Vanessa Stoykov, CEO

Marcus Field, Managing Director

Vanessa Stoykov is the Founder and CEO of evolution media group, a media education company specialising in business and finance.

evolution’s mission is to create a more prosperous nation with a new breed of education on finance and business.

She  is the co-creator and presenter on the Channel 9 program -  The Bottom Line; a show on leadership including David Gonski, Ita Buttrose and the final interview for the late Bryce Courtenay.

She is also the creator of reality business tv show No More Practice, currently running weekend’s on Sky Business. evolution’s content properties have thousands of registered web viewers who also engage in live events and online learning.

Vanessa is a finalist in the Telstra Young Businesswoman of the Year and is passionate about bringing finance to the world in a meaningful, engaging way.

Marcus’ primary focus is to ensure Evolution Media Group delivers to objectives, with service delivery built into the very fabric of the business.

Marcus brings 15 years experience in B2B and B2C marketing across a range of industries including finance, travel and tourism. Digital strategy in particular has been a focal point of Marcus’ achievements, having been instrumental in driving digital channel migration success for businesses like Air New Zealand, ANZ and Zurich.

As Managing Director and head of client delivery, his primary focus is in ensuring the accountability, measurability and effectiveness of the content elements against KPIs.

As Head of Creative Development, Paul has a vital role in all aspects of creative strategy and direction for key clients and Evolution Media Group’s wholly owned content properties. An award winning, and irrepressible creative for many of Australia’s better known advertising and digital agencies, Paul’s experience spans B2C, FMCG, and B2B sectors across traditional and digital media.

Paul adds incredible depth of insight on generating the big idea; the uniting thought that connects and binds a brand’s strategy and business drivers to the hearts and minds of the audience.

Paul’s mission is to create participative and immersive campaigns and content properties than brands can leverage.

Jane’s role at Evolution Media Group is to be the strategic financial adviser to the CEO. Jane is an active participant in shaping the financial strategy of the organisation.

In previous roles, Jane has worked as Financial Controller of the worldwide activities for multi award winning Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, Director of Finance and Audit of the National Indigenous TV Channel, and as Management Accountant at Southern Star Endemol, which included international reporting for shows such as “Water Rats” and “Home and Away”.

Jane is also Board Member (Deputy Chairperson) of TV Channel Aurora Community Television Ltd

Glen Frost, Head of Communications

Garth Hehir, Head of Education

Glen’s role at Evolution Media Group is strategic adviser for all corporate communications as well as the director of No More Practice, Evolution Media Group’s wholly owned financial services entertainment and education division. Prior to Evolution Media, Glen created and ran a number of businesses in the corporate communications, events and media sectors. Glen has over 20 years’ experience as a commercial executive in professional services and in financial, media and general management. Glen’s role is to provide commercial input to assist the No More Practice business to meet performance and growth objectives.

Garth has 20 years’ experience in the financial services education sector, having previously worked for AIFA Group, Kaplan, FINSIA and The Securities Institute. Garth brings a deep insight to the needs of educators; specifically, knowledge of the regulatory issues underpinning training, course content, education logistics as well as the processes required for delivering accredited education services and training to large institutions.

Garth has a passion for education summed up by his belief that No More Practice is a vehicle to deliver education that is entertaining, relevant and accessible to working financial services professionals. Garth’s philosophy is that education needs to be entertaining and fun, as well as accessible; and that for end users, be they individuals or large companies, being accessible increasingly means being (1) financially accessible, (2) geographically accessible and (3) developed for busy people with busy jobs.

Sammie is responsible for all the editing and post production development at evoTV across all projects. For this role, Sammie brings a deep understanding of the content creation and creative process and the art of storytelling in a technical industry.

Sammie is a recent MBA graduate, and has over ten years experience at a number of leading post production, content marketing and advertising agencies across Australia, including Saatchi & Saatchi and The Conscience Organisation.

Mike is responsible for ensuring Evolution Media Group produces broadcast quality programs and that our unique variety of programming continues to engage, entertain and educate the business and finance sector.

As a former commercial TV and digital media producer, Mike has a vast knowledge across many areas of production from scripting, filming, directing and editing. Mike brings 25+ years of experience in a wide variety of production roles within the film and broadcast industry including branded content shows such as the Ten Network’s Junior MasterChef, The Biggest Loser and The Renovators.

Raelene (Rae) is head of evolution media group’s script development process, with responsibility for creating dramatic storylines that tell a client’s story in an inspiring and entertaining way. An accomplished television script writer and Executive Producer, Rae has over 20 years’ experience working across multiple genres including news, finance, factual, light entertainment and documentaries.

With experience both in front of and behind the camera, Rae’s past roles have encompassed editorial, series production, post production, directing and script-writing in Australia, the UK and the US. With a raft of top-rating shows to her name, such as So You Think You Can Dance, The Biggest Loser, MasterChef, My Kitchen Rules, The Farmer Wants a Wife and Big Brother, she has also worked on the development of network pilots and one-off specials.