9Yards Communications brings in comms veteran as Chief Growth Officer

Sophie Stockman has been promoted to Principal in Stakeholder Engagement at Colliers Urban Planning. She has been with the team since July 2025, initially as a Senior Consultant at Ethos Urban before its acquisition by Colliers.

Sophie's experience spans in-house and consultancy teams as a communications and marketing specialist.

Edelman has appointed Jo Osorio and Caroline Lovejoy as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officers for Australia.

Jo has been at Edelman for 14 years and brings experience in corporate communications, reputation management, and stakeholder engagement. She advises organisations through business transformations and complex issues, with a focus on sustainability and the energy transition. In addition to her new role, she will continue as Chief of Staff for APAC.

Caroline’s experience spans both agency and in-house roles. She brings expertise across the full consumer communications landscape, including earned media, influencer strategy, digital, brand activations, and events. Before joining Edelman, she spent nine years at independent agency FORWARD, where she served as General Manager and later Managing Director. 

Damian Kelly has joined strata building management company, Netstrata, as Head of Corporate Affairs, Risk and Compliance. He previously worked agency-side at Wilkinson Butler as Special Counsel.

Damian also holds in-house experience across the sports, business advocacy, government and utilities sectors.