Qatar's Years of Culture initiative welcomes comms director

Wala Amara has moved to Riyadh from Dubai and joined 54 as an Account Director. In her new role, she leads strategic communications efforts, focusing on driving narrative and visibility for sports and tourism clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Wala joined 54 from Seven Media, where she managed several sports campaigns. She has also worked with 777Partners and DAZN in the UK.

Amnesty International Australia has appointed Andrew Beswick as Strategic Communications Manager. After a long previous stint at Amnesty managing campaigns and communications up until 2016, he has returned to lead media strategy and digital comms for its human rights campaigns.

Following his earlier tenure, Andrew went on to work in senior roles across the not-for-profit and government sectors, including at Oxfam Australia, Wyndham City Council and National Disability Services.

Polestar has appointed Kelly King as Head of PR and Communications, where she will be responsible for stakeholder relations, strategic planning, media campaign direction and reputation management APAC-wide. She was previously in wellness and health tech, including as Director Public Relations & Communications at hypergrowth healthtech group, Montu.

Kelly's in-house experience includes roles across the finance, health and government sectors.