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Who the hell is Ali Clarke?

For more than twenty years, Ali has built a successful media career in Adelaide, starting in radio promotions before unexpectedly landing on top-rated breakfast shows and TV programs.

Her focus is on dynamic and effective presentation and storytelling.

Born and raised in Brisbane, Ali went to boarding school and then University, finishing with First Class Honours in Human Movement Studies and a major in Journalism.
Offered a scholarship to do her Master’s at the University of Memphis, she instead chose an Aussie post-study pilgrimage of many Aussies and took off backpacking around Europe. Landing a job with stockbroker Merrill Lynch in their computer support division demonstrated her tenacity and gift of the gab; considering she struggles with maths and still uses as street directory to get around.
She moved to Adelaide upon her return, when her now husband traded AFL teams and began working at radio station Triple M in their promotions department. Despite no designs for an on-air career, a move to MIX102.3 saw her help start what became the #1 breakfast show “Kym, Ali and Dzelde”, before the team moved to Triple M.
During this she wrote a weekly sport column for The Advertiser as well as hosting Channel 9’s Postcards and the weather (and yes, the pointing thing is harder than it looks).
Like most people in commercial radio she was made redundant, but used that time to gain her Cert IV in Building and Construction, take up a position as a director on the Netball SA Board and receive an Australian Sport Commission scholarship to complete the AICD course.
She was then headhunted to go to ABC local radio, first hosting Mornings and then taking over from the long-standing Matt Abraham and David Bevan in breakfast. In doing so, she became the only solo female capital city radio host of that all-important time slot.
After covering two elections, bushfires and the Covid pandemic, she was burnt out and returned
to on-air at MIX102.3. After seeing out her three-year contract she decided not to re-sign, deciding instead to pursue a more authentic life, helping others with communication and storytelling.
She has three children of whom she is incredibly proud (when not totally infuriated that they can’t clean up after themselves), got smashed by breast cancer, and smashed it back. Ali has also served on a number of Not For Profit boards and is currently Ambassador of Hutt Street Centre, Coastrek and The Marjorie Jackson Nelson Centre for Women’s Sport. She’s currently serving on the Advisory group for the FIVB World Volleyball Championships.

So after all that, what does she know? She knows the importance of effective communication. But she also knows it’s often the thing companies and people don’t get right.

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Clients

Ali has had the pleasure of working with some great clients along the way. These are some of them!
  • Adelaide Dining Magazine
  • Adelaide Football Club
  • Adelaide University
  • Caravan and Camping SA
  • Catholic Education
  • Department of Education
  • Department of State Development
  • FIFA
  • Haircare Group
  • Hutt Street Centre
  • Local Government Association
  • Marion Library
  • Mercato
  • Pharmacy Guild of SA
  • Port Adelaide Enfeild Council
  • Prospect Council
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Royal College of Surgeons
  • SA Health
  • SA Leaders
  • SA Life
  • South Australian of the Year
  • South Australian Skills Commission
  • Starlight Foundation
  • Stillaware
  • Urban Development Institute of Australia
  • Waste Recycling Institute of South Australia
  • Women in Innovation (WINN)
  • Australia Day Council South Australia