NZME Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
NZME Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
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November 2017 – NZME has appointed Matt Headland to the
position of Chief Commercial Officer leading the
organisation’s advertising sales teams and programmes.
Headland, who was the head of the Agency Sales team, before becoming Acting Chief Commercial Officer in August, has over 18 years’ experience in media, entertainment and advertising. Since joining NZME 12 months ago, he has delivered strong results, returning agency sales revenue to growth in key areas of the business.
Michael Boggs, NZME CEO says the appointment reflects the strong leadership Matt has demonstrated. “Matt has significant depth of experience leading media sales teams with a strong growth mindset. I am confident that with Matt at the helm our sales teams will continue to develop whilst placing the customer firmly at the centre of everything we do. NZME is fortunate to have such a high calibre of commercial talent within the business.”
Headland is delighted to take on the role and continue to build on the sales successes enjoyed in 2017. “Identifying media solutions to grow our advertising clients’ businesses is enormously satisfying and I am looking forward to creating more opportunities for our advertising customers to engage with us and our audiences to deliver business objectives.”
The appointment is effective immediately.
Matt Headland – Chief
Commercial Officer
Matt joined NZME as Head of Agency
Sales in August 2016. Later in 2016, Matts responsibilities
increased to also manage NZME’s Strategy and Planning
team. Within his time at NZME Matt has restructured and
revitalised the agency sales team building and leading an
innovative and fresh culture, while delivering market
leading YOY revenue growth. Prior to the NZME group, Matt
held the position of Director of National Direct Sales TV,
Radio and Digital at Mediaworks New Zealand. Matt has over
18 years of experience in media, entertainment and
advertising industries, where he has lead change and revenue
growth across multiple businesses, these roles include
Country Manager EMI Music New Zealand, NZ Sales Manager MTV
Networks, Head of Marketing EMI New Zealand and founder of
Wonder and Thunder Talent Management. He is also a current
board member of the Radio Bureau.
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