Cathy O’Connor to step down as CEO of oOh!media

After more than four years at the helm, experienced radio executive Cathy O’Connor is to step down from her role as Managing Director and CEO of oOh!media in the second half of 2025.

With the company’s performance having improved, O’Connor decided the time was right for new leadership to deliver the company’s next multi-year phase of strategy execution and growth.

oOh! Chair Tony Faure said “Cathy joined oOh! As CEO in the middle of the COVID pandemic and has been instrumental in leading the business through a period of significant change. She led oOh! Through its most successful period of major contract wins, while implementing a disciplined commercial mindset and setting the platform for oOh!’s ongoing digital evolution.”

O’Connor said “Leading oOh! For the past four years has been one of the most rewarding periods of my career, and I am incredibly proud of the team’s achievements, including the unrivalled success in attracting new asset contracts which underpin our future growth and industry leading margins we delivered in an inflationary environment.”

“I thank the team for their commitment and hard work.”

O’Connor’s radio career began in the mid eighties, working as a sales manager for Sydney’s 2GB and 2SM. She went on to hold a number of executive roles at Austereo in the nineties, including General Manager at 2Day FM and Triple M.

The oOh! Board has commenced a process with a leading global executive search firm to appoint a new Managing Director and CEO.