Brian McCarthy
CEO & Managing Director, Fairfax Media Limited (Sydney)

Brian McCarthy was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in December, 2008. Prior to that, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Media Limited from May, 2007 following the merger between Rural Press Limited and Fairfax Media Limited.

Mr. McCarthy has a broad experience in the media industry, particularly in relation to publishing, printing, and broadcasting.

Before the merger, he was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Rural Press Limited for 13 years. Mr. McCarthy commenced his media career in 1976 at newspapers in the Hunter Valley.

Mr. McCarthy has a Commerce degree from the University of Newcastle, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme, Harvard University.

Jack Matthews
CEO, Fairfax Digital (Sydney)

Jack is the Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Digital, the online division of Fairfax Media, Australia’s premier integrated media company. Fairfax Digital is responsible for Australia’s two leading online news sites, the smh.com.au and theage.com.au as well as leading classified sites in recruitment, automotive and real estate. Fairfax Digital sites attract over 10 million unique viewers per month.

Prior to his current position, Jack was COO and Representative Director of Jupiter Programming Company, a Tokyo based joint venture between Liberty Media and Sumitomo Corporation. Jupiter owns and operates 16 pay TV channels which reach over 24 million viewers.

Prior to Jupiter, Jack was CEO of the Premium Movie Partnership which creates and distributes Australia’s leading Pay TV movie channels, Showtime and Showtime Greats. Previous to that, Jack was CEO of TelstraSaturn, an integrated telephone, Pay TV and broadband company in New Zealand