Nine’s Melbourne MD Ian Paterson shifts to commercial partnerships role

Ian Paterson – who for the past six years has been the managing director of Nine in Melbourne – has been appointed to the newly created role of director, commercial partnerships and affiliates.

Melbourne’s local director of sales Matt Scriven will assume Paterson’s old role. 

Paterson returned to Nine in 2004

Paterson started out at Nine in the sales department before switching to rival Seven. He then left television to take on a sports marketing role with AFL talent management group Flying Start, before returning to Nine in 2004.