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Nine exec appointed CEO of Screen NSW

Courtney Gibson is leaving Nine after 3 years to head up state funding body.

Courtney Gibson

Nine Programming Production Executive Courtney Gibson, is leaving the network after 3 years to become CEO of Screen NSW.

She replaces Maureen Barron who departed last month.

Gibson was previously Director of Programs, Southern Star Entertainment and Executive Head of Content Creation at ABC TV. She has also held other senior roles at ABC and SBS.

Chair of Screen NSW, Ms Helen Wright, said, “I am delighted to be welcoming Courtney Gibson to Screen NSW as its new CEO. Courtney is an exceptional industry leader who is highly regarded for her passion, intellect and creativity. Her considerable expertise across all genres of content will enable her to make a tremendous contribution to the NSW screen industry.”

Courtney Gibson said: I’ve had a terrific time at Nine over the past three years, and now the chance to lead Screen NSW, build the local industry, and work with Australia’s leading screen practitioners is a hugely exciting prospect; I look forward to getting started.”

In 2013 she spoke positively about being a exec at Nine, telling TV Tonight, “I love it at Nine; I love the unrelenting focus on shows and audiences – it’s clear, it’s pure and it’s very un-political. I never feel marginalised at Nine because I’m a woman. I don’t even feel like a-woman-in-a-man’s-world, or a woman who’s being treated-like-one-of-the-boys.

“Nine’s been the most warm and welcoming place to me. I don’t doubt that it wasn’t always like this, but the current regime promotes a really healthy culture and a genuine valuing of the different views in the room.”

A start date is still being finalised.

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