1. MARINA GO
BUZZWORDS
Publishing, Digital, Women, Leadership, Ambassador, Websites,
Media, Journalism, Editor, Magazines, Under 50 CEO, Walkleys,
Business management, Coach, Leader, Speaker, Commentator,
Blogger, Columnist, Women’s Agenda, Board Director, Odyssey
House, Sydney Symphony Vanguard, Women in Sport, Stevie Awards
AVAILABILITY
Travels from Sydney, Australia
Speaker & Panelist:
Motivational, leadership, Women, Business strategy, Publishing, Career women,
Journalism, Digital publishing, Teams, Making it on Boards, women in sport
Media:
Guest lecturer, television and radio commentator, digital/print columnist, Judge, moderator,
quotes/opinion
Twitter @marinasgo
LinkedIn http://au.linkedin/in/marinago
Board/Advisory appointments:
Director, Odyssey House McGrath Foundation (2013 - current), The Walkley Advisory
Board (2014 - current), Director, Netball Australia (2006-2013), Sydney Symphony
vanguard collective (2012-2014)
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION:
 Judging Committee, 2011, 2012, 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
 Keynote speaker and panelist on the subject of leveraging digital connectivity. Asian
Publishing Convention, 2008, Singapore
 Keynote speaker and moderator on the subject of digital economics - digital brand
strategy: how to successfully extend from web to print & beyond. Asian Publishing
Convention, 2011, Bangkok
 Panelist - Making Digital Pay, Magazine Week 2011, Australia.
 Moderator - Australian School of Business Meet The Entrepreneurs event, Ernst &
Young 2012
 Keynote speaker and moderator on the subject of repurposing archival content -
how to build an entire publishing portfolio from existing content. Asian Publishing
Convention, 2012, Kuala Lumpur
 Panelist - How women are shaping social media. Newcastle Writers Festival, 2013.
 Panelist - Funding journalism into the future. Storyology, The Walkley Foundation,
2013
 Chair - Women and Digital Media. Melbourne Writers Festival, 2013.
 Ambassador - 1 Million Women energy-saving project, 2013.
MARINA GO BIOGRAPHY
Marina Go is the CEO of Private Media, Australia’s leading independent digital publisher
with a portfolio of premium websites that reach over 1 million monthly unique, influential
viewers and includes some of Australia's fastest-growing and best-known digital media
publications: Crikey, SmartCompany, Women’s Agenda, StartupSmart, Property Observer
and The Daily Review.
Marina is a respected guest lecturer, speaker, media commentator and guest panellist.

2. She is a member of the Walkley Advisory Board.
Marina has over 25 years of leadership experience in the media and publishing industry.
Prior to her appointment as CEO, Private Media in October 2013, she was Publishing
Director at Private Media, responsible for the profit and loss (P&L) and strategy of the
company’s media brands. Before joining Private Media, she was focused on managing and
developing digital properties and related brand extensions as Publisher of the Hannan
Group’s Independent Digital Media.
Marina began her impressive career as a journalist with Fairfax community newspapers,
then moved to News Limited’s The Daily Mirror, for 3 years before becoming a magazine
editor, at the age of 23. She has edited some of Australia’s best-loved magazines,
including, Dolly, ELLE, Australian Good Taste and Sunday Life. She was promoted to
Editor-in-chief of Pacific Magazines aged 34, overseeing a portfolio that included; New
Idea, That’s Life, TV Week and Home Beautiful.
Since 1997, Marina has held the following management positions where she had
responsibility for P&L and strategy: Publisher, Independent Digital Media; Group
Publisher, EMAP Australia; Publishing Director and Editor-in-chief, Pacific
Publications; Associate Publisher, Fairfax Lifestyle Media and General Manager, Fairfax
Newsstand Magazines.
As General Manager of Newsstand Magazines at Fairfax, she successfully negotiated for
and won the licensing agreement to publish the Australian edition of America’s leading
travel title, Travel & Leisure. As Associate Publisher of Fairfax Lifestyle Media, she
repositioned Fashion, Drive, Uncorked and Ski magazines within The Sydney Morning
Herald and The Age newspapers.
As Publisher of Independent Digital Media, she launched a local version of America’s
leading wedding website TheKnot.com.au, including a successful print brand extension.
Education: MBA (executive), The Australian Graduate School of Management. BA (Mass
Communications), Macquarie University.
For media opportunities, panel positions, speaking enquiries and event invitations,
please contact:
Samantha Dybac – Sammway
Email: sjdybac@sammway.com.au
Phone: +61 411 251 373
Websites and Social Media Links:
http://www.privatemedia.com.au
http://www.womensagenda.com.au
http://www.walkleys.com
http://www.odysseyhouse.com.au
http://au.linkedin.com/in/marinago
https://twitter.com/marinasgo