Brown to step down as executive director of SPAA

Geoff Brown will step down as executive director of the Screen Producers Association of Australia, it has been announced today.

Brown has been with SPAA for 16 years, the last ten as CEO.

A new CEO is expected to begin in October 2012, but Brown will continue through until the SPAA Conference in November 2012 before departing.

Brown said: “I have enjoyed every moment of my time at SPAA and have been blessed with great staff and supportive SPAA Councils but it’s time for a change. Recent events in my personal life have made me focus on the important things in life and I hope to find a new direction. This does not mean that I am retiring. I just want to move onto a new phase which will hopefully involve working in the industry in some other capacity.”