Jennifer Conley

Jennifer Conley, principal of Conley Willox, is a public affairs professional with deep insight and understanding of government and private sector communications across Australia and Asia.

Jennifer was a senior journalist, features writer and editor at The Age newspaper in Melbourne from 1985 till 1994.

She established the consultancy in 1999, contracting to the Australian Government's Agency for International Aid, and from 2000 to 2004 was adviser to AmCham in Singapore, working on government advocacy, corporate social responsibility and US-regional business issues.

Returning to Australia, Jennifer has continued to provide high-level public affairs support, research, in depth analysis, and communications to organisations such as Asialink and ANZ, and to build the reputation of Conley Willox as a 'smart, energetic and effective' public affairs consultancy.

Meredith Dickie

Meredith Dickie is a communication and political advocacy specialist with fifteen years experience and understanding of government, public and stakeholder engagement.

She has held senior communications positions within government, advocacy and public affairs organisations and has managed a wide variety of communications, including departmental business reform, advertising campaigns, provider relationships and tenders.

Meredith was the Corporate Communications Manager for the federal Nationals from 2005 to 2007 and has been an Advisor to a former Victorian Deputy Premier and a former federal Minister for Trade. Meredith was also State Director of the Victorian Nationals, with management responsibility for fourteen members of Parliament and a large membership base plus external stakeholders such as the media, corporate sponsors and electors.

Carolyn Tetaz

Carolyn Tetaz has over twelve years experience as a writer and editor. She was worked for corporate, government and educational organisations such as Fosters, WMC, RMIT, youthcentral, Media Measures and Lion Nathan.

Carolyn has written a wide range of documents, including high-level reports, speeches, media releases, training manuals, website content and corporate newsletters and co-authored and edited sustainability reports, annual reports and tender responses.

Carolyn brings a background in public affairs to her experience as a writer, as a senior consultant with Pesel & Carr, a boutique pubic relations firm, specialising in investor relations and corporate communication, and as communications manager for Stratagem Infobase, an IT firm specialising in developing software for local government. She has a Masters in English Literature from the University of Melbourne and has published work in The Age, Big Issue and Australian Book Review.