ARN have made two promotions within its Executive Leadership Team ahead of the network’s hotly anticipated Upfront ’26 happening at 3pm tomorrow, October 29.
Richard Hunwick (pictured above) has been promoted to Chief Sales Officer from Director of Sales – Total Audio. Richard will continue to lead ARN’s national sales team, overseeing metro, regional, and digital revenues across the network’s leading live broadcast, streaming, and podcast assets, and will also take on responsibility for Integrate by ARN, as well as Pricing, Inventory, Sales Operations, and Research functions, further enhancing ARN’s integrated commercial offering for clients. All State Sales Directors will continue to report to him.
Richard said:
“I’m so excited to be able to lead this incredible group of people into the next phase at ARN. We’ve done a lot of hard work as a team, transforming our structure to support acceleration into a digital future – I’m thrilled we now get to take that vision to the market.”
Ben Campbell (pictured main) has been promoted to Chief Digital and Technology Officer. He will lead ARN’s digital transformation, driving innovation across technology, data, and product strategy, overseeing ARN’s digital platform iHeart, data, ad tech, and programmatic, and directing technology functions including infrastructure, systems, engineering, and cyber security.
Ben said:
“I’m thrilled at the chance to help shape the next phase of ARN’s digital growth and innovation. Audio consumption across radio streaming, music streaming, and podcasting in Australia is enormous and it continues to grow. ARN is the market leader, and we have a massive opportunity to reimagine how audiences and advertisers connect through the power of entertainment.”
Michael Stephenson, ARN CEO, said:
“Rich and Ben are two of Australia’s most respected media executives. Their results speak for themselves. We have a very clear plan and I’m excited to work alongside Rich and Ben to deliver our bold vision for the future, to deliver a better experience for audiences, new opportunities for brands, and greater value for our shareholders.”
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