Our People
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 Paul White   l   Dan Blyde   l   Sally White

 


 

Paul White
Chairman and Chief Executive

During his extensive media and corporate career, he has advised chairmen, chief executives, business leaders and lawyers in public affairs strategies, media techniques and crisis management.

He provides political and media strategies for corporations dealing with international mergers and takeovers and specialises in major workplace reform, industrial strategies and litigation management.

He currently advises several of Australia’s top 50 corporations on public, government and employee relations.

Formerly one of Australia’s leading television journalists, Paul formed White Group Communications in 1994 after fifteen years specialising in reporting political, legal and financial affairs.

From 1977 he reported national and world events for the Seven and Nine networks, ABC TV News and The 7.30 Report in Australia, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.

He joined the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption as Media Director before becoming Head of Public Affairs for the Westpac Banking Corporation responsible for all media, government and consumer relations.

Contact: paul@whitegroup.com.au

 


Dan Blyde
Senior Partner Corporate Relations

Dan Blyde has more than 25 years experience in public affairs and media in Australia.

He is a former Media Director and senior advisor to the NSW Deputy Premier, Minister for Planning, Housing and Aboriginal Affairs.

He later became Chief of Communications for the NSW Department of Education & Training where he was engaged to assist in a major restructure of the Department and oversee all media, communications and issues management.

He began his career as a journalist, working in both metropolitan newspapers and television including three years in Europe as a foreign correspondent, a legal affairs and industrial reporter, and later NSW political correspondent for the Nine Television Network.

For much of the last decade he has advised the Boards and executive management of companies across the mining, legal, retail, health, media, infrastructure and transport industries to help them achieve their business objectives and protect their public standing.

Dan has an intimate understanding of the NSW political and legal process and the operations of the government and its agencies. He has extensive knowledge of and maintains close contacts across the Australian print and broadcast media.

Contact: dan.blyde@whitegroup.com.au