We provide comprehensive, industry leading, strategic and intelligent brand, marketing and communication services. We create, build, transform and support excellent communication outcomes for government, businesses, industry associations and community organisations.
Our team
Our team has extensive communication experience, spanning a wide range of industries, geographies and clients.
We’ve managed award-winning national campaigns and successfully guided global and local clients through brand creation, launch and growth; major challenges – including the timely management of issues to avoid crises as well as the successful resolution of crisis if it should occur.
About Oliver
Oliver Forrester is an experienced creative, digital strategist and entrepreneur. He works across multiple platforms and for a variety of clients in the public and private sectors. He combines his exemplary leadership, facilitation and business management skills with technical savvy and design capability to solve business critical issues. He understands how the right technology can deliver optimum value for organisations. He also has a particular gift for explaining the use of complex technology to users with limited knowledge and technical confidence.
Oliver designs, deploys and analyses online research; builds digital support platforms to facilitate the agency’s stakeholder engagement programs; devises project management systems and tools; designs and builds websites and creates a wide range of print, merchandise and digital artifacts. He is also a gifted photographer and videographer.
From straightforward website design, development and deployment for small Canberra based businesses, to large and complex database driven software solutions and digital transformations for service delivery agencies Oliver leads and inspires the OPF team to create solutions that will meet the challenges of change.
In 2011 and 2012 Oliver led the development of a multi platform digital interface for the Australian Year of the Farmer. This comprised a fully interactive, front and back end digital solution including an e-commerce capability, event calendars, a comprehensive social media presence, newsletters, membership programs, story and photography competitions and other campaign activations which enabled government, industry, media, farmers, educators and the general public to get involved with this significant national awareness and behaviour change program.
Completing his education in Canberra, Oliver lived and worked in Canada and the United Kingdom before returning to Australia and founding OPF in 2011.
He is a keen sportsman with a particular talent for hockey and skiing. In 2012, Oliver was the youngest person ever appointed to any Crime Stoppers jurisdiction in the Southern Hemisphere. He continues to sit on the Crime Stoppers Board in the ACT and is also committed to other areas of community service.
About Diana
Diana Forrester is a highly skilled, awarded and respected communication professional. She has over 30 years’ experience leading multi-disciplinary teams, handling complex stakeholders, creating and managing effective local, national and international projects and campaigns.
Commencing her career as a research professional, Diana is community consultation specialist, a qualified educator, accomplished presenter and workshop facilitator.
Having owned and operated several successful businesses, Diana particularly appreciates the crucial role communication plays in every commercial and community endeavour.
Her experience includes working with some of the world’s biggest brands and providing communication counsel to many organisations (large and small) in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She has received many national and international awards for professional excellence including for campaigns in the agriculture, community, education, finance, environment, health, innovation and technology sectors.
Managing large scale, complex projects with multiple stakeholders, under the pressure of tight deadlines, is where Diana particularly excels. She has provided strategic communication counsel to many high profile Australian Government campaigns including: Centenary of Federation, International Year of the Volunteer, Know Your Standards, Measure Up, World IP Day, Yeosu World Trade Fair (in South Korea), National Telework Week, Smart Traveller and she was the National Director of the Australian Year of the Farmer.
Diana has provided strategy, project, event and issue management services for leading global brands including: Anytime Fitness, Bunnings, CSC, Emirates, Oracle, McDonalds, MMI, Telstra and Toshiba; international institutions such as the British Council, Cambridge University, IDP Australia, and the University of Canberra; and for many not-for-profit organisations including Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia, SIDS & Kids and the RSPCA.
ACT Telstra Business Woman of the Year in the government and corporate sector category (2001), Diana was also awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal in 2003 for her services to the business community.
Awarded a Public Relations Industry of Australia Fellowship in 2004, Diana is currently the Chair of the ACT College of Fellows and sits on the Australian College of Fellows.
A longstanding community volunteer, Diana has held many Board Directorship, currently serving as the Chair of ACT Region Crime Stoppers, as a Director on the Crime Stoppers Australia Board and on the Hands Across Canberra Board.
About Diana
Diana Forrester is a highly skilled, awarded and respected communication professional. She has over 30 years’ experience leading multi-disciplinary teams, handling complex stakeholders, creating and managing effective local, national and international projects and campaigns.
Commencing her career as a research professional, Diana is community consultation specialist, a qualified educator, accomplished presenter and workshop facilitator.
Having owned and operated several successful businesses, Diana particularly appreciates the crucial role communication plays in every commercial and community endeavour.
Her experience includes working with some of the world’s biggest brands and providing communication counsel to many organisations (large and small) in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She has received many national and international awards for professional excellence including for campaigns in the agriculture, community, education, finance, environment, health, innovation and technology sectors.
Managing large scale, complex projects with multiple stakeholders, under the pressure of tight deadlines, is where Diana particularly excels. She has provided strategic communication counsel to many high profile Australian Government campaigns including: Centenary of Federation, International Year of the Volunteer, Know Your Standards, Measure Up, World IP Day, Yeosu World Trade Fair (in South Korea), National Telework Week, Smart Traveller and she was the National Director of the Australian Year of the Farmer.
Diana has provided strategy, project, event and issue management services for leading global brands including: Anytime Fitness, Bunnings, CSC, Emirates, Oracle, McDonalds, MMI, Telstra and Toshiba; international institutions such as the British Council, Cambridge University, IDP Australia, and the University of Canberra; and for many not-for-profit organisations including Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia, SIDS & Kids and the RSPCA.
ACT Telstra Business Woman of the Year in the government and corporate sector category (2001), Diana was also awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal in 2003 for her services to the business community.
Awarded a Public Relations Industry of Australia Fellowship in 2004, Diana is currently the Chair of the ACT College of Fellows and sits on the Australian College of Fellows.
A longstanding community volunteer, Diana has held many Board Directorship, currently serving as the Chair of ACT Region Crime Stoppers, as a Director on the Crime Stoppers Australia Board and on the Hands Across Canberra Board.