Clare O’Neil

Clare O’Neil is Director of Corporate Affairs at SBS and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. She has more than 20 years’ experience across media, communications, regulation and public policy, spanning senior roles in industry and government.

Since joining SBS in 2016, Clare has led a broad and complex portfolio encompassing stakeholder and government relations, policy and regulatory affairs, legal, codes and guidelines, corporate communications, education, and Board governance. Her role sits at the intersection of public value, editorial integrity, regulatory accountability and institutional trust.

Clare is deeply committed to SBS’s purpose and to the role of public media in strengthening social cohesion, inclusion and understanding through powerful storytelling and trusted services. She works closely with government, regulators, industry, community partners and the SBS Board to support SBS’s long-term sustainability and impact.

Clare holds degrees in Law and Political Science from the University of New South Wales and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the UTS Centre for Media Transition, an alternate Board member of Freeview, and a Board member of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter.

Prior to SBS, Clare was Director of Legal and Broadcasting Policy at Free TV Australia and has held senior roles at the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.