Popular television newsman, John Mangos, a familiar face on Australian television screens for almost thirty years, has become an Ambassdor for Sir David Martin Foundation. He is currently a senior anchorman with SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA, a post he’s held since the 24-hour news channel was launched in 1996. He is also a weekly regular on Australia’s leading breakfast program, the Seven Network's Sunrise. And he’s a regular afternoon host on top rating Sydney talkback radio station 2UE.
A widely respected newscaster, John spent 14 years with National Nine News where he worked in the Federal Parliamentary press gallery and as the NSW state political correspondent before he became the network’s United States correspondent based in Los Angeles.
John returned from the United States at the request of the "King of Australian television", Graham Kennedy, to co-host the top rating nightly Coast to Coast news program. John went on to make documentaries for the Nine Network as well as hosting the Our World series on Sunday nights. At that time he was a guest host of Nine's Today show and the Midday show.
John lives in Sydney and runs his own media consultancy, Megisti Media, which was romantically named after the Greek island of his family's origin, Kastellorizo.
He is in demand as an after dinner speaker, Master of Ceremonies, seminar mediator and media trainer.
John is an official ambassador for the Sydney Swans Football Club and has an active interest in the club.
In his spare time, John loves to cook and has been teaching cooking classes at the Sydney Seafood School at the Sydney Fish Market for the past thirteen years.
We at the Foundation thank John for becoming an Ambassador and look forward with much ennthusiasm to his involvement and working with him over the next 12 months.
For more information on John please visit http://johnmangos.com/index.asp
