Mike Sneesby was the original founder and chief executive of streaming service Stan from August 2013 until his appointment as chief executive of Nine Entertainment in April 2021.
Prior to Stan, Mr Sneesby was the chief executive of Microsoft/Nine Entertainment ecommerce joint venture Cudo up until its sale in 2013. He also set up the invision IPTV service in Dubai as vice president of IPTV for the Saudi Telecom/Astro Malaysia joint venture Intigral; headed corporate strategy and business development at ninemsn where he established and developed a portfolio of the company's high growth digital media businesses including the start-up of MSN New Zealand and management of the EPG and listings business HWW; and led the rollout of Optus’ national ADSL network “Bigfoot”.
Mr Sneesby holds an Honours degree in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
