Tracey Cain (LLB MPA MAICD)
Managing Director
Tracey has over 20 years of Australian
and international media experience, in a variety of journalist, corporate & political advisory roles.
On the political front, she worked as a journalist in both the NSW and Federal Parliamentary Press Galleries, as a Ministerial media adviser in Australia, and also in the White House during the 1996 Presidential Elections.
She has worked in-house as a Director of Communications and Media for a leading Australian corporate.
Tracey is a Director of The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and CrimeStoppers, and is the Head of the HammondCare Foundation.
She is a regular public commentator on public affairs matters and is an International Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Public Affairs.
Mobile: 0411 644 999
Alastair Furnival (BA MCom)
Chairman
Alastair’s background is as a policy and political strategist, having worked as a senior adviser and chief of staff for State and Federal Ministers, and within Party organisations.
Outside politics, he has worked as a policy analyst, lobbyist and economic consultant, covering a diverse range of clients including banks and insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, foreign governments and Christian churches.
Alastair is a member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Public Affairs.
Liam Bathgate
Director
Liam has more than 30 years of experience
in senior roles across the media, political and corporate sectors.
For over a decade, he has worked in senior corporate advisory and public affairs roles
in the fields of defence and infrastructure. He also has experience in water, transport and regional development.
His most recent political appointment was as Chief of Staff to a NSW political leader. Prior to this, he served as Press Secretary to Deputy
PM and Federal National Party leader Doug Anthony, Principal Private Secretary to Doug’s successor, Ian Sinclair, followed by his role as General Secretary of the NSW Nationals.
Before his political and corporate career, Liam served as a senior journalist with regional papers and AAP in Sydney, followed by work
in the Federal Press Gallery as a senior correspondent.
Liam is the Chairman of the Furniture History Society of Australasia.
Mobile: 0432 072 523
Rod Frail (BA)
Senior Consultant
Rod is a corporate communications, public relations and government relations advisor with more than 30 years of experience.
He served as a senior journalist on
two of Australia’s leading broadsheet newspapers which included working
in the Federal and NSW Parliamentary Press Galleries.
He later worked as a media adviser to Government ministers, before taking on senior communications roles with the NRMA and the Insurance Council of Australia.
Mobile: 0413 989 897
Andrew Bradley
MA (Journalism) BA
Grad Cert (AB Stud) MPRIA
Director – Climate Response
Andrew has a background in a number of high profile media and communications roles for State and Federal government agencies and was an adviser to the South Australian Government.
He has proven expertise across campaigns, strategy and issues management- planning and implementing significant national projects and managing major
issues for a diverse range of departments, companies and industry bodies.
His work has involved all areas of communications from media and stakeholder relations to audits and government lobbying.
Andrew has a special interest in environmental issues and their interaction with the political process. Over the past few years, he
has provided specialist communications support to a number of international and Australian organisations involved in renewable
energy and sustainability during a period of rapid public, political and policy change.
Mobile: 0403 777 137
Hollie Hughes (BComm MPPP)
Senior Consultant
Hollie Hughes has more than 15 years of experience in politics, media and corporate communications in both in-house and consulting roles.
After commencing her career as a journalist, she has worked in communications and advisory roles in-house at global organisations, and served as a senior
political advisor to several politicians.
Sara Brennan BA (Gov), MIL
Account Manager
Sara has built a career working in and around the Australian media.
For five years she served as a journalist in print, television and radio in Sydney and Western Australia covering the full spectrum of political and current affairs stories.
Since her time in the media, she has worked in various consulting roles assisting corporate and government clients with their media profile and issues management.
David Stedman
Director apa studio
With qualifications in graphic design and his studies in advertising (AWARD School) David has particular focus on image development, advertising and brand awareness.
He has a strong interest in the integration of text and vision to enhance message delivery, and also focuses on the creation of repeat communication strategies.
Prior to joining apa studio, David ran his own successfull design studio for 5 years and has previous jobs in print media, in both publications and advertising.
Mobile: 0425 292 673
Kelly Carder (BVisComm)
Senior Designer apa studio
Kelly is an accomplished graphic designer with more than three years of experience in creative design studios and the publishing industry.
Having coordinated the layout and design of more than 25 marketing and real estate magazine titles, she is has an extensive knowledge of editorial design and print production.
Kelly received a scholarship to assist with her design studies, and whilst at university she also undertook a range of design positions including time as an in-house designer at a monthly community magazine.