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AFR BOSS is avant-garde in every sense of the word. Launched in 2000, the magazine has an enviable reputation for access to Australian leaders and top business minds. From success to business blunders, design and organisational culture and new ways of thinking, AFR BOSS is an ideas catalyst. It's a magazine that provokes dialogue with leaders and high-achievers, as well as those aspiring for success and improvement.
With a focus on well-written, provocative and innovative reportage and commentary, and leading photography, each month the AFR BOSS team puts the emerging world of work and business under the microscope. The result is a magazine with a global perspective and a source of ideas and insights.
AFR BOSS is inserted in The Australian Financial Review on the second Friday of every month. You can also access a range of material on our site including interesting web links.
NARELLE HOOPER, editor
Narelle is the editor of AFR BOSS. She is a former senior writer with The Australian Financial Review and has been a contributor to AFR BOSS since 2002. Narelle has reported on Australian business and financial markets for more than 15 years. She previously worked as finance correspondent with ABC Radio's national current affairs programs AM and PM, and was a presenter of SBS TV's The Business Show. She was BRW's political correspondent based in the press gallery at Parliament House and is a former editor of BRW's prestigious Rich 200 list. Narelle grew up in country NSW and studied journalism at Canberra University. She recently completed a Masters of Management (Financial Management) at Macquarie Graduate School of Management and is slowly making her way through an MBA.
CATHERINE FOX, deputy editor
An award-winning journalist, Catherine is deputy editor of AFR BOSS magazine. She has held several positions at the AFR, including editor of marketing and Smart Money, and court reporter. Before she joined the newspaper in 1989, Catherine worked in financial marketing and consulting in Sydney and London. She has worked for a range of large and small organisations, including two of Australia's largest banks, a university and an advertising agency. In 2004 she co-authored a book with former AFR BOSS editor Helen Trinca called Better than Sex: How a whole generation got hooked on work (Random House), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Blake Dawson Waldron Business Book of the Year award. Catherine is currently writing another book on gender and work and often speaks on the topic at seminars and conferences. She writes a weekly column for the AFR newspaper on Tuesdays called Corporate Woman, and has a BA Communications (University of Technology, Sydney) and an MA Hons (University of New South Wales). She lives in Sydney with her husband and three daughters.
Email cfox@afr.com.au
BRAD HATCH, staff writer
Brad Hatch is staff writer for AFR BOSS. He joined The Australian Financial Review in 2002 and has an honours degree in economics from Sydney University. In 2005 he received a fellowship in industrial relations scholarship and wrote a labour history dissertation that examined the work and family lives of men in post-war Australia. Brad has worked in financial markets and investment research and is completing studies at Sydney Law School. He is an editor on The Sydney Law Review journal in 2008 and writes on a broad range of topics for AFR newspaper and magazines, including the popular design column Boss Space. He has a particular interest in social, cultural and business trends.
Email bhatch@afr.com.au
ROSE-ANNE MANNS, subeditor
Rose-Anne is chief subeditor and also writes for AFR BOSS. She has 20 years' experience as a writer, editor and publisher, mostly with HR and management publications. She launched the award-winning WorkplaceInfo subscription website for HR professionals. She has edited several specialist newsletters including Workforce, Discrimination Alert and HR Report. Rose-Anne also teaches journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney. Email rmanns@afr.com.au
FIONA SMITH, contributing writer
Fiona is a regular contributor to AFR BOSS and editor of the Work Space section of The Australian Financial Review. She has been with the AFR for more than 10 years, as editor of Special Reports and also a writer covering the hotel, tourism and property industries. Previously, she worked at The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and The Manly Daily. She has a BA (Communications) and her first job was as editor of an ill-fated brass, pipe and concert band magazine.
Email fiona.smith@afr.com.au
HANNAH TATTERSALL, reporter
Hannah
is a reporter with The Australian Financial Review. She
joined Fairfax in 2006 as editorial assistant for AFR BOSS
and The Australian Financial Review Magazine. Before this
she worked at The Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh before returning
to Australia to work at News Limited, community-based radio station
FBi, and Dynamic Business magazine. She has a BA (Media
and Communications) degree from Sydney University and is completing
a MA in Journalism and Creative Writing at UTS. Email htattersall@afr.com.au
CASSIE GRIFFIN, web producer
Cassie
joined the BOSS team as web producer in 2004. Prior to this she
has worked as a web producer for afr.com, was a director of MasterPublisher,
a company that provided CMS solutions to small businesses and has
also worked as a freelance designer. She has completed studies in
web design and is currently completing a BA (informatics) degree
at the University of Sydney. Cassie lived in Singapore for a number
of years and is also bilingual (Mandarin).
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