Kulja Coulston joined AICD in September 2023 to lead the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) Australia Chapter, which AICD has hosted since 2021. While Kulja now works across a spectrum of governance priorities, she continues to provide advice and support to CGI Australia and prepares the monthly Climate in Focus newsletter, reaching over 23,000 members.
Kulja Coulston leads AICD’s governance practice priorities, coordinating across the organisation to release guidance that supports better practice in a broad range of governance areas.
Kulja (pronounced 'karl-ya') has worked as an independent journalist and communications director for over 25 years. She is a director of the startup Climate Communications Australia and a board member of the Wetland Revival Public Fund, which supports ecosystem revitalisation in the southern Murray-Darling Basin.
Before her current roles, Kulja served as Communications and Knowledge Lead at Climateworks Centre, Monash University. She has also held specialist roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy, and Renew, and spent 15 years as a current affairs broadcaster at Triple R FM.
Kulja is a graduate of the University of Oxford Saïd Business School’s Strategic Leadership Programme and has completed the Governance Institute of Australia’s Company Secretary training. She also holds qualifications in public policy, journalism, and information management from the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and RMIT University.
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