ARN has made two promotions to its executive leadership team.
Richard Hunwick has been promoted to chief sales officer from his role as director of sales, total audio. Hunwick has a proven track record leading large, cross-functional teams and implementing digital transformation programs.
In his expanded role, 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. All state sales directors will continue to report to him. He will also take on responsibility for Integrate by ARN, as well as pricing, inventory, sales operations, and research functions.
“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,” said Hunwick following his promotion.
Ben Campbell has been promoted to the role of chief digital and technology officer. An experienced digital leader, Campbell brings more than 20 years in digital advertising and technology across Australia and the UK, with a proven record of delivering large-scale transformation programs and leading specialist teams to develop market-leading digital, data, and advertising products.
In his new role, he will lead ARN’s digital transformation, driving innovation across technology, data, and product strategy. He will oversee ARN’s digital platform iHeart, data, ad tech, and programmatic, and will lead technology functions including infrastructure, systems, engineering, and cyber security.
Campbell commented, “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.”
“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,” concluded Michael Stephenson, ARN chief executive officer.
