Liz has an extensive advertising and marketing background with global and national businesses and brands. She has worked across diverse industries including FMCG, retail, primary industries, health, animal health, travel and tourism, and technology. She is an experienced Non-Executive Director – current board roles include Australian Eggs – Specialist Director Marketing and Chair The Pain Foundation as well as the Retail Advisory Panel for Sydney Metro. Liz is owner, founder and CEO of Red Ark – a creative communications agency working with leading Australian brands as well as a range of not-for-profits for the past 15 years. Red Ark has also been a Telstra Business Award finalist for social responsibility and a consultant to the Australian and NSW Governments. She has mentored young women for the past 10 years through Layne Beachley’s Aim for the Stars Foundation, Glass Elevator’s Walk the Talk, Marketing Women and Mentor Central. She has also been a board member of The National Foundation for Australian Women and Quest for Life Foundation, which delivers programs and support for mental health and wellbeing. Liz is a collaborative and outcome-focused director and brings her SME business management experience as well as her expertise in ESG, customer centricity and digital transformation to the table.
Recently, I was fortunate enough to stand alongside the CEO of Painaustralia, Guilia Jones, at a thought-provoking rally, at the front of Parliament House, highlighting