City Public Relations Staff

Tim Allerton

Managing Director

BackgroundCorporate and public relations
1980Bachelor of Arts degree - University of NSW.
1980-81Senior journalist with B&T Magazine.
1981-83Reporter with the Australian Financial Review, covering technology, marketing, investment and communications.
1983-86Senior finance journalist with The Australian, covering industry and finance, the sharemarket and marketing.
1986-90Producer of Business Week and The Walsh Report on the TEN Network.
1990-91Handled the corporate and public relations for the TEN Network and Broadcom, covering all aspects of lobbying, investor relations and print coverage.
1992 Established City Public Relations


Andrew Geddes

Senior Consultant

BackgroundInvestor Relations and Media Relations
1985-1987 Journalist with The Australian and Daily Telegraph.
1988-1997 Hong Kong-based correspondent for Advertising Age and news radio producer.
1997-2000 Handled branding and marketing communications for launch of Australia's first pan-Asian satellite TV Channel TVSN broadcasting in 52 countries and four languages.
2000-2002 Marketing communications consultant serving private and government clients.
2003-2008 Investor and media relations manager at Ventracor Limited. Successfully branded and positioned this early stage Australian medical technology company as global leader in its field.
2008-2009 Founded Seed Media, a specialist communications agency focused on helping early stage technology companies raise visibility.
2009Joined City Public Relations.