Ben Buckley Joins Foxtel As Executive Director - Sport & ...

Foxtel Chief Executive Officer, Richard Freudenstein today announced that Ben Buckley would join Foxtel as Executive Director Sport and Foxtel Victoria from 3 June 2013. Ben replaces Peter Campbell who will leave the network to join the Australian Football League.

Ben Buckley is one of Australia's most experienced and highly regarded sports executives, said Mr Freudenstein. His skills, passion and relationships will be hugely valuable to Foxtel at a time when the sports rights market is becoming increasingly complex.

Ben also knows Victoria well and has broad and deep connections there. He will be a natural leader for Foxtel's business in the State. I am delighted he will be joining our team.

We are sorry to see Pete Campbell leave Foxtel after almost 14 years. He has been a great executive and has many achievements to his credit, most notably his oversight of Foxtel's award winning London Olympics coverage. We wish Pete well and look forward to working with him in his new role at the AFL, Mr Freudenstein said.

Most recently, Mr Buckley held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Football Federation Australia (FFA) during which time the A League grew significantly, the Socceroos reached their second consecutive World Cup and Australia won the right to host the biggest football tournament in Asia, the Asian Cup in 2015.

Prior to joining the FFA he held senior commercial, strategy and marketing roles with the Australian Football League (AFL) from November 1999 to November 2006. During his time at the AFL he held positions responsible for managing and negotiating broadcast and media rights, strategic planning, creating the annual fixture for the Competition, managing the corporate partnerships and sponsorship program and for the brand identity and marketing function.

Between 1990 and 1999 he held leadership positions at Nike and Electronic Arts.

Mr Buckley holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree and was a professional player in the AFL with North Melbourne Football Club from 1986 to 1993.

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