Kylie Cochrane

A global engagement leader, Kylie is Aurecon’s technical lead for Communication and Stakeholder Engagement. She is the Global Chair of the International Association of Public Participation (the professional association for the consultation/ engagement industry). She is also the chair of Australian National University’s Institute for Infrastructure in Society Advisory Board. 

Kylie has almost 30 years’ experience in communication and engagement. She specialises in helping clients to maintain and regain their social licence through mitigating social risk and managing community outrage. 

Kylie was the opening speaker at the 2019 United Nations Conference on Engagement. She was named one of the 2020 Outstanding 50 LGBTI Australian leaders, she received the Inspirational Engagement Leader in 2019 and she was awarded the 2018 Consult Australia Female Champion of Change.