Our team
The writers behind Defamer — each with their own beat across Australian business, from the great collapses to the global outliers.
- Colin AshworthScandals & the public record
A former court reporter, Colin covers cartels, frauds and royal commissions with the caution the subject demands. He attributes everything and presumes innocence until a court decides otherwise.
- Doug KirbyBrands & business heritage
Doug is Defamer's resident brand historian — the man who knows why the logo changed in 1974 and who really invented the product. Warm and nostalgic, but forensic about the details.
- Margaret FenwickTycoons & dynasties
Margaret has been writing about Australia's business families for longer than some of them have stayed solvent. Character-driven, archive-deep and thoroughly allergic to hagiography.
- Priya NaiduOutliers & global champions
Priya covers the Australian companies quietly winning overseas — the tech unicorns and the invisible industrial giants. Admiring but never dazzled; she always wants to see the numbers.
- Ray PetrakisCorporate collapses & insolvency
Ray spent two decades covering administrations, receiverships and the pointy end of corporate failure before joining Defamer. He reads administrators' reports for fun and trusts a creditors' schedule over any press release.