John Kelly is an experienced executive who has previously held senior executive roles in large Australian sporting and media organisations.
Mr Kelly has a background as a Chartered Accountant and commenced his career at KPMG where he progressed to the role of manager. He was also the chief operating officer of Football Federation Australia from 2013 to 2015 where his role encompassed strategy and media rights; he spent over 16 years in various executive and director roles at Ten Network Holdings including over eight years as group CFO; and became chief operating officer of Southern Cross Austereo in February 2016 where he is responsible for leading the operations function including overseeing its general management teams, people & culture, strategy and podcasting, and its external key broadcasting agreements and key partnerships.