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After sixteen years with the company, Ciaran Davis is stepping down as CEO and Managing Director of ARN.<\/p>\n
Confirming the news this morning, Davis will depart his role at the end of this calendar year.<\/p>\n
Davis will be succeeded as CEO by Chief Operating Officer, Michael Stephenson.<\/p>\n
Davis said \u201cIt has been a privilege to lead ARN Media over the past 16 years, working alongside a talented and passionate team. With a clear transformation strategy in place and an excellent successor in Michael, I believe now is the right time to step aside. I want to sincerely thank the incredible people at ARN Media I\u2019ve had the pleasure of working with, as well as the Board, our shareholders, and clients for their ongoing support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Stephenson said \u201cIt is a great honour to lead ARN Media. We have the biggest stars, the best brands, a global streaming platform and an incredible team. We have a bold vision for the future and are well positioned to take advantage of a range of new and emerging opportunities that will benefit our audience, our advertisers and our shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to congratulate Ciaran for his significant contribution to our business over 16 years. We will continue to work together closely over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
ARN Chairman of the Board Hamish McLennan said \u201cOn behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Ciaran for his outstanding leadership and commitment. Under his stewardship, ARN Media has navigated a rapidly changing media landscape and kept the company at the forefront of innovation. We are grateful for his vision and dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also confident that our strong succession planning ensures continuity for the business. Michael brings deep experience and understanding of our strategy and operations, as well as the broader media industry, making him the ideal candidate to drive the company forward through its next phase.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After sixteen years with the company, Ciaran Davis is stepping down as CEO and Managing Director of ARN.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-184001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}