Barry joined the Honner board as Non-Executive Director in 2021.
A long-time associate of Honner, Barry brings more than 30 years’ experience working across Australia’s financial services industry. As NED Barry works with Honner’s senior management team to provide guidance and management insight, supporting the ongoing growth and evolution of the firm.
Barry is a financial services professional with experience as a director, CEO and consultant to significant financial services firms and superannuation funds. He advises organisations and their boards on practices to enhance performance.
Barry presents courses on board governance, finance and strategy for the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a Fellow of the Actuaries Institute and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Rafe Consulting was established in 2010 specifically to help individuals and organisations answer Socrates’ questions “What ought one to do”.
Barry has served on several for-profit and not-for-profit boards as well as several advisory boards. Most recently, Barry was President and Chair of the Actuaries Institute and was on the board of Greenpeace Asia Pacific.
Barry has held senior consulting positions as a strategy partner at Accenture and head of the financial services practice at Trowbridge Consulting. He was a senior manager with AMP and the CEO of Mellon Bank’s Australian operations. In his consulting roles he has advised many of Australia’s largest financial services businesses on distribution and product development and governance.
Priya joined Honner in 2014 and works with the management team and external accountants to oversee the financial accounts and reporting for the business, as well as providing support on office management.
Priya has a Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University, India, and is a qualified Australian CPA. Following her early accounting training with Ernst & Young in India, Priya migrated to Australia in 2003. She brings more than 15 years’ experience working in a range of accounting roles for organisations both large and small.
Rashmi is a Senior Consultant, Head of Business Development at Honner with over a decade of experience in corporate, listed and consumer public relations.
Rashmi has been with Honner for more than six years and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). She brings deep experience building integrated strategic campaigns and working closely with clients to deliver highly proactive media relations, content and social programs, particularly in the financial advice and asset management space. Key clients have included Colonial First State, Janus Henderson Investors, The Financial Planning Association of Australia and Betashares. In recent years, Rashmi has led Honner’s work in the growing cryptocurrency and digital assets sector, working with clients such as BTC Markets, Crypto.com and MH Carnegie.
As Head of Business Development, Rashmi’s focus is to drive new business and organic growth across the agency as well as provide input into the strategic direction of the firm.
Prior to joining Honner in 2016, Rashmi worked at Adfactors PR – India’s largest and multi-award winning independent PR agency – and a key global agency partner of Honner. At Adfactors Rashmi worked in the Investor Relations team managing a range of financial communications projects such as IPO listings, open offers, earnings announcements and has keen interest in helping organisations communicate more effectively with their stakeholders.
Rashmi holds a Masters in Economics degree from The University of Warwick, UK with specialisation in Global Finance and Derivative Securities and Markets.
As a new mum Rashmi works part-time and spends most of her non-working time with her daughter.
With more than 20 years of experience, Craig brings deep expertise in developing integrated marketing and communications strategies for financial services clients across the Asia-Pacific region. His work spans key markets including Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand, with additional experience supporting initiatives in North America, the UK, and Europe.
Craig’s expertise spans brand positioning, customer insights, lead generation and content strategy. He also provides strategic counsel on media relations, reputation management and helping firms protect their brand integrity and navigate complex market challenges. His work covers a range of asset classes, including private equity, private credit, real assets, and infrastructure, as well as emerging areas like digital assets, tokenised investments, and sustainable finance. This diverse background allows him to develop nuanced messaging for both institutional investors and financial advisers, ensuring clear and effective communication across diverse markets.
Before joining Honner, Craig held senior regional roles, including Head of Marketing Asia Pacific and Global Head of Customer Experience at Russell Investments, where he led major regional brand initiatives, developed customer engagement programs, and managed complex issues. His career also includes marketing and product management roles at St George Bank, Advance Asset Management, and Prudential Assurance in both Sydney and London, providing a strong foundation in brand strategy, stakeholder communications, and issues management.
Craig holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from Charles Sturt University, a Management Development Diploma from Mt Eliza Business School, a Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA), and a Customer Experience Certificate from Rutgers University in the USA.
Outside of work, Craig enjoys skiing, fishing, camping, and travelling to remote locations around the globe with his family, making the most of every opportunity to explore the outdoors.
Philippa founded Honner (then Honner Media) in 1997 in a bid to provide targeted PR for the investment, superannuation and financial services sector.
Today that service spans the broader Australian financial and corporate sectors.
Philippa offers 25 years’ experience in financial PR, communications and journalism. Prior to establishing Honner, Philippa worked in the banking sector in Sydney and London before pursuing a career in financial communications. She worked as a financial journalist in the UK before returning to Australia in 1994 to edit Australian superannuation and institutional investment journal Super Review. She also spent two years with one of the UK’s leading corporate and financial PR agencies, Fishburn, where she worked across a range of accounts including PWC and British Telecom during the dotcom boom.
In 2017-2018 Philippa moved to New York to establish a presence in the US market and to further build relations with Honner’s US clients and agency partners.
Today Philippa oversees the running of the agency and drives the growth and evolution of the business, including its new business and partnerships programs. Philippa has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney. In her spare time she enjoys skiing, mountain biking and spending time with her son.
