Media and marketing industry recognised in King’s Birthday Honours List
Several media and marketing industry professionals have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List, including former WPP chief customer office Sunita Gloster, oOh Media founder Brendon Cook and radio veteran Leon Byner.
There were over 1,100 recipients in this year’s list.
Sunita Gloster is among other media and marketing professionals in this year’s Honours List
Industry veteran Sunita Gloster has been awarded an AM for her significant contribution to the media and marketing industry, and to gender equality. The former WPP chief customer officer and AANA CEO runs Gloster Advisory and is a non-executive director at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and the UN Global Compact Network Australia.
oOh Media founder, Brendon Cook, who stepped back from the company in 2020, received an OAM for his service to the advertising industry, while data journalist and author, Juliette O’Brien, has been awarded both an AM and OAM for her contribution to journalism and community health, as founder and maintainer of covid19data.com.au – one of Australia’s first sources of Covid data since 2020.
oOh Media founder, Brendon Cook has received an OAM
Radio legend, Leon Byner, has been awarded an OAM for his service to broadcast. Byner, who had a 50-year career in radio, retired last year after 23 years at Nova Entertainments’s FiveAA in Adelaide.
David Hurley, the Governor-General, said in a statement online: “Congratulations to the outstanding Australians recognised in today’s Honours List. Recipients have made substantial contributions and had a significant impact at the local, national or international level. Some are volunteers, others have had a remarkable impact in professional roles – many have done both. They are all inspiring and their service is valued by us all.
“Learning about the wide-ranging service of recipients, which spans almost every field of endeavour imaginable, is uplifting and makes me enormously optimistic for our country. Collectively they speak to who we are now and who we can be in the future.
“While we can take a moment to acknowledge the significance of achieving gender parity in our Honours, it should not be a cause for pause. We reflect on our progress, and then recommit our efforts to ensure nominations reflect our diverse and strong community,” he continued.
“Each recipient has something in common: someone nominated them. The Order of Australia belongs to each of us because nominations come from the community. In honouring today’s recipients, I also encourage all Australians to consider nominating someone they admire who has had a significant impact in the community.”
The full list of 2023 media and marketing recipients:
AO (Officer of the Order of Australia)
Mr Timothy John: For distinguished service to literature as an author and novelist, to conservation, and to environmental advocacy.
The late Mr John Barry Humphries: For eminent service to the arts as a comedian, actor, author, satirist and entertainer, to the promotion of Australian culture, and as a patron of organisations.
AM (Member of the Order of Australia)
Mrs Sunita Gloster: For significant service to the media and marketing industry, and to gender equality.
Ms Marina Simone Go: For significant service to business governance, to sport administration, and to the media industry.
Ms Helen Wellings: For significant service to the media, and to consumer affairs.
Mr Benjamin Charles Elton: For significant service to the entertainment industry as a comedian, actor, writer and director.
Ms Juliette O’Brien: For service to journalism, and to community health.
Ms Amanda Marie Wilson: For significant service to the community, and to the media and communications sector.
OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia)
Mr Leon Robert Byner: For service to radio broadcast media.
Mr Brendon Cook: For service to the advertising industry.
Mr David Maurits De Vos: For service to the broadcast media as a journalist.
Mr John Fletcher Dunnet: For service to the print media industry.
Mrs Wanda Margaret Dunnet: For service to the print media industry.
Ms Narelda Jacobs: For service to the media, and to the community.
Mr Geoffrey Gordon Phillips: For service to the broadcast media, and to the community.
Ms Sophie Marie Scott: For service to the broadcast media, and to community health.
Ms Juliette O’Brien: For service to journalism, and to community health.
The late Mr Timothy Page: For service to photojournalism.
Mrs Wendy Page: For service to journalism.
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Lauren McNamara is a journalist at Mumbrella, covering the creative and PR beat. She joined in November 2022 as editorial assistant, after completing a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at UTS.
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