The Australian Financial Review’s editor Paul Bailey has decided to step down after 11 years to pursue other opportunities outside the business.
Bailey joined the Financial Review in 2004 as deputy editor, overseeing the masthead’s foreign bureau and its Canberra coverage, and held the post of managing editor from 2009.
After being appointed to the editorship in 2011, he departs as the Financial Review’s longest-serving editor.
During Bailey’s time as editor, the Financial Review was transformed from a newspaper-dominated publication to a growing premium digital subscription masthead that retains a high-quality newspaper.
Bailey previously was news editor of 9News Sydney, editor-in-chief and editor of The Bulletin, deputy editor, news editor and chief of staff at The Sydney Morning Herald. Before that he was a reporter on the Herald. As environment writer, he won two Walkley awards, including the Gold Walkley.
Bailey: “It’s been a privilege to lead the Financial Review through one of its most challenging periods. It’s now in a commanding position, both editorially and commercially.
“It’s also been a privilege to lead the nation’s top business, finance and political journalists.
“After 18 years in senior roles at the Financial Review, it’s time for me to have a break and look at other opportunities.”
Editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury said: “Paul is an absolute media professional.
“After more than a decade of our close professional relationship, it will be wrenching to see him go. But the entire Financial Review newsroom will wish him the best in his next pursuits.”
Nine Entertainment’s managing director for publishing, James Chessell, said: “I'll miss Paul's constancy, expertise and dry sense of humour. Few people have done more to make the Financial Review the influential and successful masthead it is today. His track record speaks for itself.”
Bailey will finish in December and the position of Financial Review editor will be advertised internally and externally.
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