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Partner

Justin Kelly

Justin is a public relations, Corporate Communications, media and issues management specialist. He has over 30 years of professional experience working in and with the media.

Justin has held positions at the highest levels of government, the public sector and private sector. Justin’s prominent positions include Head of Corporate Communications and P.R. at Qantas Airways, Chief of Staff of Channel Nine News, Senior Producer at A Current Affair and News Director of 2GB. Justin was also the senior media officer with NSW Premier Morris Iemma, National Operations Manager at The Australian Traffic Network and senior reporter at Radio 2UE.

Amongst his many achievements, Justin won the prestigious Walkley Award for excellence in news reporting. Justin holds a Bachelor of Communications and an MBA and has an outstanding network of contacts across the Australian media. Justin currently consults with various companies from the ASX Top 200 to start-ups and is a trusted advisor to CEOs across Australia and internationally.

Partner

Ben Henri

Ben has 25 years of experience in the Australian equities market, working on both the buy and sell sides. He started his career in upstream oil and gas consulting in 1998, working in competitor intelligence analysis. He then moved into broking, working on the institutional desk of Bell Securities. Ben then began a 14-year career in funds management at one of Australia’s first absolute return funds and as a well-known resource sector investor.

As a former institutional investor, he has an exceptional understanding of the Investor Relations function. He gained experience investing in most commodities classes and has met with hundreds of individual management teams of listed companies in Australia and internationally. His experience also encompasses attending resource sector and industry conferences, company site visits, and presentations in Australia, Africa, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Director

Rod Hinchcliffe

Rod has over 25 years of experience in investment markets, mainly in Australian equities on both the buy and sell sides. He spent 15 years in funds management with one of Australia’s first boutique absolute return funds. He joined the fund from inception as an analyst before becoming Portfolio Manager for the Group’s offshore fund. Before this, Rod spent five years as part of the institutional sales and research desk at Bell Securities.

In his various capacities over the last twenty years, Rod has gained an intimate understanding of the investor relations function within a business. He has attended hundreds of company meetings across most market sectors to formulate an investment view. While most of his experience was gained with Australian listed companies, he has many years of experience with listed companies in North America and Europe.

Director

Melissa Hamilton

Melissa has more than 20 years of media industry experience providing her with valuable expertise in how clients can most clearly and powerfully communicate with target audiences.

She has worked in newsrooms in Australia and the UK including as a finance journalist and presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and as a producer of CNN’s premier business program Quest Means Business.

Associate Director

Rowan Barker

Rowan brings decades of experience in media and communications on both sides of the fence. After twelve years in radio as a journalist, editor and presenter, including six years as newsreader for the top-rating Sydney radio station 2GB, he then worked with some of the biggest names in corporate Australia as Director of Media & Communications at the Tourism & Transport Forum, a national industry association. A stint of freelancing while being the primary carer for two boys saw Rowan create content for a range of businesses, as well as doing voice overs, emceeing events, hosting podcasts and being involved in a tech startup, before returning to full time work as a member of the media team at Transport for NSW, adding government to his previous private sector roles. Rowan holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and Master of Strategic Public Relations (with merit).

Head of Tech PR

Kristian Towse

Kris has more than ten years of Public Relations and Analyst Relations experience in the technology sector; he’s worked on enterprise and consumer technology clients, including Google Cloud, EMC, Dell, Kraken and more. He is our resident nerd and loves to dig in and deeply understand client technology to help them better tell their stories in the media.

Head of Content

Raf Flores

With over 15 years of videography experience and more than 5 years in photography, Raf is a highly versatile and adaptable content creator. His work spans a broad creative spectrum, from directing music videos for ARIA award-winning artists to capturing some of Sydney’s most exquisite and architecturally significant homes. Raf’s skill set covers the full production cycle, including video production, editing, audio engineering, and post-production.

Beyond client work, Raf is the producer and host of a long-running weekly podcast, now in its seventh year, which has generated millions of impressions across social media platforms. This ongoing project has honed his understanding of what it takes to engage audiences, both behind and in front of the camera, while also deepening his expertise in content strategy, storytelling, and audience growth.

Senior Account Executive

Zoe Boyd

With experience across corporate communications, media relations and integrated campaigns, Zoe is a strategic communications professional specialising in the technology and financial services sectors. She has partnered with globally recognised brands to deliver thought leadership, reputation management and media engagement strategies that drive meaningful impact. 

Zoe holds a degree in International Studies and Media & Communication (PR & Advertising) from UNSW and brings a strong storytelling lens to her work, crafting clear and compelling narratives that resonate with diverse audiences.