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Adam Suckling

Adam Suckling

Deputy Chair, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

Adam Suckling was until 2022 the Chief Executive Officer of Copyright Agency. Copyright Agency is a not-for-profit company that licences intellectual property on behalf of Australian writers, journalists, publishers, media companies and visual artists.

Prior to this, Adam has had over 20 years’ experience in a range of senior leadership, commercial, policy, regulatory and corporate affairs roles for companies such as Optus, Singtel (where he undertook an Asia-Pacific role based in Singapore), Foxtel and News Corporation.

In these companies, he ran significant business areas, provided strategic and commercial advice to board members, conducted a range of successful policy advocacy campaigns, and oversaw major copyright litigation and regulatory cases.

Adam is also a part-time Associate Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) appointed on 28 May 2024 to 24 July 2028.

Adam has policy experience across a wide range of areas including media and telecommunications policy, spectrum allocation, micro-economic reform, telecommunications network pricing, copyright and intellectual property policy, and Australian content and cultural policy.

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