Jade Pearce is brought in as PR Manager ANZ

Julian van de Wetering has taken on responsibilities as Manager, External Relations at New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority. Now based in Auckland, he was most recently at BlackRock as Director and Head of Communications and Marketing for the Netherlands.

Julian has spent the past 17 years of his career based in the Netherlands, where he worked for various organisations, including Edelman Amsterdam and Nutreco.

Independent PR and events agency, Agent99, has been appointed to lead the Australian launch of Canadian furniture brand, Cozey, marking the company’s first expansion outside North America.

Following a competitive pitch, Agent99 will drive earned media, creator partnerships, and experiential activity to introduce the brand to the local market. The agency will also deliver an experiential house take over activation, ‘Australian Home of Cozey’, in May.

Agent99's Founder and Director, Sharon Zeev Poole, said the campaign is designed to connect the brand with evolving consumer behaviours and tastes in the Australian market.

"The way Australians live is changing, and that’s creating new expectations around how homes function," she said.

"Our role is to introduce Cozey in a way that feels relevant to those shifts and to build awareness through experience-led storytelling."

Nick Johnston has been appointed Head of Communications at Australian food manufacturing company, Kinrise, whose portfolio of brands includes Cobs Popcorn and Greens. He joins from Acenda, where he was Senior Manager Media Relations and Corporate Communications.

Nick brings three decades of experience in media and comms across corporate, politics, industry groups and sport, following a career in journalism at The Age, ABC, and Nine.