Shehana Darda-Teixeira has taken up a new opportunity as Head of Government Relations and Communications at Charles Sturt University. She made the move after close to four years as Executive Director, Communications & Engagement within the NSW state government, initially at the Western Parkland City Authority before moving to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.
Shehana brings higher education experience from her time as Director, Media and Public Relations at the University of Sydney. Prior to that, she was Deputy Chief of Staff to Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney, with responsibility for communications and media, and had worked for a number of ministers in the former Labor government as Press Secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff.