Rachel is our Managing Director and founder of Rachel Buchanan Consulting. She is an awarded and accomplished communication and engagement specialist with more than 20 years’ experience providing strategic advice and solutions to governments, private sector and community organisations. She’s a highly sought after team member, advisor and trusted partner.

A journalist by trade, she shares her passion and power for wordsmithing to craft content and collateral across any platform. She’s a firm believer that how you tell and share your story will determine success.

Having held senior positions across the public and private sectors, Rachel has a unique depth of experience to support people and projects. Calm in a crisis and considered in response, Rachel’s clients rely on her attention to detail, advice and responsiveness.

Rachel's experience extends across:

• stakeholder and community engagement for projects, including major infrastructure planning, design and construction

• emergency response and crisis management

• disaster response and resilience projects

• communication and change management for government policy and legislative reform

• professional writing for annual reports, award submissions, bid and tenders, options papers, summaries and more

• media management and liaison