Geoff Lynch

Corporate Affairs executive with extensive experience at the University of Melbourne, Australia Post, National Australia Bank, Melbourne Water, National Foods, GE Money and Ansett Australia, specialising in media relations, internal communications, change management, stakeholder relations, and issues- and crisis-management. Former director, for nine years, on the board of not-for-profit youth mentoring agency Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia. Specialising in protecting and improving reputation and employee engagement through proactive communication and management of stakeholder relationships. Oversaw reputation recovery in media at NAB and managed positive media profile for NAB’s CEO Australia, leading the media relations activity of a team of communications professionals and external agencies. Have successfully managed external and internal communications relating to financial institution issues (including overcharging errors, offshoring, fee increases, foreclosures and M&A activity in Asia) as well as enterprise bargaining, airline operational/safety crises, and major employee safety campaign. Specialties: - Strategic, proactive issues management - Integrated stakeholder management - Media management – strategic and tactical - Change management and industrial relations communications - Crisis management - Ability to influence at CEO and senior executive level - Mentoring and coaching