Vice President Michael Coonan is a media and communications policy and regulatory leader with experience in both government and industry roles. Michael joined SBS as Head of Regulatory Affairs in August 2017, after nearly five years at Foxtel. In these roles, Michael has worked on a broad range of policy and regulatory issues, including local… [Read More]
Executive Committee
Michael Coonan
Sophie Kowald
Vice President Sophie works as Policy Adviser to the Shadow Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland MP, Federal Member for Greenway. In the decade from 2006 to 2016, Sophie worked at the government regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), and served as a member of the Advertising Standards Board, part of the independent system… [Read More]
Joanne Ryan
Secretary Joanne Ryan is the Managing Director of Infodec Communications. She has extensive experience working in the media industry in Australia. Prior to starting her own communications company in 2009, she worked for several years as a Corporate Development Advisor with NewsCorp Australia. Joanne also represented the organisation to Government and was a member of a… [Read More]
Derek Wilding
President Derek has worked in statutory and industry-based regulatory positions, specialising in media and communications regulation. He is now based in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney where he is Co-Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Media Transition. Before joining UTS, Derek was Executive Director of the Australian Press Council. There… [Read More]
Debra Richards
Treasurer Debra Richards is Director, Production Policy, APAC for Netflix. Prior to joining Netflix Debra was the CEO of Ausfilm. She has over 25 years communications & media industry experience including as the CEO of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA), the industry association for subscription television. She also spent over 13 years… [Read More]