Christine Wallace

Christine Wallace
Director Programs

Christine Wallace is an AIPM Director, facilitator and executive coach with core responsibilities for EDS3 and the AIPM Balance program. Since joining the AIPM as Director Operations in December 2018, she has undertaken several leadership roles, oversighting the site’s education services, hospitality and events teams, as well as providing guidance and support to the senior executive, fellow directors, visiting fellows and adjunct staff.

Christine brings a wealth of experience working within the public and private sectors to her work at the AIPM. From 2010, she held several senior positions within the Australian Federal Police, managing Media, Social Media, Communications and Strategic Policy. In these roles, Christine performed an advisory role to two AFP Commissioners and their senior executive teams to develop and implement media and policy strategies to protect the organisation’s reputation and guide its strategic direction. Prior to joining the AFP, Christine worked as a senior communications advisor at the then Department of Immigration and Citizenship. In this position, she managed enquiries relating to immigration and regularly travelled to Christmas Island to manage media relating to irregular migration. Christine’s media career began as a journalist for Channel Nine’s local news services in Canberra, where she spent several years reporting local news with a particular focus on politics and the arts.

Christine is currently completing her master’s degree in Executive Coaching through the University of Sydney. She also holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Management and a postgraduate diploma in classical singing. She is also a graduate of the 2015 Women in Law Enforcement Strategy (WILES) program and holds coaching accreditation through the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL).