Jeff Howard, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Appointed: 7 January 2026

Jeff is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Cross Media Group Limited.

Prior to his appointment as Managing Director and CEO of Southern Cross Media Group Limited Jeff was Managing Director and CEO of Seven West Media and previously Jeff had been Chief Financial Officer of Seven West Media since January 2020.

Prior to joining SWM, Jeff served as CFO of HT&E Limited (now ARN Media) from 2012, delivering strategic financial leadership while executing on strategy and driving shareholder value. Jeff has extensive experience in business transformation and growth in the media sector, including through mergers and acquisitions.

Jeff is a Chartered Accountant with more than nine years’ experience in banking at ABN AMRO and RBS and prior that worked with KPMG for 10 years. He completed his Executive MBA with the Australian Graduate School of Management in 2005, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Director.