Mark Hawthorne
Managing Partner
Mark brings more than 30 years of financial media and communications experience to The Civic Partnership, where he helps CEOs, companies, fund managers and challenger brands navigate the media landscape.
A former Business Editor of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Mark was the Victorian Publisher of Fairfax Media – the company’s most senior Victorian media executive – from 2017 to 2019, before joining Civic to establish our financial communications practice.
Mark and his team have worked on more than A$13bn of M&A transactions across 2023 and 2024, including hostile takeovers, sale transactions, shareholder activism campaigns and cross-border transactions. He has also managed some of the highest profile crisis media matters in Australia, including assisting clients through Senate Hearings and Royal Commissions.
Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, literature and economics from Monash University.
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