David Gyngell was the chief executive of Nine Entertainment from November 2010 to November 2015, having previously served as chief executive of Nine Network from September 2007. Mr Gyngell became a non-executive director of the company in November 2015. He has almost 20 years of experience at Nine and over 25 years’ overall media sector experience. Prior to that, Mr Gyngell was chief executive of Granada Television and director of International Management Group and Transworld Media International. He was also executive director, group marketing and communications for Publishing & Broadcasting.