KAREN Connell (top) has been appointed public affairs manager at the Australian Hotels Association.
The association has also appointed Sue Howard as its industrial
relations manager.
Ms Connell was previously chief of staff to the leader of Nationals WA. She was also a senior policy officer to a minister in the former Court Government and assistant director for a national commodity council in Canberra.
Ms Howard has extensive experience in the areas of human resources, industrial relations and quality assurance.
She has built her career through roles in trade unions, higher education, central government labour relations units and government departments.