FOR EVERY CLIENT, WE CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE.
FOR EVERY CLIENT, WE CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE.
We work with corporations, governments and not-for-profits to build attention, influence behaviour, enhance reputation and mitigate risk.
We work with corporations, governments and not-for-profits to build attention, influence behaviour, enhance reputation and mitigate risk.
We shape your story with evidence and we commit to strategy first. We listen and ask questions before we offer counsel.
We make our work count in a way that can be measured by its positive impact on your organisation.
We do this by delivering creative and meaningful marketing and communications campaigns, and reputation management and stakeholder advocacy programs that build trust and shift opinions.
Our team of curious people are experts in shaping your story to deliver social benefit, now and for the long term.
We are also certified as a Great Place To Work® in Australia and were recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Australia™ 2024 in the AU Small category. This accolade is a testament to our strong professional development, career pathways, and an inclusive culture that actively shapes each of our stories.
Together, we commit. We do what we say we will do. And that counts.
Alex
Berriman
Client Partner
Alex is an awarded communications and engagement professional with more than eight years’ experience across state and federal governments, health, Aboriginal affairs, property, technology and agriculture. After working with Porter Novelli for more than five years, Alex spent three years working with the Victorian Government Treaty Branch (Department of Premier & Cabinet) and COVID-19 communications team, before returning to Porter Novelli. She has experience advising on high profile media announcements, media training and management of high-profile issues.
ARJ
GANESHALINGAM
Chief Operating Officer
Arj joined Porter Novelli in 2009 and has delivered award-winning integrated, large-scale communication programs for government and organisations in education, retail, property and consumer technology over many years.
He is also skilled at preparing spokespeople for profile-building opportunities and is often called upon to manage highly-sensitive issues for organisations, including major cyber incidents.
Arj also oversees communications for the Clemenger Group and leads the Clemenger Consulting Graduate Program, a rotation-based program that is unique in the marketing and communications industry.
Calum
Easton
Strategy and Digital Lead
Calum has over 14 years’ experience in social and digital strategy with agencies in the UK and Australia.
He has led social media strategy for international and Australian brands including Nissan, ANZ, Vegemite, Origin Energy, Hungry Jack’s, SATC and Lavazza.
Calum’s passion in this space led to him launching his own social media network, Cheer Me, in 2021 after winning government funding.
JESSICA
Gomes
Client Partner
Jessica joined Porter Novelli in 2016, bringing more than a decade of communications experience across the technology and B2B markets.
Representing leading Australian companies and multinational enterprises across the ANZ and APAC regions, she is skilled at navigating highly regulated business environments and managing multiple stakeholders across geographies and disciplines.
Her curiosity and tenacity allow her to seek out new ways of tackling communication challenges to help drive business success.
Laura
Hill
Special Counsel
Laura joined Porter Novelli in 2021, bringing more than 17 years’ experience across the not-for-profit, corporate and government sectors. Her expertise spans corporate affairs, reputation management, crisis communications and corporate responsibility. Previous senior leadership roles at Oxfam, NAB and CARE Australia shaped Laura’s passion for helping clients to adopt and roll-out values-based communications to realise strategy, protect and enhance brand, and manage crises and reputation challenges.
LAUREN
CLANCY
Client Partner –
Technology & Cyber Lead
Lauren has more than a decade’s experience advising technology and corporate organisations across Australia and the UK, from start-ups to major global brands. She has focused her career on reputation management programs, which now includes a specialisation in data breaches and cyber incidents since changes to the Australian Privacy Act in 2018. Lauren has advised some of Australia’s leading companies in cyber incident preparation and response, working alongside trusted legal and insurance partners to protect a brand’s reputation in the eyes of all stakeholders.
Madeleine
Hanley
Media & Content Lead
Madeleine has over a decade of experience working for Australia’s biggest brands. She is passionate about creative and insights-driven strategy, developing impactful and integrated campaigns that challenges conventional thinking.
She has a clear vision about how to elevate brands through exciting storytelling and has led multi-platform campaigns for a broad consumer and corporate portfolio across FMCG, travel, technology, retail, automotive and hospitality.
