SBS has announced the appointment of Melissa Henville (pictured above) as group trading inventory manager for its media team.

Based in Sydney, Henville will oversee and manage SBS’ national trading team and pricing strategies across TV, radio and digital platforms.

She joins the broadcaster with over 20 years’ experience in the media industry, having worked across various roles in airtime management and sales, primarily in radio.

Most recently, Henville was the national trading and operations director at Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) – a position she held for two years. Prior to that, she was the national inventory manager for all of SCA’s metropolitan radio stations.

Henville has also held a variety of roles at NOVA Entertainment, having been part of the foundation team for Nova 969 in Sydney and a key member of the Vega/smoothfm launch team.