Nigel Dick AM
Avenel Ambassador
Career Highlights
- Chief Executive, Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
- Director of Fortune Advertising Ltd and subsidiary advertising agencies
- Executive Chairman of Southern Cross Communications Ltd
- Federal Councillor of the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS)
- Member of the Regional Television Development Committee
- Director of and consultant to Crawford Productions Pty Ltd
- Deputy chairman and founding board member of the Victorian Film Corporation
- CEO and director of Television Corporation Ltd (now Nine Network)
- Director of Television and Broadcasting for the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd
- Executive Chairman of HSV
- CEO and director of General Television Pty Ltd, (GTV and radio interests)
- Sales and station manager of General Television Pty Ltd (GTV and radio interests)
- Sales and advertising departments of Sydney Daily Telegraph and Woman’s Day
Non Executive Directorships
- Brick and Pipe Industries Ltd
- Victoria Holdings and all subsidiaries including the Grosvenor Hotel in Adelaide
- Councillor and director of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Ltd
- Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Ltd and board member of all subsidiaries including:
RACV Insurance Pty Ltd
RACV Investment Co Pty Ltd
RACV Finance Ltd
RACV Financial Services Ltd
RACV Commercial Holdings Pty Ltd
RACV Country Club Pty Ltd
- Honorary director of Business in the Community Ltd
- Honorary founding director and chairman Odyssey House Victoria
- Honorary founding director and chairman of the National Drugs Partnership
Personal Awards
- 2010 Victorian Senior Australian of the Year
- Master of Arts (RMIT)
- Doctor of Communications Honoris Causa (RMIT)
- Commendation from the United Nations Information Centre with the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking for work, service and support in the field of substance abuse
- Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “Services to Media, in particular television, and the community”
- The Arthur Cowan Award for services to television
- Fellow of the Australian Institute of Advertising (FAIA)
- Diplomate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)
- Senior Fellow of the Corporate Directors’ Association of Australia Limited (SFDCA [dip])
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federation of Commercial Television Stations
- Prime Minister’s 2007 Award for “Outstanding Contribution in Drug and Alcohol Endeavours”