OUR TEAM
Simone Landes
Founder & Director
The Lifestyle Suite’s Founder & Director, Simone Landes, has more than 20 years experience in talent management across diverse industry groups.
Prior to starting The Lifestyle Suite, (formerly known as SLTM), Simone was a Director at Macquarie Bank, working as a senior member of their Talent Acquisition and Talent Management teams.
Since starting the business in 2013 as a specialist agency representing experts in the verticals of health and lifestyle, Simone has gone on to grow additional arms to the business including TLS Creative – with a focus on creating short form digital and social health and wellbeing content, TLS’s talent development program The Academy and a myriad of corporate wellbeing programs and interventions.
If I’m not at my desk you’ll find me… travelling around the Med (or in reality, around the corner, about to get back to my desk).
Kate MacAlpine
Talent & Brand Partnerships Manager
Kate is our Health Partnerships Manager, working with brands to create engaging campaigns, content and activations.
Kate has 15+ years’ experience in B2B & media partnerships across a range of print, digital, broadcasting, event and tech publishers.
Prior to joining The Lifestyle Suite, Kate worked for brands including Men’s Health & Women’s Health, Unilever & Domain in various commercial partnerships & sales leadership roles. She was recently shortlisted as a finalist in the 2022 B&T Women Leading Tech Awards, and is a passionate advocate and mentor for women in our industry.
If I’m not at my desk, you’ll find me at the beach or reading a book (ideally, both!)
Madison Cooney
Talent & Social Media Executive
Madison Cooney is the newest member of The Lifestyle Suite team and joins us as our Talent & Social Media Executive. Madison (Maddy) is a social media gun - from uncovering hidden gems to crafting captivating content, it’s her role to put our talent and TLS front and centre.
Maddy has a Bachelor of Public Communications from UTS and prior to starting at The Lifestyle Suite, interned with a number of PR agencies and ran the social media accounts for the Women’s College at the University of Sydney
If I’m not at my desk you’ll find me… at the beach lapping up the Aussie sun or coaching Australia’s future Olympic gymnasts.
Joseph Dela Masa
Talent Coordinator
Joseph is our talent go-to. He may be working remotely but he has his finger on the pulse and knows everyone’s schedule. The oracle of the Talent Diary; he is a master at juggling hundreds of jobs and always makes sure our clients are happy and our talent are briefed and ready for their next assignment.
Joseph has worked as an Executive Assistant for several Australian companies prior to joining The Lifestyle Suite.
If I’m not at my desk you’ll find me… at home, watching movies and TV series from different streaming channels.”
Abbey Daquiz
Administration Assistant
Our administration extraordinaire! Abbey takes care of the day-to-day with a big smile and a can do attitude. She is the engine behind the team, making life easier for everyone - there is no task too big or too small.
Abbey has extensive experience across a range of Asia-Pac and US entities from marketing and editing through to web publishing.
If I’m not at my desk you’ll find me… at home with my family - eating and watching Netflix - our favourite is bingeing K-Dramas.