Qatar's Years of Culture initiative welcomes comms director

The National Australia Bank has welcomed Mikkayla Mossop as Associate Director. She has wrapped up five years at the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, most recently as General Manager, Media and Corporate Affairs. Prior to this, Mikkayla worked in broadcast journalism at 3AW. 

Sideka Shahul has started a new role as Senior Manager, Marketing Communications at Montigo Resorts.

Based in Singapore, she leads a suite of communications activities, including public relations, branding, reputation management, partnerships, and digital marketing for four properties in Indonesia and the U.K.

Sideka brings marketing communications experience from Raffles Hotel Singapore, CapitaLand, and KOP Properties. 

Ashbury in Hong Kong has welcomed Sidney Leng as Associate Director, Advisory. In his new role, he is responsible for strategic communications advisory for the firm’s clients.

Sidney has provided strategic communications and media relations advisory to clients across the financial services, real estate, technology, and legal industries. Prior to joining Ashbury, he was Associate Director of Financial Communications at Burson and has also worked in branding and marketing at FinTech unicorn Micro Connect, and in communications at Huatai International.

Sidney started his career as a journalist covering Chinese political economy and finance for English-language media outlets, including the South China Morning Post, Foreign Policy Magazine and National Public Radio.