Macquarie Postgrad Info Evening - 8 May

Speakers

Shane Allison

Macquarie University Master of Management Alumni 
Founder and CEO of Public Address 
Principal Consultant & Chair at Phronesis 
Member of Macquarie University Young Advisory Alumni Board 

Public Address is the media relationships management platform that helps PR professionals develop stronger relationships with journalists and secure more coverage.  

Phronesis fills the gap in the market between traditional PR and communications agencies, and the creative technology solutions that clients are demanding to solve today's wicked problems.  

I was previously the Client Services Director at Sefiani Communications, where I led accounts for corporate and public affairs clients, primarily financial and professional services.  

I've been recognised as part of PRovoke Media's Innovator 25 Asia-Pacific class of 2020, as the PR Professional of the Year at the Mumbrella CommsConn Awards, and was the winner of the inaugural Mumbrella neXt Award for PR Talent recognising me as the most exciting talent to enter the PR industry in the last ten years.   

I graduated with a Masters of Management from Macquarie Graduate School of Management in 2018, and as part of this was honoured to be recognised as one of Australia's Top 100 Future Leaders in the Australian Financial Review. 

Professor Linda Beaumont

Deputy Dean, Education and Employability
Macquarie University Faculty of Science and Engineering

Learning, teaching and research – such an amazing career to have. As Deputy Dean Education and Employability in Science and Engineering, I oversee a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. My goals are for our students to have a transformative education via their journey through our future-focused courses, become highly sought after and successful graduates, and for our amazing staff to be recognized as world-leaders in education. What an adventure I will have in this role!

As a scientist, I am fascinated by nature, and motivated to understand the consequences of climate change for biodiversity, and implications for the conservation of threatened species and invasive species management. I have adopted an integrated approach to understanding the complexity of climate impacts by using a combination of habitat suitability models, fieldwork, longitudinal studies, and glasshouse experiments. Much of my research is solutions-based, designed in partnership with stakeholders to explicitly fill key knowledge gaps and provide tools to inform decision-making. 

Erika Schuetze

Career Adviser - Careers and Student Employment  
Macquarie University 

Erika is an HR professional with a broad range of experience including early career talent, organisational capability, learning, engagement and talent acquisition. 

Erika in her professional career has been able to use the experience she has gained to help those who are just starting out in their respective fields and provide key insights and learning that are transferable and relatable for other people. 

She is a hands-on careers and human resources professional with 15 years+ experience in both generalist and specialist roles in a number of industries including higher education, telecommunications, FMCG and legal. Erika has broad experience spanning career advisory, learning and organisation development, employee engagement, talent acquisition and early careers programs.  

She is a highly organised, consultative professional known for a strong ability to translate complex projects into manageable tasks, learning rapidly in order to drive accountabilities through to completion, and for simply getting things done.