Cassandra Wilkinson appointed to SBS Board as non-executive director

The Albanese Government has appointed Cassandra Wilkinson as a non-executive director to the SBS Board for a five-year term.

Wilkinson is the executive director of transport, infrastructure and investment at the New South Wales Treasury. She is a director, and former vice president, of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties, and co-founder and director of Lazy Thinking Records.

Wilkinson’s previous roles include serving as president of FBi Radio, vice president of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) and director of Music NSW.

The non-executive director was nominated for appointment by the Nomination Panel as part of the merit-based appointment process for the ABC and SBS Boards.

Wilkinson joins the SBS Board of Directors which consists of chair George Savvides AM, deputy chair Christine Zeitz, non-executive directors Vic Alhadeff, Aaron Fa’Aoso, Peeyush Gupta AM, Andrew Lu AM, Katrina Rathie, and SBS managing director, James Taylor.

Speaking about the appointment, the minister for communications, Michelle Rowland MP said: “Wilkinson’s skills and experience, including in community broadcasting, will support the SBS in making use of Australia’s creative resources and contributing to the overall diversity of Australian media services.

“The SBS provides multilingual and multicultural broadcasting and digital media services that reflect our society and inform, educate and entertain all Australians."

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