Just days after visiting Melbourne in his role as chairman and CEO of Forumla 1, Chase Carey has joined the board of the new Fox Corporation.
On its first day of trading after selling of many assets to Disney, the new-look Fox also announced the appointment of Anne Dias, Roland A Hernandez and Paul D Ryan to its board of directors.
They join previously announced members Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and Jacques Nasser.
Lachlan Murdoch, Fox chairman and CEO commented: “We are thrilled to welcome our new colleagues to the FOX board. We look forward to working with and being guided by them as we begin a new chapter, steadfastly committed to providing the best in news, sports and entertainment programming.”
Carey previously served in a number of roles at Twenty-First Century Fox beginning in 1988, including as vice chairman from 2015 to 2019, as president and chief operating officer and deputy chairman from 2009 to 2015 and as a director from 1996 to 2007. From 2003 to 2009, Carey was the president and CEO of DIRECTV.