About Us

Ian Pemberton
A principal at P&L Corporate, Ian was an editor and reporter for 27 years, specialising in business and financial markets. Ian’s career spans Dow Jones, Reuters and Australian Associated Press including stints in the Canberra press gallery and New York. For seven years until April 2007, he led a reporting and editing team at Dow Jones Newswires, developing news and feature articles for subscribers and The Wall Street Journal. Ian oversees P&L Corporate’s work in the transportation, energy, environment and infrastructure sectors.

David Lording
A principal at P&L Corporate, David headed up corporate media relations at Westpac for eight years and before that was National Media Manager for Telstra. David has worked on many high profile transactions and sensitive issues, with experience gained in senior positions in Canberra including advice over many years to a Federal Cabinet minister. David continues to advise Westpac, including leading the media function on the Westpac / St.George transaction.

Karen Cooper
A senior consultant, Karen has 17 years experience as a reporter and editor in Australia, Britain and Asia. She began her career at The Age and spent three years as a business reporter at City papers in London. Karen moved to Hong Kong in the early 1990s and worked for various publications including The South China Morning Post where she was deputy business editor. Karen supports clients with media advice, corporate positioning and specialist writing.

Emily Parkinson
A senior consultant, Emily was a reporter for 10 years with Bloomberg, Dow Jones and most recently with the Australian Financial Review in Sydney. She has a detailed knowledge of local and international equities, credit, currency and commodities markets. Emily covered the equities and commodities markets in London for four years before returning to Australia in 2006. Emily specialises in corporate finance, and has developed and executed media strategies for a range of Australian and global companies since joining P&L Corporate in 2008.