NIne Restructure: Peter Tonagh joins board

Former ABC Board member Peter Tonagh, who resigned from the ABC board just before Christmas will become a Director of the Nine Entertainment board, as part of an overhaul of the publishing and broadcast group’s board and management.

Tonagh previously worked for News Corporation entities for nearly fourteen years in senior executive roles, including as Chief Executive Officer of Foxtel, REA Group and News Corp Australia. Before that he spent fifteen years with The Boston Consulting Group.

 Tonagh is also the non-executive Chairman of Bill Identity Limited, the GTN traffic network and ACT Capital Pty Limited. He is a non-executive director of Quantium Group Holdings and Chairman of Bus Stop Films.

Tonagh’s appointment is part of the company’s clean up in response to the damaging findings of the recent report on its internal culture.

An independent review of its workplace practices and culture found that Nine has a systemic issue with abuse of power and authority; bullying, discrimination and harassment; and sexual harassment. The systemic issues were caused by “a lack of leadership accountability; power imbalances; gender inequality and a lack of diversity; and significant distrust in leaders at all levels of the business,” according to the review.

As part of that restructure another new appointment was announced today. Amanda Laing has been appointed Managing Director of the Streaming and Broadcast division, which will include Radio, Stan, 9Now and Broadcast Television.

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