Fairfax Media has today named Robyn Elliott as the company’s chief information officer as Andrew Lam-Po-Tang, the current chief information officer and chief technology officer, departs.
Elliott joins Fairfax from Karuna, where she was non-executive director for the not-for-profit, which provides in-home care, support and education for people with a life-limiting health condition.
Previously Elliott served as CIO at subscription TV provider Foxtel Australia for 12 years. She was also Foxtel’s information technology director between 1997-1999.
CEO of Fairfax Media Greg Hywood said: “Robyn is a tech leader with considerable experience in the Australian media sector. She’s highly commercial, has a track record delivering major change initiatives, and is a champion of using data to deliver better outcomes for customers.
“Robyn takes up this important role leading our highly passionate, agile and engaged technology teams as they continue their mission to deliver innovation in systems and processes right across our business.”
Elliott starts in the role on 23 March, with incumbent CIO Lam-Po-Tang concluding his three-year contract later this month.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Andrew Lam-Po-Tang for serving as our CIO/CTO for the past three years,” Hywood said. “Andrew has been a powerful force for achieving transformation at Fairfax. We are grateful for the immense contribution he has made to the re-making of Fairfax as a truly next-generation media business.”
Elliott said she is excited to have the opportunity to lead the next wave of technology innovation for Fairfax Media.
“Andrew and his team have done great work in developing the technology capabilities of the organisation. I look forward to taking these capabilities to the next level, using technology and data to drive even deeper levels of customer engagement and process improvement,” she said.
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