Member of the Board of One Tree Community Services Inc

• Local content planning and management- development of the global corporate social responsibility policy, execution plan including capturing local content development and managing customer reporting. Development and management of two Reconciliation Action Plans, endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, for CHC Australia. Identifying and developing relationships with key community groups in areas in which we operate.• Government relations - development of a global government relations strategy and execution plan to create long-term relationships with government customers and regulators in Australia, South East Asia, Timor-Leste, New Zealand and beyond to provide industry insight to government initiatives and support commercial activity, including market entry.• Strategic planning - facilitation of regional business strategy discussions and developing longer term plans.• Issues Management - communications planning and implementation and on-ground management of a wide range of corporate affairs issues.• Policy development - developing global and local policies for communications, government relations and corporate social responsibility .• Communications planning - the development and implementation of a regional internal and external communication plan. • Crisis communications - training and execution and engagement with customers to ensure a co-ordinated approach to crisis communications within organisations and between organisations. • Developing marketing collateral and sponsorship support.• Media relations - development of positive media coverage and reputation protection media relations. • Media training.• Communication and engagement training for managers; cultural change and manager engagement training for base managers.• Management and execution of internal communications tools and systems for Asia Pacific region.

A small consultancy specialising in strategic communications and corporate engagement, from advice and planning through to tactical execution. An area of special interest is corporate governance and ethics research.

• Managing relationships with multiple clients, including major infrastructure projects for the Western Australian Department of Health, South Australian Department of Health and Bristow Helicopters.• Strategic advice and creating communications strategies for a range of clients.• Creating and executing wide-ranging community consultation activities.• Ministerial briefing support.• Crisis and issues management planning and training.• Media training.• Brand development and marketing advice.

• Team Management of a communications team of six.• Budget Management - managing a $1.7 million Corporate Communications budget and a $4 million magazine budget.• Contract negotiation and tender management: with sponsorship partners and suppliers.• Development and implementation of a corporate communications strategy including sponsorship and philanthropy; repositioning of the organisation’s external media image; developing and executing a centralised, co-ordinated internal communications function to service a multi-site, multi-skill workforce; advising on and managing corporate reputation issues; issues and crisis management; event organisation; and preparing the annual report.• Overhaul, relaunch and management of the bimonthly member magazine, Horizons, which was distributed to 500,000 households.

• Sales and marketing strategy development –as a member of the Sales and Marketing Executive Committee realigning an internally focused institutional fund management group to include an externally focused business in the UK, Continental Europe and the US in retail and institutional markets.• Matrix organisation, multiple stakeholder reporting lines - reporting to the Director of Sales and Marketing in SWIP while managing relationships with communications team in the parent company and the related life insurance company.• Team management - managing four staff.• Budget management – managing a £500,000 budget.• External agency management - appointing and managing PR agencies in continental Europe and the US; developing and executing the UK, Continental Europe and US public relations strategies.• Government relations - developing and executing the UK and Continental Europe government relations strategy, including both regulatory and legislative issues in the UK and Brussels.• Strategic communications development and communications planning - developing and implementing a shift in the strategic communications and implementing a plan to shift public perception of SWIP; advising on and managing corporate reputation issues; issues and crisis management.• Media relations - maintaining relationships with the media and key third party media commentators; and managing a range of media and stakeholder events.

• Sales and marketing strategy development - as a member of the UK Retail Management Committee.• Communications strategy development - development of the UK retail public relations strategy; issues and crisis management; event management; and sponsorship development. • Government relations - writing submissions to Government consultation papers on proposed regulatory and legislative changes to retail funds.• Media relations - developing and maintaining relationships with journalists and editors at key newspapers, trade publications, consumer magazines, newswires, radio and television stations in the UK and Continental Europe; developing relationships with a network of international PR agencies and journalists.

• Sales and marketing strategy development - developing an editorial product to challenge a competitor which had dominated the market for many years; and working with sales and marketing to devise a marketing strategy to increase recognition of the product and drive sales; television and radio commitments to provide expert advice to financial programs.• Team management - managing a team of 19 reporters, sub-editors and art direction staff.• Magazine editing – writing and editing for a weekly consumer finance magazine.