Our Team
Managing Director Mark Sutton is one of Australia’s leading communications practitioners. He has a rare mix of experience – working at the highest levels in the media, government and advising CEO’s on complex communication campaigns.
He began his career as a journalist – working for regional papers and television before joining National Nine News in Sydney. Mark was Supervising Producer for Early Morning News, managing a staff of 12, which produced more than two hours of news every morning.
Mark later moved to politics as a media adviser and Chief of Staff to a State Government Minister who later became Premier of NSW, before running the Sydney office of a national public affairs company.
During this time, he led a team of former government advisers and journalists who provided issues and crisis management services and government relations support to private sector companies. He has worked on some of Sydney’s biggest projects including the Lane Cove Tunnel and Railcorp’s $6 billion carriage replacement program.
Mark has worked for major companies, in the following regulated sectors:
Finance
Property
Health
Legal
Infrastructure
Energy
Transport
Gaming
ICT
Specialising in assisting companies – large and small win government work, protecting and promoting the reputation of CEO’s and their companies and crisis management.
Mark can call on a team of specialists to assist companies with policy research, government business development campaigns and preparing tenders and submissions.