Michelle Edmunds is a strategic communication professional with 20 years’ experience as a consultant, agency leader and journalist.

She helps Boards, Councils, the private sector and not-for-profits to engage with media, advocate to government, and manage issues.

As a Director at social impact firm Banksia Strategic Partners, Michelle provides communication advice at the nexus of policy, politics and public affairs.  

Her arts experience includes a decade of work with major literary festivals, cultural institutions, public libraries and galleries.

Michelle has also led high-profile campaigns for government, regulators and peak bodies - including in the tourism and health sectors - and media-trained leaders from the world of sport, the arts and politics.