Seven appoints Director of Corporate Affairs and Publicity

Seven has appointed Julia Lefort to a newly-created role of Director of Corporate Affairs and Publicity.

She was most recently as Director Communications at the Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW.

Prior to this, she led corporate affairs at Scentre Group and held senior corporate affairs and public relations roles at Westfield Group, as well as roles at Pacific Magazines and Opera Australia.

Chief Marketing Officer Charlotte Valente said: “I’m thrilled to welcome Julia to the team. Her experience in shaping and leading communication strategies across both corporate and consumer stakeholders will be key as we continue to transform Seven West Media into an audience-centric business.

“Julia is perfectly suited to lead both our corporate affairs and publicity teams, driving strategy and ensuring synergistic messaging across both functions.”

Julia Lefort said: “I’m delighted to be joining Seven West Media at such an exciting moment. The Seven brand is a tremendously powerful one, reaching 18 million Australians each month and I am looking forward to shaping and driving the way with communicate with our audiences into the future.

“I’m excited to be working as part of the SWM team as we continue to transform the business.”

Seven previously had two roles as Director of Corporate Affairs (Simon Francis then Stephen Browning) and Director of Publicity (Susan Wood).

Lefort commences immediately.