Shaun Brown was appointed managing director of Australian ethnic broadcaster SBS in February 2006.
Mr Brown has worked in broadcasting for 37 years beginning with the ABC in Perth in 1970. He later worked as a reporter, presenter and producer with Television New Zealand on a wide range of news and factual programmes.
Among his assignments was coverage of French nuclear testing at Muroroa Atoll from on board the frigate HMNZS Otago, for which he was awarded the New Zealand Special Service medal in 2002.
Mr Brown also received industry recognition for his work as an investigative current affairs reporter and a producer of election night programmes. At the BBC, he was a producer and presenter in the team that launched Newsnight, a current affairs icon on British television.
In 1994, Mr Brown was appointed managing editor of news and current affairs by TVNZ. He was made head of Television One in 1997. In 2001, he was appointed head of television responsible for running both TVNZ channels, a position he held until he joined SBS as head of television in January 2003.