Iain Strachan

Iain Strachan

Role Senior Advisor - Engagement & Impact Organisation Monash University Email iain.strachan@monash.edu

Bio

Iain (they/them) is the Senior Advisor - Engagement & Impact for 21st Century Weather. They are responsible for developing, implementing and leading 21st Century Weather's engagement strategy through digital communications, social and traditional media channels, stakeholder relationship building, training and outreach. Prior to joining the Centre, Iain was the Communications & Media Advisor for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science between 2019 and 2024. Based at the University of Melbourne, they successfully led Exciton Science's efforts to achieve its strategic communications and outreach goals. Iain worked at Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand in 2018-19, visiting coffee-growing cooperatives in Papua New Guinea, and working with small-scale agricultural producers throughout Asia-Pacific and global commodities manufactures as part of transparent, ethical and sustainable supply chains. From 2010 to 2018, Iain worked as a writer, editor and journalist in digital media in Australia and the United Kingdom, reporting on major sporting events including the FIFA World Cup in Russia.