Laurie Patton

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About Laurie Patton

Laurie Patton has held corporate, government and NFP board and CEO roles. Currently a media, marketing, community engagement and government relations consultant – with a reputation for influencing outcomes. A journalist and former media executive.Laurie is Director of Public Affairs at the United Nations Association of Australia (NSW) and a member of its executive committee.He lives on the NSW south coast and is a Marine Rescue NSW volunteer – crewing boats and working as a radio operator at a Search and Rescue Coordination Centre. He is also a volunteer at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.His CV includes…Internet Australia CEO / Executive Director – launching a campaign for #BetterBroadband, credited with NBNCo returning to a fibre broadband rollout.Managing Seven Sydney – which was then Australia’s largest television station – and regional network Seven Queensland. Also the Seven Network’s first marketing director.Creating the World Movies channel and a community television station funded by Western Sydney University, with programming made by 300+ volunteers.Special advisor to the federal communications department – negotiating arrangements for SBS to manage the National Indigenous Television channel - having been a member of a federal government review of the Indigenous broadcasting and media sector.NSW government ministerial advisor – working on key policies, including the first national ban on native rainforest logging (at Terania Creek in northern NSW) and the introduction of more balanced sexual assault laws.Reporter / producer for each of the commercial television networks – filing from Sydney, Canberra, London and Los Angeles. Foreign news editor, finance reporter and head of news and current affairs at Seven.Fellow of the AICD and a member of the Institute of Community Directors Australia.Heart Foundation board member – chairing the national marketing committee and the national fundraising committee.On Seven’s behalf, a director at Sky News Australia, chair of subscription television channel provider SportsVision and a founding director of ratings agency OzTAM.Deputy chair of the NSW Film & Television office – organising and leading the first official delegation of Australian film makers to the Shanghai Film Festival and initiating negotiations leading to an Australia-China Film coproduction agreement. Former vice-president of TELSOC (Telecommunications Society of Australia) and a Subject Matter Expert in media and entertainment at Telstra.