Bio

A senior digital, media and commercial executive with extensive strategy, product, marketing, technology, legal, finance and content rights experience. Builds businesses through strategy creation and implementation, and ongoing commercial management. Particularly experienced in creating and executing exceptional digital customer experiences, growing audiences and commercial return via online, mobile, apps, video, voice, TV, streaming and social media. In detail: - Extensive digital, media, commercial, business development, marketing, product and content rights experience - Proven record building successful consumer digital businesses and exceptional commercial results - Launched multiple digital start-ups from concept to strategy, business case, funding, implementation and ongoing ROI - Extensive product experience across online, mobile, video, apps, streaming, voice and social media - Exceptional negotiation and legal skills, including the development, negotiation, signing and implementation of the 2nd-largest digital sports rights deal in Australian media history (Telstra/NRL 2013-2017 rights agreement) - Local and global relationship network across media, government, sport, start-ups and VC’s - Financial: managed and prepared business cases, budgets and P&Ls throughout career - Management of multiple stakeholders at all levels, particularly C-Level and Boards - Corporate governance expertise, preparing and presenting formal reporting to Executives and Boards - Excellent communicator with ability to present to all levels - Extensive team scale-up experience, including start-ups and global cross-functional teams Specialties: Digital Media, Social Media, Content Rights and Syndication, Commercial Strategy, Finance, Legal, Product Management, Contract Negotiation, Start-ups, Content Publishing.