Philippa Honner

Philippa Honner has joined FINN Partners as Managing Partner and FINN Financial Services Practice Leader for APAC, with a mandate to expand FINN's financial services practice across the Asia Pacific region. She offers 25 years' experience in financial PR, communications and journalism and will report to Howard Solomon, FINN founding managing partner and APAC lead.

Honner joins FINN through the acquisition of her agency Honner, which she founded in 1997 to provide targeted PR for the investment, superannuation and financial services sector. The 25-member Sydney shop will operate as Honner, A FINN Partners Company, and her client base includes blue-chip local and global organizations across banking and capital markets, asset management, wealth management and financial advice, superannuation, insurance, professional services, real estate, renewables, digital assets, and technology.

Career History

• Founder and CEO, Honner (1997–2026) – Founded specialist financial communications and marketing firm serving Australia's investment, superannuation and financial services sector.
• Editor, Super Review journal (1994–1997) – Edited Australian superannuation and institutional investment journal before establishing Honner.
• Financial PR Consultant, Fishburn (London) – Spent two years at one of the UK's leading corporate and financial PR agencies, working across accounts including PWC and British Telecom during the dotcom boom.
• Financial Journalist (UK) – Worked as a financial journalist in the UK before returning to Australia.
• Banking Sector professional (Sydney and London) – Worked in the banking sector in both Sydney and London before pursuing a career in financial communications.

Philippa holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney. In 2017–2018, she moved to New York to establish a presence in the US market and further build relations with Honner's US clients and agency partners. Honner was recognized as a leading agency serving asset management and diversified financial services, with clients representing more than AUD $10 trillion in investment capital.

What Philippa Honner could bring to her role as Managing Partner and APAC Financial Services Practice Leader at FINN Partners: Her deep, 25-year track record building market-leading expertise in financial services communications positions her to substantially expand FINN's regional capabilities across asset management, superannuation, banking and fintech sectors. Her established relationships with major Australian institutions, combined with her prior experience building US and Asia-Pacific networks through her New York expansion, should enable her to connect FINN's global capabilities seamlessly across the region while leveraging Honner's proven client retention and growth model to drive APAC revenue expansion.

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