Dr Gael Jennings

Dr Gael Jennings is Executive Director of MediaDoc Media Management and Training, which specialises in executive media training, media management, public speaking, facilitation and hosting, is a strategic advisor to government, specialising in media, communications, education, health, and medicine, and is an award-winning author and speaker.

Formerly Chief Executive Officer of Greatconnections, a not-for-profit organisation that recruits and matches professionals and executives to perform pro bono business consultancy work in the non-profit sector, and Development Producer for ABC TV Specialist Factual and Documentary developing science, natural history, religious and ethical and indigenous films with the independent sector, Gael has over 20 years experience as a publicly recognised and award-winning TV and radio broadcaster.
She holds a First Class Honours degree in Science from the University of Melbourne, and PhD in Immunology from The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
Her 20+ years of media experience includes as the inaugural national science and medical reporter for ABC TV news, current affairs ( 7.30 Report) and features (Quantum, Catalyst), as host of the mid-morning and afternoon programs on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne and Victoria, and anchor of SBS TV’s weekly current affairs programme “Insight”.
Currently on the Board of Museums Victoria (Chair Research and Collection Committee) a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council for Science and Mathematics (Victoria), and The Great Melbourne Telescope Advisory Committee Gael has just completed tenure on The Academic Board of the Australian Institute of Management.
Gael is a regular on, ABC2 TV “News Breakfast”, Steve Vizard’s morning show MTR radio, and occasional co-host of 774 ABC Radio’s “Conversation Hour.” She is the author of the award-winning children’s book “Sick As…Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine”.

Gael’s areas of expertise:

• Media savvy; outstanding at practicing, managing and utilising media across all platforms to inform, communicate, engage, to achieve key outcomes, and to create and maintain market, brand, behavioural and policy change and compliance.
• Outstanding at identifying deeply complex science and technology research, issues, practice, and policy for their key relevance to clients and stakeholders.
• Exceptional executive leadership and strategic management skills.
• Superior fund-raising and business management ability.
• Outstanding networking across media, government, business and industry leaders, art and science communities, strategic decision makers.
• Superior at strategic thinking in institutions, teams, programs and on Boards; at executive producing and managing; and in governance.
• Superior at bringing new ideas, thinking, approaches and data across disciplines, genres and platforms, delivering innovations in strategies, solutions and value.
Superior public speaking, presenting, communicating and facilitating, as a public representative and as a spokesperson
Gael’s expertise includes that of Speaker, MC, Facilitator of conferences, Panels, Fora and Symposia:
Recent events include Engineers Excellence Awards Dinner , Engineers Hot Topics Breakfast Series; Judge, Premiers Literary Awards 2010; Queensland University of Technology Inaugural Research Showcase Keynote; Universities Australia Inaugural Conference; Australian Academy of Social Sciences Innovation and Creativity Symposium; ‘FutureMelbourne’ City of Melbourne/University of Melbourne; Infertility Treatment Authority; Executive Health Forum eHealth.
Recent career highlights for Dr Gael Jennings include presenter and reporter, "Insight" SBS TV Current Affairs, presenter, "Gael Jennings Programme", morning weekdays; afternoonweekdays 1-3pm ABC Metropolitan Radio 3LO 774. Gael is author of "Beyond Belief: How Five Australian Scientists Changed the World", published 2002 by Australia Post and "SICK AS... Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine", Roland Harvey Press 2000. Distributed USA, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Korea. Re-published Penguin, 2001. Winner NSW Premier's History Prize (Children's History) Shortlisted Australian Childrens Book Council Awards 2001