Tanya Hosch joins board of First Nations social change agency Cox Inall Ridgeway

Phoebe Blogg Published October 26, 2026 at 1.15pm (AWST)

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Tanya Hosch AM. (Image: supplied)

Majority First Nations-owned social change agency, Cox Inall Ridgeway, has announced the appointment of Tanya Hosch AM as a Non-Executive Director and the inaugural, Independent Chairperson.

Marking a new chapter in the organisation's growth, Tiernan Campbell-O'Brien, CIR director, acknowledged the significance of the appointment, noting how important it was to embed national, First Nations leadership, into CIR's governance structures.

"CIR has been more focused on working to drive social change at the national policy and program level," he said.

"Our team is motivated by contributing to projects that have national, community-led, and significant impact.

"Tanya's work across the arts, culture, sports, gender equity and constitutional reform, will be instrumental to ensuring our business maintains a focus on the big picture issues we need to engage with, to push for better outcomes. Having someone who joins us from outside the business is invaluable. Tanya's experience across many sectors and her connections to communities across Australia, will help us to stay accountable to the people who drive our work."

*Cox Inall Ridgeway team members Rob Harvey, Tiernan Campbell-O'Brien, Tanya Hosch AM, Yatu Widders Hunt, and James Millen. (Image: supplied)*

Ms Hosch will serve an initial two-year term on the CIR Board, alongside CIR Directors Yatu Widders Hunt and Mr Campbell-O'Brien, and representatives of CIR's minority shareholder dentsu Australia, James Millen and Rob Harvey.

"I am very excited to be joining the board of such a dynamic and driven business, which exists to disrupt disadvantage and centre First Nations communities in all that they do," she said.

"I'm inspired by the diversity of CIR's work across communications, research, engagement and advisory work. I hope that my contributions, drawn from my own lived and learned experiences, can open new opportunities for the business, strengthen its governance and keep it even more connected to the issues that matter most to our communities.

"I really see potential for CIR to share more stories of impact, build the cultural capability of organisations and sectors, and elevate Indigenous excellence to an even greater degree."

In 2022, with the departure of CIR's co- founder Dr Aden Ridgeway, his shareholding was transferred to the CIR First Nations Employee Trust, who became the majority shareholder in the CIR business.

The day-to-day management of CIR is led by directors Yatu Widders Hunt and Tiernan Campbell-O'Brien.