Biography

Oona Nielssen heads up CSIRO’s corporate communication strategy. With over 25 years experience in communication she has worked in-house and as a strategic consultant for major companies as well as the public sector.

Previous roles include senior strategist with Impact Employee Communications, Head Of Communication Lend Lease Asia Pacific, and National Manager Television Training, ABC. She has expertise in implementing cultural change, in stakeholder engagement and in creative campaigns. Oona’s work focuses on identifying the business drivers and needs of an organisation and working with people internally and externally to achieve goals.

Presentations

• ARC, NHMRC, CSIRO: the leaders give their perspective on science communication in 2014