Senior car industry PR moves
KIA Motors Australia (KMAu) general manager of media and corporate communications Kevin Hepworth will leave the company on July 31 after leading the South Korean car-maker’s local public relations department for the past 10 years.
Among them, head of corporate communications and government relations at Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL), Karl Gehling, recently left the Adelaide-based company after almost four years in the role.
Meanwhile, Nissan Australia has announced the appointment of David Adams as senior manager of corporate communications, filling the Melbourne-based position made vacant when Tony Mee left late last year.
Over at Mazda, former BMW Group Australia product communications manager Adam Davis has joined the company as senior public relations specialist.