Madeleine has extensive experience working across marketing disciplines including social, content and digital media, putting earned attention at the core of every campaign.
Marlo
GUANLAO
Creative Partner
Marlo joined the firm after spending several years in both magazine publishing and the retail sector. He has since led a range of creative projects for clients in the corporate, retail, property, food and beverage, agriculture, health and government sectors. Marlo now oversees Porter Novelli’s creative team which is skilled in brand development, graphic and print design, websites and social media, animations and illustrations, and photography and videography.
PATRICK
MCCLELLAND
Managing Partner
Patrick is Porter Novelli’s stakeholder engagement specialist with 15 years of consulting experience across the agribusiness, health, Government, environment, and energy sectors.
A media and politics devotee, Patrick has a knack for connecting the dots between stories and stakeholders, creating meaningful relationships for his clients.
His knowledge and passion for agriculture and rural communities is built upon his deep family roots in grain and livestock farming in northwest Victoria. This enabled him to establish a specialist team of consultants who offer an unmatched working knowledge of agricultural industries and a network of engaged stakeholders across Australia.
Pippa
Chester
Client Partner
Pippa has more than 10 years’ experience working for some of the UK’s biggest names in the food, agriculture, and community sectors. She combines strategic thinking and creativity to ensure our work can impact clients’ bottom lines.
Since joining Porter Novelli, Pippa is working across a diverse portfolio with clients in agriculture, health, government, and consumer brands.
With a passion for purpose-led communications, Pippa is skilled at navigating sensitive environments and putting people at the heart of storytelling. This flair for delivering purpose also saw her work closely on a pro-bono basis with the UK charity City Harvest London, to help the organisation engage vulnerable communities.
RHYS
RYAN
Chief Executive Officer
Rhys has led reputation programs for global giants and emerging start-ups for 20 years in Australia and the United States.
Rhys finds the singular story for companies to communicate their purpose, to help them do well – and do good.
Following an early stint as a broadcast journalist, Rhys moved into strategic communications where he has held leadership roles in consulting companies, and has spent the last two decades focused creating a great place to work for our people.
Victoria
Fruean
General Manager –
Sydney Lead
Victoria is an experienced communications leader with more than 15 years’ experience across business, manufacturing, health, retail, property and FMCG sectors. She is a skilled and strategic communications professional who leads major corporate communications, brand reputation, internal communications and issues and crisis management programs. She has also led marcomms and integrated consumer brand campaigns for leading Australian and global brands.
Victoria is a calm and considered thinker and is passionate about helping her clients solve their business and communications challenges to achieve business impact and commercial outcomes.
ALEX
BERRIMAN
Client Partner
Alex is an awarded communications and engagement professional with more than eight years’ experience across state and federal governments, health, Aboriginal affairs, property, technology and agriculture. After working with Porter Novelli for more than five years, Alex spent three years working with the Victorian Government Treaty Branch (Department of Premier & Cabinet) and COVID-19 communications team, before returning to Porter Novelli. She has experience advising on high profile media announcements, media training and management of high-profile issues.
ARJ
GANESHALINGAM
Chief Operating Officer
Arj joined Porter Novelli in 2009 and has delivered award-winning integrated, large-scale communication programs for government and organisations in education, retail, property and consumer technology over many years.
He is also skilled at preparing spokespeople for profile-building opportunities and is often called upon to manage highly-sensitive issues for organisations, including major cyber incidents.
Arj also oversees communications for the Clemenger Group and leads the Clemenger Consulting Graduate Program, a rotation-based program that is unique in the marketing and communications industry.
Calum
Easton
Strategy and
Digital Lead
Calum has over 14 years’ experience in social and digital strategy with agencies in the UK and Australia.
He has led social media strategy for international and Australian brands including Nissan, ANZ, Vegemite, Origin Energy, Hungry Jack’s, SATC and Lavazza.
Calum’s passion in this space led to him launching his own social media network, Cheer Me, in 2021 after winning government funding.
JESSICA
Gomes
Client Partner
Jessica joined Porter Novelli in 2016, bringing more than a decade of communications experience across the technology and B2B markets.
