Seven West Media appoints three new board members
Seven West Media Limited has appointed three new directors, Michelle Deaker of OneVentures, David Evans of Evans and Partners Pty Ltd and Ryan Stokes of Seven Group Holding and WesTrac among others.
The announcement:
The Board of Seven West Media Limited today announced the appointment of three new directors: Dr Michelle Deaker, Mr David Evans and Mr Ryan Stokes.
Dr Michelle Deaker is the Managing Partner of OneVentures, an Australian venture capital firm investing in, and building, through business operational leadership, innovative high growth technology companies servicing large global markets. Dr Deaker moved into venture capital post the successful exit of the e-commerce technology company she founded in 1998, E Com Industries (www.giftvouchers.com).
At exit, E Com managed $700 million in Australian retail liability. Dr Deaker is a director of NICTA, Australia’s National ICT Centre of Excellence, and is a member of the NSW Government’s Taskforce for the Digital Economy.
Mr David Evans is the founder and Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of investment advisory company Evans and Partners Pty Ltd. Mr Evans has extensive experience in investment banking and stockbroking, including being a member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs JBWere. In addition to his role as Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of Evans and Partners, Mr Evans is a board member of Export Finance and Insurance Corporation. He is also Chairman of Essendon Football Club.
Mr Ryan Stokes is the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited and is an Executive Director of Seven Group Holdings and director of WesTrac, Consolidated Media Holdings, Yahoo!7 and Iron Ore Holdings. He is also Chairman of the National Library of Australia. Mr Stokes has been an alternate director on the Seven West Media board and West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited board (prior to its acquisition of Seven Media Group to form Seven West Media) since 2008.
Following today’s announcement the Seven West Media board comprises nine Non-executive Directors and the Managing Director. The majority of the Non-executive Directors are independent.
Chairman of the Board, Mr Kerry Stokes AC, said “I am pleased to welcome these three high calibre people to the board. Their skills and experience will further enhance a very strong, well-credentialed and experienced board of Seven West Media.”
Source: Seven West Media press release
