2024 Lowy Institute Media Lecture delivered by Kim Williams AM

ABC Chair Kim Williams AM will deliver the 2024 Lowy Institute Media Lecture on Wednesday 25 September. Kim Williams AM is Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and since 2018, Chair of the Reuters Trustees. He has been a prominent figure in the arts, entertainment, and media industries since the late 1970s, holding key executive roles at News Corp Australia, FOXTEL, Fox Studios Australia, and the ABC, among others. He was CEO of FOXTEL until 2011, where he spearheaded digital broadcast innovations, earning the 2012 ASTRA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his contributions to the arts and public policy, and in 2009, he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Macquarie University. Mr Williams has held numerous Board positions (and Chairmanships) in commercial and public life over more than three decades, including as Chair of the Australian Film Finance Corporation, which he founded in 1988, and Chair of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva Australia, and the Sydney Opera House.