Representing leading Australian companies and multinational enterprises across the ANZ and APAC regions, she is skilled at navigating highly regulated business environments and managing multiple stakeholders across geographies and disciplines.
Her curiosity and tenacity allow her to seek out new ways of tackling communication challenges to help drive business success.
LAURA
HILL
Special Council
Laura joined Porter Novelli in 2021, bringing more than 17 years’ experience across the not-for-profit, corporate and government sectors. Her expertise spans corporate affairs, reputation management, crisis communications and corporate responsibility. Previous senior leadership roles at Oxfam, NAB and CARE Australia shaped Laura’s passion for helping clients to adopt and roll-out values-based communications to realise strategy, protect and enhance brand, and manage crises and reputation challenges.
LAUREN
CLANCY
Client Partner –
Technology &
Cyber Lead
Lauren has more than a decade’s experience advising technology and corporate organisations across Australia and the UK, from start-ups to major global brands. She has focused her career on reputation management programs, which now includes a specialisation in data breaches and cyber incidents since changes to the Australian Privacy Act in 2018. Lauren has advised some of Australia’s leading companies in cyber incident preparation and response, working alongside trusted legal and insurance partners to protect a brand’s reputation in the eyes of all stakeholders.
Madeleine
Hanley
Media &
Content Lead
Madeleine has over a decade of experience working for Australia’s biggest brands. She is passionate about creative and insights-driven strategy, developing impactful and integrated campaigns that challenges conventional thinking.
She has a clear vision about how to elevate brands through exciting storytelling and has led multi-platform campaigns for a broad consumer and corporate portfolio across FMCG, travel, technology, retail, automotive and hospitality.
Madeleine has extensive experience working across marketing disciplines including social, content and digital media, putting earned attention at the core of every campaign.
Marlo
GUANLAO
Creative Partner
Marlo joined the firm after spending several years in both magazine publishing and the retail sector. He has since led a range of creative projects for clients in the corporate, retail, property, food and beverage, agriculture, health and government sectors. Marlo now oversees Porter Novelli’s creative team which is skilled in brand development, graphic and print design, websites and social media, animations and illustrations, and photography and videography.
PATRICK
MCCLELLAND
Managing Partner
Patrick is Porter Novelli’s stakeholder engagement specialist with 15 years of consulting experience across the agribusiness, health, Government, environment, and energy sectors.
A media and politics devotee, Patrick has a knack for connecting the dots between stories and stakeholders, creating meaningful relationships for his clients.
His knowledge and passion for agriculture and rural communities is built upon his deep family roots in grain and livestock farming in northwest Victoria. This enabled him to establish a specialist team of consultants who offer an unmatched working knowledge of agricultural industries and a network of engaged stakeholders across Australia.
Pippa
Chester
Client Partner
Pippa has more than 10 years’ experience working for some of the UK’s biggest names in the food, agriculture, and community sectors. She combines strategic thinking and creativity to ensure our work can impact clients’ bottom lines.
Since joining Porter Novelli, Pippa is working across a diverse portfolio with clients in agriculture, health, government, and consumer brands.
With a passion for purpose-led communications, Pippa is skilled at navigating sensitive environments and putting people at the heart of storytelling. This flair for delivering purpose also saw her work closely on a pro-bono basis with the UK charity City Harvest London, to help the organisation engage vulnerable communities.
RHYS
RYAN
Chief Executive Officer
Rhys has led reputation programs for global giants and emerging start-ups for 20 years in Australia and the United States.
Rhys finds the singular story for companies to communicate their purpose, to help them do well – and do good.
Following an early stint as a broadcast journalist, Rhys moved into strategic communications where he has held leadership roles in consulting companies, and has spent the last two decades focused creating a great place to work for our people.
Victoria
Fruean
General Manager –
Sydney Lead
Victoria is an experienced communications leader with more than 15 years’ experience across business, manufacturing, health, retail, property and FMCG sectors. She is a skilled and strategic communications professional who leads major corporate communications, brand reputation, internal communications and issues and crisis management programs. She has also led marcomms and integrated consumer brand campaigns for leading Australian and global brands.
Victoria is a calm and considered thinker and is passionate about helping her clients solve their business and communications challenges to achieve business impact and commercial outcomes.
