Lucy Bennett founded Venturer Communications, a Tasmania-based communications firm, with a vision to become a leader in stakeholder engagement by facilitating meaningful conversations between government, industry, and the community.

As a proud Tasmanian, Lucy is committed to playing her part in the growth, development, and future prosperity of the state, and is excited to be able to contribute to innovative Tasmanian projects that have been built upon genuine dialogue between the people, industries, and communities they affect. Lucy’s vision for Venturer Communications is a firm that delivers exceptional, personalised service to clients. Lucy brings to the business her skills as a communicator, both spoken and written, and her experience in stakeholder engagement and consultation.

Lucy has an outstanding ability to engage with, relate to and empathise with people from different backgrounds, from the CEOs of major companies and heads of government departments to farmers, shopkeepers, tradespeople, retirees, and others.

Lucy’s personal style, her genuine interest in people and their individual aspirations, and her fairness and integrity in dealing with everyone she meets allows her to build lasting and mutually beneficial relationships. This is also true in business and Lucy has developed particularly special working relationships with her clients, where she works as an integrated member of their project teams. It is Lucy’s philosophy, and her unique business model, that sets Venturer Communications apart and ensures a level of service on big projects that larger firms struggle to match.

Venturer Communications has successfully managed stakeholder engagement for both the design and delivery phases on a range of high-profile infrastructure projects.

Venturer Communications has been directly appointed by the Tasmanian Government as a Stakeholder Engagement Specialist to:

• Facilitate important conversations between government and key stakeholders.

• Lead stakeholder engagement on infrastructure projects.

• Research and write Stakeholder and Community Engagement Plans.

• Act as a consultant for Infrastructure Tasmania’s Senior Communications and Engagement Officer while they were on leave.

• Venturer Communications has been appointed to the Department of Premier and Cabinet - Marketing and Communications Panel.