Richard Bean
Co-lead, ABC and SBS Efficiency Review
Richard is currently jointly leading a review of the ABC and the SBS and formerly in the Chair at the Australian Communications and Media Authority, Australia’s regulator for broadcast media, telecommunications, radio communications and the internet. He was appointed Deputy Chairman of the ACMA in 2010 for a five-year term. In 2015 his appointment was extended for a further two years to October 2017.
Before joining the ACMA he was general counsel and company secretary at wireless broadband infrastructure and ISP owner Unwired Group Limited, subsequently acquired by Optus. He had previously held positions responsible for the legal and business affairs side of Network Ten's programming activities and practised as a commercial, media and litigation lawyer at national commercial law firm Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst).
Richard holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a law degree from the University of New South Wales.