James Tuckerman

James Tuckerman is best known as Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Anthill Magazine, through which he applied a colourful and irreverent approach to business journalism, an editorial style, not previously seen in the Australia business media landscape.

Actively engaged in the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship in Australia, James has been responsible for the launch of numerous initiatives and programs designed to support the development of new Australian businesses. These initiatives include the Cool Company Awards, and Pitch Club. He is an enthusiastic public speaker and panelist.

Trained in law at the University of Melbourne, James commenced his career as a public relations consultant, for Weber Shandwick Worldwide, where he specialised in corporate finance and investor relations communications, providing consultancy services to some of Australia’s largest and most respected corporate institutions, including Telstra, Holden, AAMI and JB Were.

During his investor relations career, he contributed to the success of numerous finance and venture capital public awareness campaigns, for both government and private enterprise, and has provided consultancy services to assist with the introduction of several fast-growth companies to the Australian stock exchange (ASX).

At the age of 26, James launched Anthill Magazine from the spare bedroom of his parent’s home in September 2003, with $28,000 in personal savings and no experience in the publishing world. Since then, he has grown Anthill from the seed of concept to become one of Australia's leading business titles.

James' success was recognised at the Australian Bell Awards, presented by the Australian Specialist and Business Publishers Association in 2005. James received the award for Best Small Publisher (for the second year running). James has used his success to support activities designed to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in Australia, launching the Cool Company Awards (to recognise rule changing behaviour), (an awards program to support young entrepreneurs), Pitch Club (a networking series to facilitate investment in new companies) and the (an online resource to improve financial literacy in secondary schools).

James holds bachelor’s degrees in Law (with Honours) and Arts from the University of Melbourne Australia.

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