MARINA GO

BUZZWORDSPublishing, Digital, Women, Leadership, Ambassador, Websites, Media, Journalism, Editor, Magazines, Under 50 CEO, Walkleys, Business management, Coach, Leader, Speaker, Commentator, Blogger, Columnist, Women’s Agenda, Board Director, Odyssey House, Sydney Symphony Vanguard, Women in Sport, Stevie Awards

AVAILABILITY

Travels from Sydney, Australia

Speaker & Panelist: Motivational, leadership, Women, Business strategy, Publishing, Career women,Journalism, Digital publishing, Teams, Making it on Boards, women in sport

Media: Guest lecturer, television and radio commentator, digital/print columnist, Judge, moderator, quotes/opinionTwitter @marinasgo LinkedIn http://au.linkedin/in/marinago

Board/Advisory appointments: Director, Odyssey House McGrath Foundation (2013 - current), The Walkley Advisory Board (2014 - current), Director, Netball Australia (2006-2013), Sydney Symphony vanguard collective (2012-2014)

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION: Judging Committee, 2011, 2012, 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Keynote speaker and panelist on the subject of leveraging digital connectivity. Asian

Publishing Convention, 2008, Singapore Keynote speaker and moderator on the subject of digital economics - digital brand

strategy: how to successfully extend from web to print & beyond. Asian Publishing Convention, 2011, Bangkok

Panelist - Making Digital Pay, Magazine Week 2011, Australia. Moderator - Australian School of Business Meet The Entrepreneurs event, Ernst &

Young 2012 Keynote speaker and moderator on the subject of repurposing archival content -

how to build an entire publishing portfolio from existing content. Asian Publishing Convention, 2012, Kuala Lumpur

Panelist - How women are shaping social media. Newcastle Writers Festival, 2013. Panelist - Funding journalism into the future. Storyology, The Walkley Foundation,

2013 Chair - Women and Digital Media. Melbourne Writers Festival, 2013. Ambassador - 1 Million Women energy-saving project, 2013.

MARINA GO BIOGRAPHY

Marina Go is the CEO of Private Media, Australia’s leading independent digital publisher with a portfolio of premium websites that reach over 1 million monthly unique, influential viewers and includes some of Australia's fastest-growing and best-known digital media publications: Crikey, SmartCompany, Women’s Agenda, StartupSmart, Property Observer and The Daily Review.

Marina is a respected guest lecturer, speaker, media commentator and guest panellist.

She is a member of the Walkley Advisory Board.

Marina has over 25 years of leadership experience in the media and publishing industry. Prior to her appointment as CEO, Private Media in October 2013, she was Publishing Director at Private Media, responsible for the profit and loss (P&L) and strategy of the company’s media brands. Before joining Private Media, she was focused on managing and developing digital properties and related brand extensions as Publisher of the Hannan Group’s Independent Digital Media.

Marina began her impressive career as a journalist with Fairfax community newspapers, then moved to News Limited’s The Daily Mirror, for 3 years before becoming a magazine editor, at the age of 23. She has edited some of Australia’s best-loved magazines, including, Dolly, ELLE, Australian Good Taste and Sunday Life. She was promoted to Editor-in-chief of Pacific Magazines aged 34, overseeing a portfolio that included; New Idea, That’s Life, TV Week and Home Beautiful.

Since 1997, Marina has held the following management positions where she had responsibility for P&L and strategy: Publisher, Independent Digital Media; Group Publisher, EMAP Australia; Publishing Director and Editor-in-chief, Pacific Publications; Associate Publisher, Fairfax Lifestyle Media and General Manager, Fairfax Newsstand Magazines.

As General Manager of Newsstand Magazines at Fairfax, she successfully negotiated for and won the licensing agreement to publish the Australian edition of America’s leading travel title, Travel & Leisure. As Associate Publisher of Fairfax Lifestyle Media, she repositioned Fashion, Drive, Uncorked and Ski magazines within The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers.

As Publisher of Independent Digital Media, she launched a local version of America’s leading wedding website TheKnot.com.au, including a successful print brand extension.

Education:MBA (executive), The Australian Graduate School of Management. BA (Mass Communications), Macquarie University.

For media opportunities, panel positions, speaking enquiries and event invitations, please contact:Samantha Dybac – SammwayEmail: sjdybac@sammway.com.auPhone: +61 411 251 373

Websites and Social Media Links:http://www.privatemedia.com.auhttp://www.womensagenda.com.auhttp://www.walkleys.comhttp://www.odysseyhouse.com.auhttp://au.linkedin.com/in/marinagohttps://twitter.com/marinasgo