Rowan Dean

Rowan Dean is an Australian advertising executive, television presenter and social commentator. He rose to prominence as a panelist on early seasons of Gruen, and subsequently became an opinion commentator with multiple newspapers and a co-host of conservative Sky News Australia program Outsiders. He is regarded as a right-wing conservative commentator.[1][2]

Rowan Dean
Born
Canberra, Australia
OccupationAdvertising executive, television presenter, magazine editor
EmployerSky News Australia

Career

Dean moved to England in 1978 and worked in a number of advertising agencies. He is credited with co-writing the 'Photobooth' commercial for Hamlet Cigars, one of the most awarded ads of all time, as well as successfully launching Foster's Lager into the UK market, winning D&AD Awards and both Gold and Silver Cannes Lions.[3][4] Dean returned to Australia in 1988 working in the Australian advertising industry, setting up Rowan Dean Films in 1995 to produce advertisements.[3]

Dean gained prominence as a commentator appearing as a regular panelist on ABC comedy series Gruen from 2008, also writing pieces for News Corp Australia and The Australian Financial Review.[5] Dean became editor of The Spectator Australia in 2014.[6]

In 2016, Dean became co-host of Sky News conservative commentary program Outsiders.[7][8] Dean remains the only original host of the format, with the other two initial co-hosts being fired by the channel for various controversies related to comments made during the program.[9][10]

In November 2016, Dean attended a party at The Rugby Club in Sydney to celebrate the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States Presidential Election[11].

gollark: Or even just salty water.
gollark: It would work.
gollark: Technically, you could have a pipe filled with molten metal or something.
gollark: I had a somewhat sore arm and a headache the next day.
gollark: And I don't mean "meddling government bad", I mean "if the government seems like it might subsidize home buyers soon, you might want to hold off on buying a house", or "if taxes on property seem like they might increase, you might want to not buy a house".

References
  1. Lewis, Charlie (22 August 2017). "Pinpointing the exact moment Rowan Dean lost his mind: a Crikey investigation". Crikey.
  2. Butler, Josh (9 November 2016). "We Spent Election Day With Trump's Biggest Aussie Supporters". The Huffington Post.
  3. "Rowan Dean appointed as Euro RSCG's new ECD". Campaign Brief. 27 May 2006.
  4. Burrows, Tim. "DR MUMBO: Gruen Transfer Returns, and we publish our first verbatim press release". Mumbrella.
  5. Canning, Simon (6 December 2009). "Budgie smugglers and Bob Hawke may help sell Mad Monk". The Australian.
  6. Christensen, Nic. "Rowan Dean takes over as editor of The Spectator but signals end to AFR marketing column". Mumbrella.
  7. Hayes, Alex (21 November 2016). "Mark Latham, Rowan Dean and Ross Cameron land Sunday morning 'Outsiders' show on Sky News". Mumbrella.
  8. "Trump's Aussie mates: Latham, Dean and Cameron launch new show". The Australian. News Corp Australia. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.(subscription required)
  9. Loomes, Phoebe (2 November 2018). "Sky News commentator sacked over on-air racism". news.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  10. Meade, Amanda (29 March 2017). "Mark Latham sacked by Sky News after controversial remarks". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  11. Jabour, Bridie (9 November 2016). "'We've been oppressed': Australian mates of Trump share his finest hour". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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