Michelle Meng is promoted to PR Manager in legal sector

Jade Pearce has been welcomed at Merlin Entertainments as Public Relations Manager ANZ, stepping into the role as parental leave cover. In this role, Jade will be covering Merlin's attractions in Sydney and Melbourne.

She was at Woolworths Group as PR & Media Relations Specialist.

Jade previously held comms roles at Singapore Airlines and within the government sector.  

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."