Shane Duncan

Managing Director

Shane began his career as a GP Medical Rep, moving on to State and National Hospital Sales Manager, Hospital Business Unit Manager and Brand Manager. In 1999, he became a partner of SP/EHS and, in the last eight years has worked on a wide range of advertising and medical education projects. Now, with over 15 years experience in both client and agency roles, Shane provides highly-relevant practical advice and a unique perspective as to what is required from an integrated communications agency to meet and exceed client expectations. Family, football, basketball and extraordinary challenges light Shane’s fire and the launch and evolution of the Lifeblood business is one of the most exciting challenges he has undertaken to date.

What are you most passionate about?

My family, sport, running a successful business

What song are you embarrassed to know all the lyrics to?

Paradise by the dashboard light -Meatloaf

Justine Grahame

Senior Account Director

It is all about being in the right place at the right time when it comes to Justine. She entered the advertising world by pure luck after following a career in marketing and communications.

The luck began when Justine landed a position with Ogilvy & Mather London in 1996, working on the American Express International Franchise Account. A working holiday, which was to last 6 months, still saw her there 3 years later.

Upon her return to Australia, Justine became heavily interested in healthcare communications, so combining her passion of advertising with healthcare the last 8 years has seen her work on major brands and award winning campaigns. These include: Seretide, Flixotide, Avapro, Abilify, Relenza, Optifast, Pravachol, and Lexapro. Her strongest therapeutic knowledge is in respiratory, mental health and cardiovascular, and she has had great success with consumer- targeted campaigns.

Now Lady Luck has brought her to Lifeblood. Justine recently joined the team as Senior Account Director. Though her passion for her work is palpable, her biggest passion is the Essendon Football Club.

Apart from Lifeblood, which is the best job you’ve ever had?

Working in London on the American Express account. The buzz, drive and passion the office had plus the great people I met – it changed my career path and set me up for life.

My best birthday bash was when I turned...

30 – the years only get better.

Christina Koniaras

Project Manager –
Medical Education

Christina’s interest in medical research led her to academia where she completed a PhD in Medical Biology. She then joined the corporate world, working for 5 years with CSL Limited, as a Medical Product Specialist for the Immunoglobulin portfolio. In 2004, Christina joined Lifeblood as a Project Manager. In this time she has managed numerous projects including the development of the GP Psych Support website for the Department of Health and Ageing and the development of online GP training programs for the Australian General Practice Network.

Christina’s passion is food. While she owns heaps of cookbooks and loves to cook, she never says no to going out for dinner- because then someone else can do the washing up!

MySpace or Facebook?

I like to catch up in person, call me old fashioned.

Who was your favorite teacher in high school?

My Year 10 English teacher, who always had more confidence in me than me.

Kelly Timms

Account Manager

A former elite gymnast, at 15 years of age Kelly represented Australia in diving winning a Junior World Championships on 3m springboard, despite a fear of heights! She has recently taken the plunge into advertising, joining the Lifeblood team as Account Manager and is thriving on the excitement of a challenging new industry.

Before Lifeblood, Kelly worked with the Victorian Institute of Sport. Over six years, she worked across several facets of the business, most recently with the performance team where she assisted coaches in developing cutting edge programs to enable talented athletes to achieve national and international success.

Kelly’s role at the Institute saw her support the head of medicine and nutrition and liaise regularly with specialists, doctors and physiotherapists. With a Bachelor of Applied Science and a post-graduate diploma in secondary education, her experience, integrity and professionalism make Kelly an invaluable member of the Lifeblood team.

One food for the rest of your life?

Vegemite toast

What was your childhood obsession?

Gymnastics – I trained 30 hours a week and then came home and practised some more!

Are you an ideas person, think outside the square or break the rules occasionally?

I like to know the rules and then see how far I can stretch them!