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My speech writing background
I've been a speechwriter for many years, working with Australia's leading politicians, government officials and business leaders... and many more interesting characters. |
I began my career in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, where I found myself writing short pieces for the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. I moved on to write full time for the Chairman and CEO of trade and investment promotion agency, Austrade. I was brought back to Canberra to the Office of the then Finance Minister Kim C Beazley and worked on a series of broad-ranging policy speeches leading up to and during his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister in 1995.
I then moved back to Sydney full time and joined a management consultant firm where I worked on pitches, presentations to clients, and major business think pieces. I ran communications training courses for management consultants in Australia, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo.
Since then I've worked as a freelance speechwriter with many of Australia's most senior business leaders and officials, and run coaching and training clinics for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Beijing, AMP, Westpac and private clients.
I then moved back to Sydney full time and joined a management consultant firm where I worked on pitches, presentations to clients, and major business think pieces. I ran communications training courses for management consultants in Australia, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo.
Since then I've worked as a freelance speechwriter with many of Australia's most senior business leaders and officials, and run coaching and training clinics for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Beijing, AMP, Westpac and private clients.