Who we are
Team leaders
Valerie Paavonpera
Co-Founder, Principal | Portland, Maine, USA
Valerie is a genuine and effective communicator with a passion for connecting with positive people around the globe. She has worked with corporate industry, not-for-profits, small business and government in the United States, Australia and other locations worldwide. She has earned a solid reputation as an energized listener, thinker, planner and doer.
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Pekka Paavonpera
Co-Founder, Chief Strategist | Portland, Maine, USA
Pekka is an out-of-the box thinker, problem solver and ideas junkie. He is an award winning, experienced professional who has worked with corporate industry, not-for-profits, national sports bodies, higher education, healthcare and government in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia, South Africa and other locations worldwide.
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As a full service boutique consultancy, we partner with a multi-generational team of professionals worldwide to offer the full complement of creative services required to achieve powerful and positive outcomes.
Our global team of dynamic, creative thinkers, writers, designers, photographers, videographers and communications experts, bring a genuine and fervent enthusiasm to the culture of VPR Media & Marketing.
Featured here are some of our preferred partners.
Donna Francis
Digital Media Strategist | Sydney, Australia
With more than 25 years in digital media and over 15 years developing online services and applications, Donna Francis brings a breadth of strategic digital media experience to VPR Media & Marketing.
With her proven track record and professional acumen and precision, she is well qualified to manage the delivery of this exciting technology with precision.
Donna’s digital expertise has already benefitted many high profile organizations including the NRMA eBusiness, Motor and Travel divisions and the original ninemsn start-up team.
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Lynn ‘Kip’ Kippax
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Lynn ‘Kip’ Kippax
Communications specialist | Portland, Maine, USA
An award-winning writer, producer, educator and communications specialist with diverse and extensive experience that includes marketing, public relations, writing, corporate and product story telling, radio, TV and film production. Has produced radio, television and film projects domestically and throughout the world, filing hundreds of stories for national print and broadcast outlets, including CNN, NPR and PBS.
With credits on 17 feature films, Kip uses his creative and strategic thinking, real-world journalism, communications and media experience to drive the communications needs of clients worldwide.[/column]
Debbie Nicol
Executive consultant | Dubai, UAE
With more than 25 years of international corporate experience, Debbie is an Australian expatriate based in Dubai, leading a business consultancy and learning organization, ‘business en motion’. With change at its core, ‘business en motion’ moves businesses and leaders ahead, through three divisions: consultancy, learning and coaching services. Its prime market is the GCC (Gulf Corporation Council countries) while also serving projects in Europe and Asia. Key clients have included Emirates Leisure Retail, the Government of Dubai and Ooredoo.[/column]