Sat, 18th Oct, 2025: Jesse Matheson, Interim CEO, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, New Appointment
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For the last segment for this week is Jesse Matheson, Interim CEO, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, Matheson joins Macca and Kenny live on air.
Matheson, a former Mardi Gras board member between 2016 and late 2022, currently serves as the organisation’s company secretary. He also works at Dat61, the data and digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO.
He has previously served as co-chair of the Mardi Gras board and was a board member for Sydney WorldPride.
In 2019, Matheson ran unsuccessfully as a political candidate for the Keep Sydney Open Party in the NSW state election.
The party campaigned on nightlife and night-time economy issues and was best known for its opposition to Sydney’s lockout laws, which were later eased.
Earlier in his career, Matheson worked as a journalist at Australian Associated Press and interned at IGN Entertainment. He later worked at UNSW, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, the NSW Architects Registration Board and Inclusion Australia.
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