Corey Irlam is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for COTA Australia with responsibilities for Advocacy, Government Relations and leads COTA’s policy work on aged care and retirement incomes. While Corey is primarily based in COTA Australia’s Melbourne office he is seen frequently in our Canberra office.

Corey has been with COTA since April 2013, starting in the National Aged Care Alliance’s Aged Care Reform Secretariat housed at COTA, later working in broader COTA policy areas as Director, Advocacy and Government Relations and then elevated to Deputy CEO in 2019.

Corey has a Masters in Public Policy and a Masters in Business Administration. He has worked in the community sector for a range of state and national health and human rights organisations, and in the corporate sector in various direct and event marketing roles.