Alastair Carthew

Alastair Carthew is a former aviation employee and newspaper and television journalist. He is a freelance consultant living on Phuket.

Alastair joined Star Alliance in the position of Director of Corporate Affairs, Asia-Pacific in February 2001. Prior to this he was the Manager of Group Public Affairs (New Zealand) for Air New Zealand.

From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Carthew was Manager for Corporate Communications at Television New Zealand. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Consults (Wellington), one of New Zealand's largest public relations firms. He was also chief parliamentary reporter for Television New Zealand, as well as editor and producer of news and current affairs shows for 12 years. Mr. Carthew also worked in newspaper journalism in England, South Africa and Australia, before joining TVNZ in 1978. He is a former New Zealand correspondent for Newsweek and The Christian Science Monitor and has written for numerous different publications.

Mr. Carthew has lectured in sponsorship and public relations at a number of tertiary institutions and conferences in New Zealand and overseas, and has served on the boards of several professional organizations.

For writing and public relations advice contact Alastair at , Phone: +66 817 500 448.

Website: www.acprcounsel.com