Broadcaster ARN Media has restructured its senior leadership, making several key appointments and retiring several roles.
Alexis Poole has been appointed CFO, following the appointment last month of former Nine chief revenue officer Michael Stephenson as COO.
Lauren Joyce, currently chief strategy & connections officer, will assume the newly created role of chief audience & content officer.
This role brings together the existing Content team with the Podcast, Marketing, Creative Production, and PR/Communications teams to strengthen ARN’s All Audio audience offering and enable a holistic approach to attracting, retaining, and growing audiences.
Duncan Campbell, chief content officer, will transition to a consulting and advisory role.
ARN’s Executive Leadership Team also includes Angela Ewers, chief people officer, who will expand her responsibilities to include oversight of the Technology and Project Delivery teams alongside the People & Culture team.
Michael Harvey continues as chief regional officer.
The chief commercial officer role, held by Pete Whitehead, will also no longer exist.
Whitehead will remain in the business until Stephenson assumes the COO role.
Fayad Tohme, chief digital & technology officer, will transition out of his role at the end of January.
“This transformation is the result of careful planning to position ARN for long-term success in the evolving audio industry," said CEO Ciaran Davis.
"By streamlining processes, leveraging technology, and simplifying our structure, we’re ensuring ARN is agile and well-positioned to capitalise on emerging trends so that we can maintain our leadership in the audio entertainment industry.”
The company has been focused on keeping costs tight.
ARN's operational revenue in the half year to June was up 1% to $168.1 million but net profit after tax was down 90% to $5.4 million, slapped by costs associated with the bid for competitor SCA.
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