Whitney Fitzsimmons Email & Phone Number

Whitney is a dynamic corporate affairs executive and journalist, with more than 18 years’ experience in the media and communications industry. She is an expert in media relations, crisis media management, and end-to-end content strategy and creation. As well as being a highly respected journalist and media strategist, Whitney also has a wealth of experience leading high performing teams in fast paced environments through complex and rapid change.As Director News & Communications, Corporate Affairs KPMG Australia, she connected the firm’s industry experts to the media sector and provided advice to the executive leadership team on a range of challenging media issues. Whitney also redesigned the firm’s internal communications strategy and led a team of journalists and communicators to create and deliver compelling, inspiring, and engaging content across the business.Prior to KPMG, Whitney was the creator and executive producer of Small Business Secrets for SBS television. In her role as executive producer Whitney built strong strategic and editorial/commercial partnerships with large brands such as CBA, Xero, Australia Post and BizCover, as well as a range of state and local governments. A strategic thinker, Whitney is highly experienced in working with ASX listed and private companies helping them develop their media relations and internal communications approaches as well as their reputational issues management plans. She has a unique ability to quickly understand complex issues and provide practical communications advice to executive and C-Suite leadership in a timely manner.Areas of Expertise:• Strategic Communications Strategy – develops and implements communications external and internal communications strategies• Key Advisor to Executive and C level – trusted for providing clear guidance on communication and media relations to key leaders• Crisis communications – calm and clear-thinking responses to issues containing reputation risk• Media Relations – adept at engaging and working with media to support organisational goals• People Leadership – leads teams with alignment to purpose and develops individual talent• Project Management – organised approach to delivering key outcomes on time and on budgetWhitney holds a Master of Arts: Journalism from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts: Theatre & Performance from Western Sydney University.She received a 2009 Jefferson Fellowship Award from the East West Centre at the University of Hawaii and a 2008 Asia Pacific Journalism Centre Fellowship Award.

Listed skills include Television, Broadcast, Broadcast Journalism, Radio Broadcasting, and 25 others.