice