Perth Bears welcomes former journo as Head of Media & Comms

Lisa Banks has stepped up at software development company, New Relic, being promoted to Principal Marketing Communications Manager, APAC. She joined the team in 2021 and was most recently Senior Customer Marketing, Communications and Content Manager, APAC.

Lisa’s experience spans journalism, tech agency positions, and in-house roles within the education and government sectors. 

Zoe Guest has started as Marketing and Communications Manager at Lagardere AWPL. She was previously Communications Manager at Optus. Prior to this, Zoe worked at a number of agencies and in-house within the health sector. 

Tim Lele has been promoted to the new role of Head of Communications for Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia. He was previously Strategic Communications Manager at Golf Australia. In his new role, he will lead their communications strategy, media relations, editorial storytelling, stakeholder engagement and internal communications functions across both organisations.

Tim previously worked agency-side at Keep Left for more than a decade, where he most recently held the role of National Director of Public Relations.