CEO, Aegis Media (Pacific) (Sydney)

Lee Stephens was appointed CEO of Aegis Media (Pacific) in August 2007.  With over $450M in billings and 350 staff across Australia and New Zealand, the company is the largest diversified communications group in the region (RECMA 2007).

Lee’s role is to work with the group’s leading companies  such as Carat, OneDigital, iProspect and Synergy to double the size of the business within 3 years.

Prior to this Lee was the CEO of Australia’s largest digital media agency, emitch. During his 3 year tenure, the company lifted billings by over 700% to capture over 20% of Australia’s online display advertising, and launched a major search engine marketing brand, Columbus. He was also responsible for the successful expansion of the business to New Zealand.

Previous roles also include several years as Commercial Director for Fairfax Digital, achieving break-even for the news sites and the business as a whole, and CEO of online web development company, Selenium Interactive.

Lee is regarded as a leader in the development and growth of fully integrated communications planning in Australia.