Alex is an accomplished public affairs professional with 25 years of coal-face experience in journalism, government communications, stakeholder and community engagement, and consulting to an array of clients and industry sectors.
As a thinker, a strategist, a manager, and a results-driven implementer, his spectrum of skill ranges from analysing social and community issues and risk, facilitating stakeholder processes, social research, issues and crisis management, harnessing media, overseeing advertising campaigns, community engagement. and building communication and engagement teams from the ground up.
He has applied his strategic thinking across diverse industries including agriculture, food production, community services, pharmaceuticals, mining and resources, fisheries, energy and infrastructure and construction.
Alex’s strategic communications heritage started with 12 years in metropolitan journalism covering State politics, education, consumer issues, industrial relations and investigative reporting. He followed this with 10 years in senior communications roles in Victorian Government departments working with senior executives and a dozen Ministerial offices.
He now specialises in public affairs strategy and issues management and has advised Boards and CEOs.
Through his Masters studies, he has a deep understanding of the psycho-social drivers of influence. Consequently, Alex offers research-based, creative, effective and successful public affairs strategy.