About Us
We’re a team of creative thinkers and doers.
What
Third Hemisphere is a specialist climate, tech, and finance PR & marketing agency…
Who
…for innovators, leaders, and investors who are changing the world.
Where
Australia, Singapore, and APAC. Growing into US, EU, and UK.
How
Tier-1 & industry media, thought leadership, digital marketing, brand strategy & design, and go-to-market.
Third Hemisphere is a specialist climate, tech, and finance PR and marketing agency for innovators and leaders who are breaking new ground, and changing the world for the better.
We help our clients lead the conversation to create impact and become category leaders, through strategic and integrated communications across tier-1 news media, social, and digital channels. This drives commercial outcomes with their investors, customers, partners, talent, and governments.
Our team
Our experience and influence is broad and deep across investment and capital markets, sustainability and ESG, deep tech, fintech, and the climate transition. Our team is composed of tier-1 media writers, technical and science writers, venture investors, business builders, former journalists, TV producers, and marketing experts.
We invest in our clients and build sustainable value from Seed to IPO and beyond.
We help our clients lead the conversation to create impact and become category leaders, through strategic and integrated communications across tier-1 news media, social, and digital channels. This drives commercial outcomes with their investors, customers, partners, talent, and governments.
Hannah is our specialist author, editor, and social justice advocate, in charge of thought leadership for clients and Third Hemisphere.
She has 20 years’ experience across the gamut of communications disciplines, and has authored and placed hundreds of editorials for clients in Tier-1 media. This has included ghostwriting at the Australian Financial Review, and turning clients into official AFR Columnists. She is also a columnist at Stockhead and The Australian, and regularly contributes to Women’s Agenda.
Hannah holds a Bachelor of Commerce (USYD & Università Bocconi), a Masters of Strategic Public Relations (USYD), and a Diploma of Investor Relations (AIRA).
Jeremy heads business development and strategy for Third Hemisphere as our capital markets, growth, climate, finance, and technology specialist.Â
He is a founding partner of climate tech investment & advisory firm, SDGx, has invested in 25+ tech & climate startups and multiple venture funds, and was President for Australia at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance. He also spoke at TedX, authored the book "From Idea to Startup", and has worked extensively with the UN including co-authoring the G20 & UN White paper on youth entrepreneurship and participating in the formation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Business (Monash) and a Graduate Diploma of Finance (Griffith).
Karen Lawson is the Commercial Director at Third Hemisphere, focusing on digital and startup growth. She launched Peloton in Australia, managing operations and partnerships amid lockdowns, and previously led Spotify Australia & NZ, introducing successful podcasting formats.
As MD of Slingshot, Karen grew it into Australia's top corporate accelerator and founded CoVentured, a SaaS platform linking corporates and startups. Her transformation of CareerOne into a leading digital business earned it a spot in BRW’s Top 50 Most Innovative Companies.
Karen serves on the boards of The Save The Children Fund Investment Committee and SDGx.io, supporting VC investments aligned with the UN SDGs. A noted media commentator and UN ambassador for Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, she’s also a food journalist and avid runner.
Laura is Third Hemisphere’s global media and PR expert, story developer, pitching specialist, and media advisor and trainer.
Laura is an award-winning media, communications, and journalism specialist. She ran global PR for UK-based generative AI startup, Synthesia, through a Series C and attainment of unicorn status. She also headed media across Australia, UK, France and US for SEO SaaS company Semrush, also leading them to unicorn status and an IPO on the NYSE with a valuation of $2 billion, beyond $250 million annual recurring revenue and over 100 thousand paying customers.
Laura’s passion lies in data- and mission-driven journalism, marketing, and PR. She has interviewed international celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Guy Pearce, Jessica Mauboy and Hugo Weaving; covered breaking news; and investigated developing stories with the world’s largest media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BBC, Reuters, Financial Times, CNBC, Sky News, ABC, Channel 7, Channel 9, National Indigenous Television, SBS, and News UK.
