Tony Kendall, Nick Chan and Robert Whitehead join Australian Community Media

Australian Community Media has made a series of appointments, which executive chairman Antony Catalano says demonstrates it is transforming its business model to become a powerful voice in Australia’s media landscape.

Former chief revenue officer of Here, There and Everywhere (HT&E), Tony Kendall, is taking up the same role at ACM. In addition, former CEO of Bauer Media, Nick Chan, and former Fairfax Media executive, Robert Whitehead, are coming on board to help with ACM’s strategy and transformation.

In addition, former Domain commercial strategy director, Paul Tyrrell, will oversee trade and consumer marketing, and former group sales director for News Corp, Anna Hosking, will become commercial director for ACM in Victoria.

The series of appointments come as Catalano looks to make his mark with the regional media network. ACM’s 160-plus titles had been owned by Fairfax Media, and were inherited by Nine during its takeover of the legacy media company. Catalano succeeded in his $115m takeover bid of ACM in April, with the deal finalising through in July.