Keryn Nylander

Tasmanian born and educated, Keryn has worked in the Tasmanian media industry for three decades both as a communications professional and award-winning journalist. She is a former State political reporter for both print and electronic media before rising to be the Head of News for WIN Television Tasmania – the first female for the network in Australia.

For the past two decades, Keryn has worked as a media, public relations and communications consultant designing and implementing communications strategies for a vast range of corporate, Government and not-for-profit organisations with a focus on brand and crisis communications. Keryn has also had a long association with the wine industry starting with brand development of Moorilla Estate in 1990, to the creation of the Tamar Ridge wine label and more recently as part of the management team and a shareholder in specialist contract winemaking business Winemaking Tasmania.

Keryn has a strong understanding of the Tasmanian economic environment through her leadership for the past 25 years in a number of senior board roles in Tasmania – she is currently Chair and President of RACT and Chair of the newly formed Committee for Greater Hobart. Past roles have included inaugural Chair of new National Basketball League franchise Tasmania JackJumpers (2021- 2024), a director and former chair of Tasmanian customer-owned financial institution Bank of us (2005-2021), director of the State’s peak wine body Wine Tasmania (2006-2014), a director of the Tasmanian Development Board (2001-2014), and Director and Chair of Fahan School (2008-2017).

Keryn was appointed a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (Tasmania) in 2013.