Graeme Cassells was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nine on 1 October 2024. Prior to this role, he served as Deputy CFO and has been with Nine for 14 years, demonstrating consistent leadership and financial expertise. Mr. Cassells is a Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Glasgow University.
Matt James was appointed Acting Chief Sales Officer of Nine in December 2024. He previously held roles including Managing Director of Nine Melbourne, Managing Director of Mi9, Group Director of Nine Powered.
Mr. James has extensive global media experience, having worked as global CEO of Zenith Media in London, Australian CEO of Publicis Media, and CEO of Zenith Australia. During his time at Nine, Mr James has played a key role in unifying the company’s TV, radio, and publishing assets, enhancing content for audiences, and developing integrated solutions for advertisers.
As Managing Director of Nine Melbourne, Mr. James oversaw major operations including Channel 9, 3AW, The Age, and The Australian Financial Review, as well as flagship productions like The Block and LEGO Masters which contributed significantly to strengthening Nine’s position in the Melbourne market.
Mr. James holds 35 years of experience in the media industry and continues to drive Nine’s strategic vision in his new role on the Executive Leadership Team.
Peter Tonagh was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director in January 2025.
Mr Tonagh brings extensive leadership experience across Australia’s media, technology, and analytics sectors. His career spans key roles at Deloitte, Boston Consulting Group, and Foxtel, where he served as CFO and later CEO. He was also CEO of News Corp Australia and interim CEO of REA Group Limited.
Currently, Mr Tonagh is Chair of Quantium, GTN Limited, Bus Stop Films, and Honey Insurance, and previously served as Deputy Chair of the ABC. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW, an MBA from INSEAD, and has completed Harvard’s Business Analytics Program.
Timothy Longstaff joined the Board in January 2025 as an independent Non-Executive Director, and is Chair of the Audit & Risk Management Committee.
A chartered accountant who commenced his career in audit, Mr Longstaff has extensive experience in investment banking from more than 25 years with leading global firms including Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. He has a strong background in advising Australian and international companies on strategic and transformational M&A projects, and in debt and equity capital markets. After his career in investment banking, Mr Longstaff held a senior role with a Cabinet Minister in the Australian Government in both the Trade, Tourism & Investment portfolio, and the Finance portfolio.
Mr Longstaff is a non-executive director on the Boards of ASX-listed companies Inghams, Perenti and Aurizon, where he serves as chair of the company’s Audit, Governance and Risk Management Committee. He is also a member of the Australian Government’s Takeovers Panel. Mr Longstaff is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
In 2024 Tory Maguire was appointed Managing Director – Publishing, assuming management responsibility for Nine’s publishing assets including metro mastheads and The Australian Financial Review.
Prior to this, Tory was the Executive Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAToday – a role she held from July 2021. A highly-experienced editor and journalist, she led the transformation of the newsrooms of the mastheads and saw significant growth in all areas of her remit.
Maguire previously held senior editorial roles at News Corp and The Huffington Post as well as National Editor at Nine’s metro mastheads.
Catherine West was appointed to the Board in May 2016 as an independent, Non-Executive Director and is the Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee. She was appointed Deputy Chair in September 2023 and Chair of the Board in June 2024.
Ms West has more than 25 years of business and legal affairs experience in the media industry, both in Australia and the UK, including as Director of Legal – Content Commercial and Joint Ventures for Sky Plc in the UK. In this role, she was responsible for all of Sky’s content relationships, distribution, commercial activities and joint ventures.
Ms West has been a non-executive director since 2016 and in addition to Nine, serves on the Boards of ASX listed Monash IVF Group and Peter Warren Automotive. She is also Chair of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), a director of the NIDA Foundation Trust, and Chair of the Board of Governors of Wenona School.
Ms West is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney.
Mandy Pattinson joined the Board in August 2023 as an independent, Non-Executive Director.
Mandy is currently an executive consultant, drawing on her more than 25 years experience in the media and entertainment industries both locally and internationally. Prior to this, Mandy spent more than 10 years at the global media giant, Discovery Communications. In her role as Executive Vice President and General Manager – Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Islands, Mandy led a team focusing on building audience engagement and driving the rapid growth of Discovery’s brand portfolio across subscription TV channels and on-demand services locally in Australia and New Zealand. Mandy previously held senior positions in the Consumer & Multimedia division of Optus across legal, regulatory, television and new media content. Mandy was also a Board member of ASTRA, the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association.
Mandy is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has a Master of Laws Degree from the University of NSW (Honours).
Matt Stanton was appointed Nine’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in March 2025, having served as Acting CEO from September 2024. He was previously Chief Financial and Strategy Officer after joining Nine in August 2022.
Mr Stanton has strong experience as a commercial CEO, and has led general management, financial, transformation and growth areas across a range of sectors, including food and beverage, retail, and media. His prior roles include Chief Executive Officer of Barambah Organics, Chief Transformation Officer at Woolworths, and Chief Executive Officer of Bauer Media (now Are Media).
Mr Stanton played an integral role in negotiating Nine’s historic 10-year rights deals with the IOC for the Summer and Winter Olympic Games from 2024-2032 and the rights to the 2024 Paralympics. As of May 2023, he also stepped into the role of Managing Director, Olympics and Paralympics at Nine, in addition to his role as Chief Strategy Officer.
Mr Stanton holds a BA (Hons) in Finance and Accounting, and is a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Alex Parsons was appointed Nine’s Chief Digital Officer in August 2021, leading the company’s digital vision, strategy and operations including the group product and technology divisions.
Alex has 20 years of executive leadership experience with both Australian and international digital and e-commerce businesses. He has worked across many parts of Nine, including the transition of the Microsoft/Nine joint venture of ninemsn to Nine Digital, the launch of nine.com.au, the launch of 9Now, the sale of the Fairfax events business and, most recently, led the rebrand and relaunch of the Drive automotive business.
Vanessa Morley joined Nine as Director of People and Culture in May 2018.
Immediately before joining Nine, she was the Group Head of Talent for Coca-Cola Amatil, responsible for development of the talent, leadership and inclusion strategy across the Amatil business, for Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.
Vanessa is a highly experienced HR leader, working across all aspects of HR strategy in senior roles with leading brands such as Qantas, Samsung and Insurance Australia Group. Her experience across multiple industries puts her in a unique position to develop innovative HR strategy for Nine.
Vanessa holds a Master of Labour Law and Relations from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Business from the University of Newcastle.
