Sydney, Australia – Media intelligence platform Telum Media welcomes John Bergin, former professional development lead at The Walkley Foundation for Journalism, onboard as the company’s new region head for ANZ.

He will be joining the company by March this year, where he will work alongside Tim Weller, revenue head for ANZ at Telum Media, and will lead a team including Rhian Deutrom, country team lead for ANZ and Reuben Aitchison, who runs Telum’s PR news teams across ANZ.

During his stint at The Walkley Foundation, Bergin led the Google News Training Initiative. He brings into Telum Media over 15 years of experience in digital news media from the Australian News Channel, News Corp Australia and SBS.

Speaking about his appointment, he said, “Telum has become the go-to reference for journalists and PRs in Australia and New Zealand. I’m thrilled to be joining the fantastic team at Telum to continue to grow the business here.”

Meanwhile, Michael Webster, CEO at Telum, commented, “We are delighted to have found someone in John who shares our passion for journalism and media. John brings the skills and experience to lead our expanding Australia and New Zealand media and PR news and information teams.”