People
Robert Mannion
Robert held senior roles in leading communications companies prior to founding Mannion. He has advised a wide range of clients including some of New Zealand’s largest companies on strategy and corporate and crisis communications. He was formerly a senior journalist with The Dominion Post, where he won national journalism awards.
Anna Wakelin
Anna has wide experience in public relations for diverse clients ranging from community organisations to biotech companies. She joined Mannion in April 2005, has a Graduate Diploma in Communications and Public Relations and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland.
Marian Hudson
A consultant to Mannion, Marian brings more than 20 years senior professional public relations and marketing expertise working for national and international organisations including one of Australia’s largest energy companies, ENERGEX.
Margie Wheeler
Margie has managed communications for several major public and private sector organisations. As a former director of a Wellington government relations company she has strong expertise in strategy, public consultation and communicating for behaviour change, and has been an advisor on several share floats.
Jude Mannion
A consultant to Mannion, Jude was awarded the 2007 New Zealand Marketer of the year, and is the founder and former CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation New Zealand and Robin Hood Asia.
Jude has held a variety of international positions over her 20 years of corporate life, including Asia Pacific Regional Director Elizabeth Arden (then Unilever-owned) (14 countries) and General Manager, Kellogg’s (16 countries).She is a leader in social cause marketing, with a proven ability to build strong social brands and very strong community and sector alliances.