Chris Savage, Senior Advisor, PR & Communications
Chris Savage is a business growth specialist in reputation, issues management, positioning, marketing, band communications, digital growth, leadership development and public relations. He specialised in corporate PR and reputation management in his first 24 years of career. In the 10 years, he moved from being an intern to ANZ CEO of the then largest PR group in the region. Then lead more broadly as Asia Pacific Vice Chairman.
He went on to cofounding a financial PR firm and sold it to Ogilvy PR/WPP/STW. Then Chief Operating Officer for 7 years of STW Group (now WPP AUNZ), southern hemisphere’s largest publicly listed marketing content and communications company.
He resigned in early 2015 to start his own business, The Savage Company, which focuses on helping leaders accelerate growth. Chris is an accomplished keynote speaker and speaks at major conferences across the world. His weekly blog, Wrestling Possums, is read by more than 10,000 followers a week.