OMA Board

Richard Herring - Chairman of OMA Board

CEO APN Outdoor

Richard has nearly 30 years of experience in media and sales both in Australia and internationally. He joined Cody Outdoor in 1995 and was appointed General Manager in 1998 and Chief Executive in 2001. He also has a strong background in sales in television and radio. He was appointed Chief Executive of the Outdoor division in early 2004. Richard holds an MBA.

Richard Herring comments on his recent appointment in an interview with mUmBRELLA

Steve McCarthy

CEO Adshel Street Furniture

Steve has been CEO of Adshel Street Furniture since November 2000.  Steve has responsibility for the Australian and New Zealand operation of Adshel, and has guided the business through strong growth in revenue, profit and staff numbers in this period. Steve has an extensive background in the property industry, having spent nearly 8 years with Lend Lease in its shopping centre division in a range of roles, including General Manager of Marketing. He then held senior positions at Westfield, including State Manager for S.A and W.A and Regional General Manager for NSW and QLD.

Brendon Cook

CEO oOh!media

Brendon founded Outdoor Network Australia, now known as oOh!media Pty Ltd in 1989. He has been working within the outdoor advertising sales industry for over 25 years. Some of Brendon's achievements include being a Director and Co-founder of ROAM (Research on Outdoor Audience Measurement), member of the Technical Committee of the joint Industry Committee (JIC) on Audience Measurement and eight years involvement in The Exclusive Connection (TEC), the Australian and New Zealand segment of the organisation dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of Chief Executives.

Mike Tyquin

CEO EYE Media, Australia & New Zealand

Since joining Eye in December 2002, Mike Tyquin has held responsibility for Eye's business interests in South East Asia, including Eye Indonesia and Big Tree Outdoor Malaysia, and growth into new territories such as Singapore.  Mike was appointed CEO of Eye Australia and New Zealand operation on 1 January 2007. Prior to joining Eye, Mike spent 11 years working in the Outdoor Advertising sector, having joined Outdoor Plus in 1993. Mikes experience in this arena makes him a key player in Eye's Strategy & Development team.

Steve O'Connor

CEO JCDecaux

Steve entered into the advertising industry as a Sales Manager with Buspak in 1990, and in 1996 was appointed as CEO Buspak Hong Kong. In 1998 Steve returned to Australia where he took up the position of CEO for Buspak Australia and New Zealand. During his six years in this role, Steve grew the Buspak organisation in Australia and New Zealand and established himself as a dynamic and leading force in the outdoor advertising industry. In late 2004 Steve joined JCDecaux as CEO. Steve is responsible for a staff of more than 100 people and a varied portfolio which includes street furniture, transit and billboard advertising.

John Tyquin

Joint Managing Director goa billboards

John oversees several companies within the goa group, including goa billboards, the largest privately owned billboard company in Queensland. Prior to outdoor, John spent six years in the radio industry in Brisbane and Sydney.

Brad Bishopp

CEO Bishopp Outdoor

Brad Bishopp is Co-founder and CEO of Bishopp Outdoor Advertising. Brad has been involved in the industry for 15 years running his dynamic billboard  company specialising in servicing regional Queensland. Brad sees his position on the board as representation and voice for the smaller outdoor companies that still flourish in Australia.

Matthew Byrne

Director ROVA Media

Matthew brings 20 years of cross format Out-of-Home experience to the board. He first started working in the industry in early 1991 as a Sales Contractor with Pearl and Dean Advertising.

In 1992, Matthew launched Storm Vision Outdoor. Here he consulted with direct clients across multiple outdoor formats for operators including Pearl & Dean, Nettlefold Outdoor, Network Outdoor, Australian Posters, Claude Neon, Alan Davis and NLD.

In 1997 Matthew founded, built and operated Taxi Media for APN News and Media and in 2001 went on to found No 1 Taxi Media, which became the present ROVA Media.

Leah Whitford

General Manager Independent Outdoor Media (iOM)

Leah has in excess of 13 years experience in the Out-of-Home industry and has international experience across all facets of the business including media, signage hardware and digital production. Prior to joining iOM in 2008 Leah worked for MetroMedia Technologies (MMT) providing cohesive marketing and sales support to MMT's Asia Pacific operations in Australia, NZ, India, Malaysia. For the five years prior to that Leah worked on a number of signage projects and in outdoor media environments in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Dubai and London. Leah holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Arts (Communications) from RMIT.