Born and bred in the Netherlands, Philip has spent more than 15 years as a leading practitioner of Public Relations and Corporate Marketing in Australia.

Philip established PEPR Publicity in 2003, with a desire to deliver outstanding media coverage results for his valued clients. Every event and campaign created by PEPR Publicity is executed with the flair and innate style Philip has become known for. With a fine eye for detail and genuine joie de vivre, Philip has expanded PEPR Publicity to include other dynamic professional PRs with specific varied strengths. In 2000, 2003 and 2006 Philip was awarded the “Communicator of the Year” Award of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW), a great honour as 150 Australia-wide journalists chose him thrice as the best Public Relations Practitioner in his field.

Natasha is an account manager at PEPR Publicity with a background in journalism. For 8 years she worked at The West Australian daily newspaper as a general news reporter, fashion, property and features writer. Later, as a freelance journalist in Sydney, Natasha contributed to The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Sun Herald and Australian Property Investor. She studied journalism at Murdoch University and International Communications at Uppsala University, Sweden, before starting her career with an internship at a Paris magazine. Natasha has earned a few frequent flier miles in recent years, launching several luxury New Zealand lodges to the Australian press. She is fast becoming a cruising aficionado since taking on the Holland America Line account and promotes Relais & Chateaux to the discerning travellers of Australia.

Gaynor Stanley is an account manager at PEPR and has 20 years’ experience in Public Relations. She is a trained journalist and a communications specialist with post-graduate marketing qualifications.

She began working on a consultancy basis in July 1999, following five years as the in-house public relations manager for the New Zealand Tourism Board in Australia. Clients that she has worked for include Raffles International Hotels & Resorts, Furama Hotels Sydney and the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Bly has worked in public relations in Sydney and London for 15 years and has built an impressive network of media contacts across her specialised fields of leisure and lifestyle, food and wine.

Bly has created PR campaigns for major lifestyle brands including New South Wales Wine, North East Victoria Tourism, Brokenwood and Logan Wines. She has also consulted on projects for some of the world’s most recognisable brand names including Moët & Chandon, Landrover, Autore South Sea Pearls, Elizabeth Arden, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer and Hennessy.

Bianca is an account coordinator at PEPR with a passion for travel and food.

Over the past 18 months, she has been key in securing important editorial coverage for a range of travel clients including Great Southern Rail and The Cook Islands, as well as for our food titles in the Phaidon Press stable. Her forte – apart from being highly organised – are her strong media contacts and social media skills.

Jenny is a confessed media junkie who consults to PEPR and whose love of a good story drives her approach to PR.

With a background in newspaper journalism that began at the New Zealand Herald, then took her to Sydney, London and back again, she has a well-honed instinct for what makes a headline. She has written across a range of subjects including architecture and design, property, travel, fashion, beauty, family issues, film, even motoring. In 2004 she took the leap into PR and since then has managed PR and marketing campaigns for clients, specialising in property development.

Anna is the team’s PR assistant, making sure everything runs smoothly from an office management point of view.

She is a passionate cook and has a background in hospitality.
What Anna doesn’t know about the Sydney food and wine scene, is simply not worth knowing!

Chloe has a background in the fashion industry and works with Anna in team support; Chloe has a natural flair for assisting the team with event management.