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Group Managing Director
Telstra Media Services and CEO Sensis Pty Ltd
Bruce Akhurst is the Group Managing Director of Telstra Media Services and Chief Executive Officer of Telstra's advertising and media business Sensis. Bruce also has management responsibility for Telstra's digital media strategy which includes Telstra's 50% interest in Pay TV company FOXTEL. More recently in March 2005 Bruce was also appointed Chairman of the Foxtel board.
As Chief Executive Officer of Sensis he has responsibility for driving the sustainable growth of the company and the continuing evolution of Sensis' highly successful advertising and search operations. Bruce also sits on the Board of 3GIS Telstra's 3G network partnership with Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia).
Prior to his appointment as CEO Sensis on 1 January 2005 Bruce was GMD of Telstra Wholesale BigPond(tm) and Media Services in addition to being Telstra Group General Counsel and Sensis Chairman. Bruce joined Telstra as General Counsel in late 1996 and was appointed Group Managing Director Legal and Regulatory in early 1999.
Before joining Telstra Bruce was the Managing Partner at a national Law Firm. He has an Economics Degree with Honours as well as his legal qualification and taught in the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Monash University before embarking on his legal career. | 