Narelle Hooper

Narelle Hooper's Biography

Narelle Hooper helps organisations that do good work and do better in the new economy - Award winning Business Editor, Interviewer, MC & facilitator

A highly regarded facilitator, MC, director and business editor, Narelle has interviewed top CEOs and global business leaders, Australian PMs, heads of the RBA and Treasury.

Narelle tackles complex topics with warmth and incisiveness, in a practical manner that engages and energises audiences.

She has chaired forums and panels for the BCA, CEDA, ASIC, the AICD and the Global Summit of Women on topics across the business spectrum including technology, innovation, governance, risk and entrepreneurship, policy and economics, gender equality, the future of work and the circular economy.

Narelle’s depth of experience comes from a career working for Australia’s leading media groups including the Medium Rare Content Agency, the ABC, Fairfax Media, SBS TV and BRW, across print, radio, TV and digital platforms.

As Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Company Director magazine, she led the relaunch of the magazine to win multiple global and national awards for its content, design and coverage.

As Australian Financial Review’s BOSS Magazine Editor, she hosted the University of NSW’s acclaimed Meet the CEO interview series, probing the career highs, lows and aspirations of the country’s top CEOs.

She currently hosts the highly successful Purpose of Wealth podcast series for Mutual Trust, is a non-executive director of The Ethics Centre and is an advisor to HR start up Mwah.live.

Narelle grew up on Wiradjuri land in regional NSW, studied journalism at Canberra University and has a Masters in Management (Financial Management) from MGSM. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the International Women’s Forum.

Narelle helps organisations that do good work and do better in the new economy covering:

Women’s entrepreneurship

Building fair & inclusive cultures

Using diversity & gender equity to drive innovation & growth

Digital economy & social media

Circular economy thinking

Leadership

To enquire about Narelle contact Helene Greenham directly: Helene@platinumspeakers.com.au

Speaking Topics Include

Leadership Lessons for a turbulent world: Insights garnered from Australia's top companies, their CEOs and chairs on success, failure, blindspots and rethinking their business.

CODE for the new economy: How creativity, openness, diversity and equity drive innovation and sustainable growth.

The Diversity Premium - Why Australia's top CEOs and their teams have become champions of gender equality and the performance benefits of.

Circular Economy: What is it? How does it work? And how its changing business.