Deanne Weir
Deanne joined AUSTAR in January 2002, and has responsibility for Corporate and Product Strategy, Programming, Corporate Affairs, Growth Initiatives, and Legal Affairs, including as General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Prior to joining AUSTAR, Deanne worked with Telstra Corporation Limited for nine years in a variety of legal roles, including that of Regulatory and Competition Counsel, and spent two years in New Zealand with TelstraSaturn, where she was Director of Corporate Development.
Deanne holds Honours degrees in Arts and Law from Monash University, as well as a Master of Laws from the University of London. Deanne was appointed to the Board of Screen Australia in 2008 and is a member of the Boards of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA), Showtime and XYZnetworks Pty Ltd, the producer and/or distributor of key subscription television channels such as the Lifestyle channels, arena, MAX, [V], Country Music Channel, Discovery, The Weather Channel and Nickelodeon.
Deanne is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University of Melbourne and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).
