Anita Jacoby

Anita Jacoby AM Anita Jacoby is a noted advocate for women in media and leadership. Renowned as one of Australia’s most distinguished television producers, Anita has worked on some of the nation’s most credible and cutting-edge programs spanning all commercial networks, as well as the ABC, SBS and Foxtel. From 60 Minutes to Enough Rope, The Today Show, Elders, Sunday, Hungry Beast and The Gruen Transfer, Anita’s wealth of experience and knowledge of the media landscape saw her headhunted in 2013 to manage the Australian arm of one of the largest commercial television production companies in the world, ITV Studios. As one of a handful of local female Managing Directors in Australian broadcasting, Anita gained an even broader view of the industry, traversing into the regulatory and business worlds, becoming one of the few women in media to gain an insight into the entrepreneurial sphere. Consequently, Anita has been invited to chair the ABC Advisory Council by Ita Buttrose, is a Board Member of Chief Executive Women (CEW), Documentary Australia and Women in Media, as well as being an Associate Member of the Australian Communications & Media Authority. She was recently appointed to the UK’s International Board of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Anita’s television work has received ten nominations and four AFI/AACTA Awards, a Logie Award, a Human Rights Award and the Asia Broadcasting Union Award. In 2019, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. Secrets Beyond the Screen is her first book.