Ray Shaw becomes PRIA’s fourth boss since 2012

Tim Burrowes

June 17, 2014 6:12

The Public Relations Institute of Australia has appointed Ray Shaw as its new CEO, making him the fourth person to hold the role in less than two years.

Graham Le Roux was in the role as an interim CEO since March this year. Previous CEO Catriona Barry spent about a year in the role.

Before Barry came Jon Bisset who ran the association until late 2012 when he abruptly departed.

Shaw’s appointment comes at a turbulent time for PRIA which saw president Terri-Helen Gaynor ousted by Mike Watson in February and the entire board resigning.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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4 COMMENTS

Richard78 18 Jun 14

PRIA is one of the most useless industry associations in the country. The irony of their inability to project a positive public image for the industry is hilarious.

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A PR agency 18 Jun 14

Great appointment

Jenna 18 Jun 14

As with most, if not all, industry associations, the PRIA is run by volunteer members but staffed by employees. This a good and bad thing. Hopefully the new CEO will be able to direct operations in accordance with member expectations while at the same time working with the Board on setting a new and exiting agenda.

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PeterB 18 Jun 14

And, Richard78, how much have you contributed to help the PRIA correct this? It’s easy to sit on the sidelines and snipe.

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