Brian Tyson is the Managing Partner of Newgate Australia and co-founder of Newgate Research.

In a consulting career spanning two decades, Brian has come to be regarded as one of Australia’s leading communications practitioners with expertise in strategic issues management, financial transactions, government relations, media management and community campaigning.

He has led a number of high profile and complex public affairs campaigns and financial transactions in the infrastructure, transport, banking, energy, agriculture and media sporting/arts sectors.

He is involved with many of the leading industry advocacy bodies in Australia including the IPA, TTF, PCA and the Sydney Business Chamber. Brian is a Director on the board of the Sydney Swans and the Committee for Sydney as well the Clontarf Foundation, supporting educational opportunities for young Indigenous Australians.

Prior to his career in consultancy Brian was a political adviser to the Greiner Government in New South Wales. He started his career as a journalist with The Land newspaper