Rampart

Creator of Rampart

Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart. He is an <i>Australian Financial Review</i> columnist and the best-selling author of <i>The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out.</i>

Ivor Ries was the <i>Australian Financial Review</i>’s Chanticleer columnist between 1991 and 1999 and is a former equities analyst at EL&C Baillieu, Wilson HTM and Morgans.

Andrew McKean is a financial journalist who has joined <i>Rampart</i>. He was previously at <i>Financial Standard</i> covering superannuation, financial advice, and investment markets.

Amelia McGuire is a senior writer at Rampart. She previously covered technology at the <I>Australian Financial Review</I>, and business at <I>The Sydney Morning Herald.</I> Contact Amelia via email: amelia@rampart.news or signal: ameliamcguire.14

Alexandra Carlton writes for <i>Gourmet Traveller, Qantas magazine, Good Food, The Australian, Escape</i> and others. She is also the Oceania Academy Chair for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.

Dr Darren Lim is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Australian National University who specialises in economic security and Australian foreign policy, and hosts the <i>Australia in the World</i> podcast.

Ben Butler is an investigative journalist who has worked for organisations including the ABC, News Corp, <I>Guardian Australia</I> and <I>The Age.</I> His specialties are finance, crime and the intersection between the two areas.

Dimitri Burshtein is a Senior Director of Eminence Advisory. He is a regular contributor on economic, social and public policy issues.