A trailblazer at heart, Jane is in her element as she sets the vision for what the global Hearts & Science mission looks like in Australia and New Zealand. The status quo is meant to be pushed and she is constantly looking to uncover new and daring ways to adapt to consumer behaviour.

With over 20 years of leadership experience across media, data and technology, Jane has influenced work that has won Cannes Lions, Effies and Festival of Media awards across multiple continents and industry sectors. She is also a recent winner of Campaign Asia Women Leading Change Award for Visionary Leadership, and won the Service to the Industry category at the 2022 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards.

As an analyst in her early career, Jane is deeply rooted in the power of data and understands its ability to provide audience insights that propel business growth.

As a student of psychology, the understanding of consumer and employee motivation remains at the heart of Richard’s work. His mission is to maintain team morale and chemistry in the Melbourne office, and can boast record low churn rates.  

He has over 25 years of agency experience working directly with brands like GSK, Suzuki, GE, Burger King, Shell and more at Maxus and m2m. Maxus (Now Wavemaker) was founded by Richard for Group M and has since made the top ten agencies globally. While he’s a music lover who can’t really play an instrument, who needs anything else when there’s karaoke?

Gerard joined the team in 2020, merging his business Max & Partners into Hearts & Science.

A 25-year media industry veteran, Gerard held senior leadership roles with the Nine Network, Foxtel Media and the Seven Network before starting Max & Partners. His focus is the achievement of his clients’ business objectives through delivery of effective media strategy.

Gerard and his wife Ilana are the proud parents of three sons, and he is co-Chair of Leibler Yavneh College.

Georgia joined the Hearts & Science family in early 2021 and hit the ground running. Since she joined, the strategy division has doubled, and continues to grow as Hearts evolves its strategic offering under her leadership.

With experience ranging from FMCG to luxury fashion, Georgia has a true passion for her clients and absorbs everything she can about their industry, their consumers and the cultural shifts impacting the category. By getting to the heart of every client, she ensures that seemingly disparate trends are readily woven together and transformed into actionable insights and innovative planning outcomes.

Georgia’s passion for the impact of marketing led to her spending two years as a volunteer strategic advisor to The Lion’s Share Fund, an innovate solution connecting the UNDP, conservation and corporate world that allows brands to give back when using animal images in advertising. Following the conclusion of this role in 2022, Georgia is now focusing on how the marketing and advertising industry itself can better drive inclusivity and retain talent, and is an active member of the AAAG (Advertising Ageism Action Group), launched in 2023.

Luke leads Investment and trading across Hearts & Science and has done since joining in early 2017. He has held roles across Sydney and London and has experience in major categories including but not limited to,  FMCG, banking, automotive and tech.  Luke offers market intelligence, commercial insight and driving positive value outcomes for our clients.

Luke is passionate about golf,  to the point of obsession!  when not on the course he can be found running half marathons and frequenting wine regions around Australia ?

Ollie focuses on digital change and transformation for Hearts & Science clients, from media and channel allocation to seeking change in people, technology and processes. With over 15 years’ experience in digital media, data and audience segmentation are Ollie’s passions, while his previous experience as an electronic engineer gives him a unique perspective on how to achieve tangible outcomes for clients.