Chris Wharton is the former Chief Executive Officer of Seven West Media WA, retiring from full time work in April 2017.
Mr. Wharton is Chairman of Thriver Finance, a WA-based investment company.
He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Seven West Media WA (SWM) and led the acquisition of the Seven Media Group, which ultimately became Seven West Media.
Prior to the formation of SWM he was CEO of publicly-listed West Australian Newspaper Holdings and before that, CEO of Channel Seven Perth for nine years. He was responsible for all SWM’s print, online and television and radio broadcasting assets in WA.
He began his career as a journalist and worked in all areas of newspaper management in Sydney before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Perth’s Community Newspaper Group in 1995. In 2013, he became Chairman of Community Newspaper Group. His community and business involvement includes board memberships of the Telethon Trust from 2000-2017 and Gold Corporation from 2002-2019. Chris was a member of the WA Olympic Team Appeal Committee from 2000-2017 and a director of the West Coast Eagles Football Club from 2013-2021.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Management and is a former Councillor and Vice President of the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also a former member of the Committee for Perth. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday honours for services to the print and broadcast industries and for services to the community.
