NEW APPOINTMENTS TO SBS BOARD

23 October 2003
09/03

Mr Gerald Stone has been appointed as Deputy Chairperson and Mr Christopher Pearson has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Board of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

Mr Stone has been serving as a non-executive director on the SBS Board since 1 December 2000. He is a distinguished journalist and author with many years of experience in broadcasting and news media.

He has held a range of senior media positions including Editor-in-Chief of The Bulletin magazine, head of TV Current Affairs for the Seven Network and executive producer of 60 Minutes on the Nine Network.

Mr Stone has been an important member of the SBS Board and I look forward to the contribution he will make as Deputy Chairperson.

Mr Pearson is a respected columnist for The Weekend Australian and The Age newspapers.

He has a long history in publishing and his expertise and experience will be valuable to the SBS Board.

Mr Pearson is currently a member of the Council of the National Museum of Australia and has served as a community representative on the Australia Council for the Arts.

SBS is a unique free-to-air national public broadcaster. The principal function of SBS is to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, and, in so doing, reflect Australia's multicultural society.

SBS Television broadcasts in more than 60 languages and is watched by more than 7.8 million Australians each week. SBS Radio is the world's most linguistically diverse radio network, broadcasting in 68 languages.




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