Photon appoints News Corp’s Jeremy Philips as CEO

Tim Burrowes

April 20, 2010 2:50

Photon, the marketing services group, has appointed Jeremy Philips as its new CEO, replacing Matt Bailey.

His appointment is effective June 1. Philips will return to Australia after working in New York where he was most recently executive vice president, office of the chairman, at News Corporation.

Philips worked on operational and strategic initiatives across News Corp, with a focus on digital initiatives.

Previously, he was vice chairman of Ecorp, a subsidiary of PBL. Prior to that he worked at McKinsey & Company.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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2 COMMENTS

sven 20 Apr 10

interesting appointment. looks a bit trophy though. He is a smart guy but has never run a company, let alone a substantial listed company, let alone a diversified business, and hasnt even worked operationally in a marketing or other communications role

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chris 21 Apr 10

Worked with him when he was at PBL around the time they took a piece of eBay – academically very smart but I don’t know how he’d do running the basket case that is Photon – every week you hear about the resignations and client reviews – the headhunters must love them. Good luck Jeremy you’re going to need it!!

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