People
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The Reputation Advantage is a boutique corporate affairs consultancy.
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Catherine Pemberton is the Principal of The Reputation Advantage. A Corporate Affairs, Marketing and Executive Director with 17 years senior regional leadership experience, Catherine has managed teams across Australia, NZ, the Pacific Islands and Asia (India, Taiwan, Hong Kong).
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At The Reputation Advantage, Catherine is driven by her passion to help clients build more successful businesses. Mitigating business issues through strategic, proactive reputation management frees capacity and allows a business to focus on the long term. A longer planning horizon builds even greater profitability by enabling investment ahead of the curve - including in product and service innovation and cost management. A virtuous cycle is created.
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Catherine's expertise as a Corporate Affairs practitioner is complemented by a successful career in Marketing. The combination of the two skill sets make her pragmatic and business outcomes focussed. While corporate reputation is an asset, ROI is key.
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As a Corporate Affairs practitioner, Catherine specialises in:
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corporate affairs, reputation, marketing & business strategy;
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government relations & stakeholder management;
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media, internal & external communications;
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sustainability & shared value strategy;
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crisis & issues management.
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board & business governance processes.
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In addition to Corporate Affairs, Catherine's disciplined strategic marketing experience extends across FMCG, B2B and B2C. Her diverse industry experience includes food, building materials, chemicals, prestige fragrances & cosmetics, logistics and commodities trading.
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Catherine's has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce (B.Comm, UNSW (Marketing) and a Master's Degree in International Law & International Relations (MILIR, UNSW With Excellence; awarded Dean's Prize for International Investment Law). Catherine has a Diploma of Investor Relations from AIRA and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Catherine's Linkedin profile can be found here.
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If you would like to chat about your business needs and how The Reputation Advantage can help you, please email Catherine at info@reputationadvantage.com.au.