Marie-Louise Theile (born 1966) is a former Australian news presenter. She presented Ten News at Five in Brisbane and Melbourne.
She is currently[when?] the Director of New Initiative - a niche branding, marketing and place making creative agency with a particular emphasis on property and precinct developments.
Born in Brisbane, Theile graduated at the University of Queensland.[1] Theile worked as a reporter for The Sun, before she moved to New York City where she worked at Elle magazine. She then spent time in the New York Bureau of Brisbane's Sunday Sun and the Adelaide News. When she returned to Queensland she worked as a journalist writing for Ita, Cleo and Vogue Living magazines, as well as The Australian before joining ABC Television as a news reporter.
In May 1991 Theile co-hosted the 6:00pm Ten Eyewitness News with Glenn Taylor in Brisbane. In early 1994 Theile took up a position as newsreader for Ten News in Melbourne with David Johnston. In 1997 she returned to Ten News Brisbane. She also substituted on the national late news.
In December 2007, she left Ten News, her last broadcast was on Friday 7 December 2007. It was a surprise resignation.[2]
Theile is the Director of New Initiative which has grown from the James Street Initiative (JSI) - which evolved eight years ago in conjunction with Brisbane property developers. JSI was created to establish a renewal project in James Street.[citation needed]
Theile is a past Chairman of the Board of the IMA - Institute of Modern Art - Australia's second oldest contemporary artspace. In 2010 Theile was appointed by the QLD Government to promote QLD fashion designers in international markets. This involved the creation and management of a major media launch in Shanghai with Australian designers Easton Pearson. This project secured international coverage for other QLD fashion designers in US and European press.[citation needed]
She previously sat on the Brisbane City Council's Save City Hall committee and appeared in their promotional / educational media campaign.
Between 2008 and 2010 Theile also worked for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, assisting with media relations and the development of the Whiteout schools program.
From 2006 to 2012 she was a regular participant in the Brisbane Writers Festival where she has chaired sessions interviewing 4–6 writers per year, including: Chris Cleave, Michael Robotham, William McInnes, Graeme Blundell.
She also continues to be involved with a number of charities primarily Karuna for which she has been an ambassador for 15 years. Throughout her television career Theile assisted and worked to assist with fundraising for many charities and organisations - PA Hospital Foundation, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, RSPCA, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Karuna (including the Dalai Lama's visit), Zig Zag Foundation, Mater Hospital, QIMR, Commonwealth Bank, Mirvac, Queensland Export Awards.
Theile also sat on the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Advisory Committee for 2009 and 2010 - securing international guests and speakers. In this role she also facilitated educational Fashion Forum in Cairns for regional fashion designers.