BEC BROWN

Bec has been working as a professional communicator for twenty years, beginning as a vocalist and vocal coach, then retraining to become a PR professional.

She's the founder and Managing Director of The Comms Department, a PR, corporate communications and crisis management agency, where she and her team work with some of Australia's biggest and best-known media, entertainment, travel and lifestyle brands.

At the 2019 Mumbrella CommsCon Awards, Australia and New Zealand's most prestigious PR industry awards, Bec was one of five finalists for PR Professional of the Year. Every year The Comms Department has entered the awards it has been shortlisted for Small PR Agency of the Year.

Bec's professional experience is also backed by study - a Graduate Diploma in Media and Communications, Certificates in Social Psychology and Negotiation, and a Bachelor of Music.

INGA CAMPBELL

Inga is an illustrator, designer and the founder of Inkling Design, a design studio that offers art direction, branding and custom illustration.

Since studying a Bachelor of Design with a major in Graphic Design, Inga has worked as a professional designer for seventeen years, first at Girlfriend magazine before moving on to roles such as Deputy Art Director at Cosmopolitan and Art Director at GRAZIA. Inga now works with clients all over the globe, and her illustrations appear in some of the world's best-known magazines, as prized artworks, on garments, as large-scale murals and, now, in a book.

Inga, Mike and their daughter Andy recently packed, donated or sold everything they had in Australia and went on a year-long adventure through North America, with Inga successfully running Inkling Design while they travelled and explored.