Matilda Rudd has taken on a full-time appointment as Media Advisor & External Communications at the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority. She continued her journey in public service comms after a stint as Media Advisor at the NSW Department of Customer Service.

With a background in journalism, Matilda previously spent time in various editorial roles at 7NEWS and the Daily Mail.

COTA Victoria has appointed Steve Wright as Communications & Memberships Manager. He joined the team in 2023 and was most recently Marketing & Communications Manager.

Steve is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of his own video games website, Stevivor. He has also held comms roles at The Australia-Indonesia Centre. 

Eleanor Ashdown has joined the External Communications team at Kiwibank. She has moved in-house after more than two years at Special PR as Senior PR Director. Prior to this, Eleanor worked agency-side at MSL, Eleven and DRUM, as well as Wildcard Communications in the UK.