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Strategic communications advisory, Hyde & Seek, has appointed Carla Montemayor as Senior PR Specialist. Based in Melbourne, she joins after finishing up as Senior Client Manager at The P.R. Group.

Previously based in the Philippines, Carla brings experience across VC, startups, and tech enterprises across APAC markets, having held senior roles at Kickstart Ventures and Klook. 

Lindsey Salas has commenced as Senior Communications and Media Advisor at the Translational Research Institute Australia. She brings more than 12 years of experience across agency, in-house, and freelance roles in Australia and the United States. Most recently, Lindsey served as Head of Marketing, Partnership & Events at Third Hemisphere. Prior to this, she held senior roles at Good Talent Media, The P.R. Group, and launched her career at North 6^th Agency in New York. 

Joanne Crisp has joined Melbourne accounting, audit and advisory firm, BG Private, as Client Experience & Marketing Manager.

She brings decades of experience in senior roles, most recently at Intrepid Travel, where she led PR & Communications across APAC, as well as in-house experience at Westpac Banking Corporation, in the construction sector and two businesses of her own.