Chris Gray is Managing Director of Australian-based public relations agency and a Senior Associate with GoCrisis.

A highly experienced crisis communications practitioner, he regularly advises clients and helps them manage complex, difficult and confronting issues so they can communicate with speed and clarity to key stakeholders.

As a former journalist with leading news organisations, he brings his knowledge of newsroom environments to the fore to equip clients to deal confidently and persuasively with media in order to manage their messaging in both benign and hostile scenarios.

He has trained more than 500 executives over the past two decades in the art of media relations and crisis communications across both the private and public sectors. Chris is often called on to speak on reputational matters and undertakes training of senior executives in the areas of crisis, media and presentation skills. He provides ‘on-call’ support to organisations and has responded to major crises in Australia and overseas.

Alistair Nicholas has more than 25 years’ experience in crisis management communications, crisis planning, and crisis training covering Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, China and the United States. Alistair has written crisis communications manuals and crisis management plans for major multinational corporations and government agencies and provided crisis training programs to them. He has counselled many organisations during their responses to crises, including acting as an official spokesperson for organisations during live crisis situations.

Alistair has worked on crises ranging from accidental deaths and injuries through to pharmaceutical and consumer product market recalls, fraud and embezzlement, and government corruption cases. He has provided communication counsel and support during media inquiries, coronial inquests, court trials, and government inquiries.

Alistair’s career of more than 30 years also includes senior roles in government, politics, diplomacy, and the media.

Alistair holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science from the University of New South Wales and a Certificate in Executive Leadership from Cornell University. He is based in Sydney, Australia.