Management

John Allen – Director of Technology, MediaWorks
John Allen has had extensive experience in the technology and broadcasting industries. He has responsibility for overseeing all of the Company’s transmission facilities, along with its operations and engineering facilities.

 

Clare Bradley – Legal Counsel/Company Secretary, MediaWorks
Clare Bradley is a practising lawyer. Her background is in commercial litigation. She joined TV3 in March 2000 and took up the role of Company Secretary upon the public listing of MediaWorks in July 2004. She provides general legal services to Radio & Television and is responsible for regulatory compliance across the group.

Peter Crossan – Chief Financial Officer, MediaWorks
Peter Crossan, a New Zealand Chartered Accountant, is Chief Financial Officer of MediaWorks. He has held senior financial and general management roles in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in a variety of industries. Mr Crossan joined the Company in November 1999, and is responsible for the financial and new media development functions for the MediaWorks Group.

 

Siobhan McKenna – Director of Interactive, MediaWorks
Siobhan McKenna started her radio career in Dunedin and has covered many disciplines including copywriting, announcing, programming and management. She spent time in the UK with GWR, and has also been manager of the Solid Gold network and Agency Sales Manager for RadioWorks. Siobhan set up MediaWorks’ New Media Division in mid-2006.
 
Belinda Mulgrew - Chief Executive Officer, MediaWorks Radio

Belinda Mulgrew has worked with MediaWorks Radio since 1995 and has held a number of senior positions within the Company, including Chief Financial Officer in the late 1990s. During this time she took a leading role in the mergers and acquisitions by MediaWorks Radio. Belinda was appointed to her current role in March 2010.

Jason Paris - Chief Execuitve Officer, MediaWorks TV
Jason Paris has developed significant global business experience through his senior roles with leading international brands Nokia, Dell and McDonald’s and was most recently Head of Digital Media and Marketing at TVNZ where he was responsible for strategy, digital media, marketing and revenue diversification. In 2008, Jason Paris was New Zealand Marketer of the Year and was previously awarded the UK’s top marketing award in the technology and telecommunications sector.  He took up his current role with MediaWorks TV in June 2010.

 

Sussan Turner – Group Managing Director, MediaWorks
Sussan Turner has been involved in the radio industry for many years, initially managing stations in the Otago and Hawke’s Bay regions, prior to being appointed Managing Director of the then NZSX listed Radio Otago Limited. Ms Turner was the South Island Manager of RadioWorks New Zealand Limited until her appointment as Chief Operating Officer of RadioWorks in April 2001. Sussan was appointed Group Managing Director in March 2010.