Max Uechtritz, Executive Director of News and Current Affairs at ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, is to join commercial broadcaster Nine Network.
The ABC’s Managing Director, Russell Balding, said that he had accepted Max Uechtritz’s resignation with much regret.
“Max has served the national broadcaster with great distinction over the past 18 years, both as a correspondent and more recently as an Executive Director.
“Throughout his outstanding career at the ABC, Max has upheld the highest traditions and unmatched reputation of the Corporation’s news and current affairs reporting.
“His commitment and contribution to public broadcasting and his leadership of the News & Current Affairs Division will be greatly missed.”
Uechtritz said that it had been a great privilege to have been a part of the ABC’s news and current affairs team.
“I will always look back to my years at the ABC with great pride and a sense of real achievement. I would like to pay tribute to Russell Balding for his personal and professional support and encouragement, and also to my News & Current Affairs colleagues for their loyalty and dedication.
“The ABC’s reputation for delivering news and current affairs programmes of quality and relevance to Australian and international audiences has never been higher.
Max Uechtritz has been at the ABC since 1986. Prior to his appointment as Executive Director of the News & Current Affairs Division in 2000, he had served in a number of positions within the Corporation, both in Australia and overseas.