Sam Chisholm
Samuel Hewlings Chisholm AO was a New Zealand-born Australian media executive who was a significant figure in the Australian media.
Career
Chisholm attended King's College, Auckland.Chisholm had been for several years the sales director of Kerry Packer's Channel Nine before he was appointed Managing Director in 1975. During this time the Network enjoyed a period of unprecedented ratings and revenue success to become Australia’s No 1 television network. In 1988 Kerry Packer sold the Network to Alan Bond In 1990 Chisholm moved to the UK to work for Packer's rival Rupert Murdoch, rescuing the newly established British Sky Broadcasting BSkyB from financial problems after the merger of Sky and British Satellite Broadcasting. In 2000, he returned to Australia, and in 2003 received a double lung transplant.
Awards
On 25 November 2013 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.On 19 February 2014 he was awarded the King's College honours tie in Auckland, New Zealand for outstanding achievement in his selected career.