Mark Scott took up his appointment as Managing Director of the ABC in July 2006.
For the previous 12 years he worked at John Fairfax Publications. First appointed as Education Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, he filled a number of senior roles at the Herald including Saturday Editor and Deputy Editor before moving into senior executive positions with Fairfax. He was Director of Organisation Development and then appointed Editor-in-Chief of Metropolitan Newspapers. Immediately prior to moving to the ABC he was Fairfax's Editorial Director.
Mark has post-graduate degrees from Sydney and Harvard Universities in Government and Public Administration.
Event was attended by 780 people, who were treated
to an excellent address by Mark.