Laura holds a Bachelor of Communications in Journalism from UTS and was selected for a scholarship at Université Paris Dauphine.
Glen is Third Hemisphere’s award-winning branding genius, having created 300+ brand identities globally, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, The City of London, The Country of Estonia, FairTrade, Sony Playstation, AMEX Black Card, Toyota, Barclays, Telstra Belong, ANZ, AFL, Crown, and Origin.
He is an award-winning branding specialist who has created over 300 brand identities globally, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, The City of London, The Country of Estonia, FairTrade, Sony Playstation, AMEX Black Card, SunTrust, Toyota, Barclays, Telstra Belong, ANZ, AFL, Crown, Origin, PAM and Advance.org.
He is the founder of Genius.Agency and Startup Innovation Consultants and has recently shifted his focus towards helping over 50 startup founders design and grow their brands, and build out a suite of critical marketing assets such as Investor Decks, IMs, websites, and more.
Mark is our resident tech and data guru, research expert, and insights-driven storyteller.
He has several decades’ experience in data, analytics, market insights, business intelligence, technology, and management consulting. He is passionate about bringing data analytics and frontier technologies to market, and using AI & data analytics to build meaningful stories underpinned by deep insights.
Mark is currently Director at emerging tech venture studio, NotCentralised, President of the Australian DeFi Association, Co-President of the Data Science and AI Association of Australia, Founder and CEO of New Era Analytics, and Co-founder of ETFtracker. He has previously held senior roles in data and business analytics at the ASX, Prosperity Advisers, Canaccord Genuity (London), QMG, CommInsure, and PrciewaterhoouseCoopers.
Mark holds a Masters of Enterprise from the Melbourne Business School, and a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW.
Jonathan counsels Third Hemisphere’s leadership team on strategy, operations, HR, and client management, to ensure sustainable growth and quality client delivery.
He is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with 25 years’ experience and multiple exits as CEO, Chairman, board member and advisor, leading multiple high-growth businesses from startup to scale and sale. He specialises in business strategy and growth execution across a wide range of sectors including tech, financial services, communications, investor and public relations agencies, and digital publishing.
Jonathan was the co-founder and seed investor of digital publishing business Stockhead, which grew into Australia’s largest ASX news site during a five-year period before Jonathan achieved an exit when it was acquired by News Corp in 2022. He was also founder and Chairman of specialised investor and media relations agency Media & Capital Partners, and founder of communications and proxy solicitation firm Radar Group.
Operations Coordinator
KC Igna is the glue that holds it all together at Third Hemisphere, using her extensive experience as an Executive Assistant to ensure client and internal operations are running as smoothly as clockwork.Â
Prior to joining Third Hemisphere, KC was an Executive Assistant at Athena, a digital agency specialising in recruiting and training high quality executive assistants. She is also a property manager with a portfolio of over 10 residential units.Â
KC holds a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from the University of Santo Tomas (Philippines).
Account Executive
Leyla is an Account Executive at Third Hemisphere, with a particular flair and passion for the written word.
She has eight years’ experience as a digital-savvy content author, editor, and manager, with a particular passion for transforming complex technical ideas into engaging B2B and media narratives. Her true joy lies in crafting and refining long-form content that captivates and educates, fostering meaningful connections between businesses and their audiences.
Leyla’s writing expertise covers a wide variety of forms and commercial objectives, including developing diversified website content to boost traffic and retention rates, community and influencer management, integrated and cost-effective digital strategies, social media copywriting for SEO and SEM purposes, and more. She has created and continuously iterated content calendars for dozens of companies, and produced hundreds of whitepapers, case studies, long-form editorials, blogs, media collateral, and more across the US, UK, Kenya, and Australia.
Leyla’s sheer love of writing means that no subject matter is ever too complex, and no commercial challenge is insurmountable. Her current passion is to tell and amplify the success stories of the pioneers shaping our world.