Kurt Burnette named as successor to James Warburton at Seven
As has been widely expected, the replacement for James Warburton at Seven has been named as Kurt Burnette.
Currently network director of sales, Burnette takes on the chief sales and digital officer position from today.
After protracted legal ructions, Warburton will start at Ten as the network’s CEO in January 2012.
In an announcement, David Leckie, CEO of Seven West Media, said:
“acknowledged as the best in the business …?” more like he’s in the right place at the right time.
There’s a long list of brilliant media sales execs and he’s on it, but he aint leading it.
If he’s the widely acknowledged as the best sales person in the business why didn’t he get the job over JW before he split?