The company founder, Colin Fulton, has a strong record in issues related communications in the corporate and government sectors and has won two major international awards and several Australian awards for his work in this area.

His forte is corporate strategy, including crisis and issues management work and government relations. This is backed by considerable experience in the areas of public information and education campaigns for both government and private industry.

Before starting Corporate Words, he was General Manager of the Victorian operation of a major international communications consultancy. This followed three years as a Senior Manager for Nissan Australia, first as its Corporate Development and Public Affairs Manager and then as the Business & Marketing head of the company's two most important product divisions. He was intimately involved in the strategic decisions covering the Federal Government's plans for the motor industry in the 1980s.

A former senior political journalist with the ABC, commercial radio and television, he was for eight years the Chief Political Commentator for Channel 9 and a leading commercial radio station. He also wrote for "Australian Business" and was an adviser to several leading Australian companies.

His political experience includes five years as Principal Press Secretary and Personal Assistant to the then Deputy Premier (later Premier) of Victoria The Hon. Lindsay Thompson. His work included strategic communication for the State Government (for three separate ministries) and key projects involving liaison with unions and various community relations programs, including freeway construction and education issues.

A 'Member' of the PRIA and a 'Fellow' of the Society of Senior Executives, he regularly addresses business groups on both the political process as it affects business and the need for issues and crisis management within corporate planning.

He is also a guest lecturer at RMIT University covering such areas as Issues Management, Government Relations and Ethics.

David Mazengarb brings to Corporate Words a depth of experience in the senior echelons of business management, especially financial services and risk management.

His background includes senior positions with KPMG and Price Waterhouse, both in Australia and the United Kingdom. This covers 15 years with Price Waterhouse, including a two year stint as Senior Manager Audit and Business Services in the UK.

In Australia he was a Director of KPMG Consulting in Hobart and then Executive Director - Corporate Strategy and Risk Management for Garrisons Financial Services.

He is currently a director of Pacific Rim Investment Corp as well as a non- executive director of other corporations in the financial services and IT industries sectors. David has a number of roles as independent chairman of Audit and Compliance Committees, GST Committees and executive management and strategy committees for both publicly listed and large private companies

His specialist management skills are in the areas of Financial Restructuring and Business Acquisition include;

• risk management strategies

• strategic business advice

• due diligence reports

• financial assistance examination and reporting

• management buy-outs

• joint venture arrangements

• financial appraisals

• strategic advice on acquisitions and mergers

This expertise is invaluable when combined with the necessary communication and issues management skills needed for a company involved in any of the above. This could include client and/or employee relations, industrial relations and government/bureaucratic liaison and lobbying.

David’s expertise also covers Litigation Support, Superannuation Services, Internal Audits and International Accounting covering seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.

Industries and sectors covered over David’s career are the oil and gas sector, manufacturing, timber, banking and finance (including Treasury), brewing, casino, leisure and tourism plus, construction and government.

In 1999 David formed his own consulting company and works closely with Corporate Words in areas when the synergy of both companies is useful to a client.

Michael Ballock provides Corporate Words' sister company, ITCORP, with a broad range of experience and technical knowledge in the creation and application of Geographic Information Systems and database management.

A Masters graduate of Melbourne University, Michael Ballock remains at the forefront of research and development into the application of GIS systems.

Michael began his career as a strategic planning adviser to the City of Melbourne and later the City of Fitzroy. Among other major urban planning projects, he developed the Brunswick Street Strategy Plan, now a case study in successful strategic modern urban planning.

Michael has developed GIS systems and software for a range of corporate clients including Coles Myer, The Age, ANZ Bank, Colonial Insurance and Siemens Australia. Projects completed include creation of socio-economic GIS models, local area marketing systems, asset management systems and a variety of other complex information systems.

Michael is also a senior lecturer for the Department of Urban and Social Policy at Victoria University of Technology. He is responsible for the delivery and management of both the undergraduate and post graduate courses.

Michael regularly presents research papers on GIS and its applications as a guest speaker at international conferences.
 

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