Mark Williams has today been appointed Chief Financial Officer,
Europe and Asia, News Corporation, reporting to James Murdoch. Mark is
currently Chief Operating Officer at Sky Italia and will take up his
new position at the end of March.
Stephen Daintith, currently Chief Financial Officer of News
International Ltd, is moving to New York to take up the position of
Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones.
Mark will take over Stephen Daintith´s duties as CFO of News
International as well as acting as CFO across News Corporation´s
operations in Europe and Asia supporting Sky Italia, STAR TV and News
Corp Europe as these businesses continue to grow and develop. Mark
will be based in London.
James Murdoch said:
"I am delighted that Mark Williams will be joining us in London.
He has been a key player in the team which has taken Sky Italia from
strength to strength and I look forward to working with him in this
new wider role."
Mark Williams said:
"I´m extremely excited to be taking on this new position working
for James across the breadth of News Corp activities throughout Europe
and Asia, ranging from operations in Eastern Europe to the already
very successful UK newspaper business. At the same time I am very
proud of the team at Sky Italia and look forward to remaining involved
as a member of the Board."
Mark Williams joined News Corporation in 1996 as CFO of the
Australian pay TV operation, FOXTEL, and in 2000 assumed CFO
responsibility for News Corporation´s newspaper and other interests
throughout Australia and New Zealand. In January 2003, he was
appointed Chief Operating Officer of Sky Italia, based in Milan, and
has overseen the rapid and very successful development of that
business over the last 5 years. Prior to News Corp Mark worked in CFO
roles in the consumer goods industry, based in Australia, New Zealand
and Singapore.
Mark will remain as a non-executive director on the Board of Sky
Italia.
Photograph of Mark Williams available. Please call +44 20 7782
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News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total
assets as of September 30, 2007 of approximately US$64 billion and
total annual revenues of approximately US$30 billion. News Corporation
is a diversified entertainment company with operations in eight
industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network
programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and
inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of
News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States,
Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the
Pacific Basin.
News International Limited is the main UK subsidiary of the global
media company News Corporation. Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL) publishes
The Times and The Sunday Times and News Group Newspapers Limited (NGN)
publishes The Sun and News of the World. TNL and NGN are part of the
News International group.
