Vaughan Cottier appointed general manager sales at The Australian

The Australian chief executive Nicholas Gray has promoted Vaughan Cottier to the role of general manager of sales, replacing Rachel Savio who has been promoted to the role of general manager local sales strategy – metro and regional publishing.

Cottier has been the deputy GM of sales for The Australian, Business Spectator, Eureka Report and The Wall Street Journal for the last two years.

Gray said in a statement: “I am delighted to appoint Vaughan to this role. Vaughan has exceptional leadership and sales skills, and has been pivotal to The Australian delivering great campaigns for our customers and growing our advertising share over the past few years. His passion and experience in the industry make him the perfect person to spearhead Australia’s largest premium national and business multi-platform portfolio.”