Jackie Edwards is the Managing Director AUNZ of Orion Worldwide, IPG’s financial investment company operating within the media sector. Jackie has worked within IPG Mediabrands for over 20 years specialising in media investment. Starting in UM, she was appointed as Chief Investment Officer for Initiative in 2004 and then appointed to General Manager of Magna in 2010 . She’s been in her current role for the past five years.
She has 35 years of media agency experience having commenced her career at George Patterson Bates in 1989.
Jackie has built her career leading highly successful media agency investment teams and has driven significant change across the craft of media investment throughout her career. From leading the development of new technology and processes, to business structural improvement and workflow management, her work in the craft of media investment is seen as highly strategic and innovative.
She is renowned within the media market for her strong business acumen, leadership and negotiation skills. She is a highly regarded media investment specialist and has worked across some of the largest advertisers in the country including Bunnings, Officeworks, K-Mart, Nestle, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Proctor and Gamble, Lion Beverages, Optus, AAMI Insurance, Industry Super Funds, Macquarie Bank and the Federal and Victorian Government.
Jackie sits on the IPG Women’s Leadership Network Steering Committee, IPG APAC Sustainability Committee. She also consults to the Board of the Starlight Children’s Foundation on their communication messaging to the community.