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Our Corporate Profile
Kurtuma is the public face of The Kurtuma Company. Building original iconic brands, trusted businesses and ventures across Entertainment, experiences and media.
Our Interests
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Family & children's entertainment
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Publishing & consumer products
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Film & music production
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Animation & character Intellectual properties (IP)
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Immersive experiences
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Themed parks & attractions
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Hospitality destinations
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Property & entertainment destinations
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Strategic partnerships
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Cable networks & streaming platforms
Founded in Sydney, Australia Kurtuma develops Australian ideas for audiences at home and around the world.
Our Team
The Kurtuma Company Holdings
FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICIER (2026 - present)
Rade Kurtuma
Rade Kurtuma, founding family member of the House of Kurtuma and Chief Executive Officer of The Kurtuma Company.
Founded in Sydney in 2026, the House was established to steward the Kurtuma name, its founding principles of Integrity, empowerment, generational impact, and the works aside it.
Leading its broad operations and the company’s ambition to create leaders, trusted brands, partnering affiliates, stories, experiences, investments and themed worlds that families can enjoy and share.
His charge is to build an Australian entertainment institution with the discipline to endure and the imagination to grow beyond its beginnings and to share it with the world and partners.
Alan Neil Whelan
The Kurtuma Company Holdings
PRESIDENT & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICIER (2026 - present)
Alan Whelan is President, Chief Creative Officer of The Kurtuma Company. A man much more than a senior communicator, writer and creative advisor whose career has been built around one powerful discipline. Turning complex ideas into language people can understand, trust and act upon. Across government, community services, infrastructure and global technology, Alan has translated policy, law, technical information and institutional knowledge into clear, influential communication.
His work has supported organizations including NSW Family and Community Services, the Housing Corporation of New Zealand, the Australian Council of Social Service, Ampol, New Zealand Rail, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. At Kurtuma, Alan brings seasoned judgment, deep communication experience and a rare ability to bridge established knowledge with new-generation ambition.
As part of the company’s creative leadership, he helps steward ideas, stories and intellectual property from raw concept into something clear, powerful and enduring. His role is not simply to write. It is to help ensure that what Kurtuma creates can be understood, carried forward and built to last.