Hugh John Marks has been appointed as the new managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), replacing David Anderson. Marks brings extensive experience in the media industry, having held leadership positions at Nine Network and Southern Star.
Until a little over a fortnight ago, there was no inkling of who would replace David Anderson as managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Normally, speculation runs rife within an ABC -obsessed media world and inside the organisation with a laundry list of potential candidates, occasionally planted surreptitiously by would-be hopefuls. This time the board leaks were plugged tight and only one serious candidate was mentioned: Hugh John Marks.
Even internally, there was little if any speculation about the identity of the successful candidate or who, indeed, was in the running. A unanimous choice by the ABC board, chairman Kim Williams couldn't disguise his joy in announcing the appointment. 'Hugh was a stand-out candidate, not only for his experience across every facet of the media, but for his strong track record of leading media organisations and driving substantial and sustained audience engagement,' he said.From law to mediaHe'd never aspired to be a journalist, nor did he cut his teeth in the hurly-burly of television advertising and sales.It is hard to imagine a wilder, more chaotic or challenging situation for someone to take on the job of ABC managing director than the one David Anderson faced when he was thrust into the role five years ago.His first foray into media came in 1995 when he snared a job at Nine as legal counsel. He was just 29 and only five years out of university. Law clearly was just a stepping stone because within two years Marks was appointed director of film and television after utilising new tools that measured audience and collated data around viewing habits. After eight years at Nine, he departed, heading off to production firm Southern Star which, at that time, was pioneering reality television shows such as Big Brother. While their paths never crossed, years earlier his new chairman Kim Williams also ran Southern Star as his career morphed from music to fil
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