Max Moore-Wilton

Max Moore-Wilton was appointed in February 2007. He is chairman of Southern Cross Media Group and is also chairman of MAp Airports Limited and Sydney Airport Corporation Limited and deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Copenhagen Airports A/S. Prior to this appointment, Max was secretary to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet from May 1996 where he oversaw fundamental reform to the Commonwealth Public Service. Max has had a distinguished career in both the private and public sectors. He has held positions as either chairman or board member of a number of major Commonwealth and State business enterprises, and has extensive experience in regulated businesses. Max is also president of the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific region.

Leon Pasternak

Leon Pasternak is the deputy chairman of Southern Cross Media Group and has until recently been a senior partner at top law firm Freehills specialising in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and corporate reorganisations. From late July 2010 Leon will assume the role of vice chairman and managing director of M&A at investment bank Merrill Lynch.

Throughout his career, Leon has gained significant experience in relevant aspects of mergers, takeovers, acquisitions, equity raising and public company finance. He is widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s leading corporate lawyers and ranks as one of Australia’s top legal advisers on completed mergers and acquisitions.

He brings to the Southern Cross Media Group boards experience as a former director of several Australian public companies and a knowledge of corporate governance requirements relating to listed companies.

Tony Bell

Tony Bell is one of Australia’s most distinguished media operators with over 30 year's experience in the Australian radio and free-to-air television industry. As managing director of Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited from 1993 to 2007, Tony gained extensive experience in regional and metropolitan media and was instrumental in its formation as one of Australia’s leading media companies. Tony has played a significant role in shaping the Australian media industry through his past appointments as chairman and director of Commercial Radio Australia (formerly FARB), a director of Free TV Australia and chairman of Regional Broadcasters Australia.

Chris De Boer

Chris de Boer has a broad range of experience, including investment banking (12 years), business consulting (10 years), stockbroking (12 years) and direct investment. He has a broad range of technical experience, including in initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, joint ventures, bond issues and financial advice across London, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, in both domestic and cross-border deals.

Chris also has extensive experience in takeover regulation. Chris spent more than two years as an executive at the Takeover Panel in London, three years on the Takeovers Committee in Hong Kong and four years as chairman of the Takeovers Panel in Hong Kong.  

Chris was a Cable & Wireless plc nominee on the board of Optus from 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the listing and due diligence committees for the Optus initial public offering in 1998 and chairman of the finance and audit committee of Optus in 1998. Chris was involved as an adviser to Cable & Wireless plc in many corporate transactions across the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently the chairman of Sonar Limited (trading as Sonar 6) and is also a director of Mobilis Networks Limited. Chris is the chairman of the audit and risk committee of Southern Cross Media Group.

Michael Carapiet

Michael Carapiet is the head of Macquarie Capital.  Macquarie Capital is Australia’s largest investment advisory services business which has developed a global leadership position in a number of businesses, including mergers & acquisitions, advisory, equity capital markets and specialised asset management. Michael is also a director of the Export Finance Insurance Corporation.