Euan Smith

Euan joined as Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer, TV on 1 April 2020. As GCOO, Euan has oversight of the technologies that support each of the Group’s business units – broadcast, digital and enterprise. As CEO, TV, he leads Astro’s key product groups Pay-TV, NJOI, sooka and Astro Fibre in addition to the customer sales, technology and operations functions. On 26 September 2022, Euan was appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer – Designate.

Euan is an established media executive with a unique skill set spanning both business and- technology in media operations and in transformation. In his early career, he held roles in Unilever and KPMG before moving into senior leadership positions with Sky UK, Sky Germany and Fox in the US. Most recently, Euan operated as COO at Foxtel in Australia.

Trained at University of Birmingham (Mechanical Engineering) and Harvard Business School, Euan has led multiple step-changes across technology, operations and customer service. He helped launch HD and broadband in the UK, played a vital role in the successful turnaround of Sky Germany and was instrumental in the reset of Foxtel’s product & technology suite.