Sky Appoints New CFO

July 7, 2025 3 Comments

Sky has appointed the award-winning chief financial officer at NZME, David Mackrell, to become its CFO from January.

Here’s the media release:

Sky appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Sky has today announced the appointment of David Mackrell to the position of Chief Financial Officer.

David is a highly experienced commercial and strategic leader, and was named Brightstar ‘CFO of the Year’ in 2024.

He is currently CFO of NZX-listed media company NZME, and was previously CFO for Heartland Bank Ltd and spent over 25 years in finance leadership roles at Air New Zealand.

Sky Chief Executive Sophie Moloney said, “David is a highly-regarded professional with deep experience working for leading customer brands and in a listed environment.

“We are delighted to welcome David to the Sky leadership team, and look forward to his contribution as we continue to strive to be Aotearoa New Zealand’s most engaging and essential media company.

“We have exciting times ahead and it will be great to have David on the team with us.”

David will join Sky in January 2026.

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3 Responses to “Sky Appoints New CFO”

  1. July 7, 2025 at 2:48 pm

    Can you talk about the Sky channel mix-up that recently got announced? — Elrui.

  2. Philip July 7, 2025 at 4:36 pm

    Thanks, Elrui. Am working on a post that will link to the NZ Herald story.

  3. July 7, 2025 at 6:36 pm

    No problem, Philip. Happy to help. Hey, Nickelodeon programmes are getting added back to Neon again. That must be a good sign. — Elrui.

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