Marie-Louise Theile

Marie-Louise Theile is owner and Creative Director of New Initiative a niche branding, marketing and creative agency representing a range of national and international clients. She is a current board director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a former board member of Creative Australia, and former Board Chair of the Institute of Modern Art. Marie-Louise has been an invited speaker at Monocle Magazine's Cities Series and Quality of Life Conferences in Chengdu (2019) and Lisbon (2015). From 2006 – 2012 Marie-Louise was a regular chairperson at the Brisbane Writers Festival. Marie-Louise is a former journalist and TV news presenter having worked in print and electronic media in Australia and New York for over 20 years.