Welcome to Quick Q - Monday’s Media weekly Q&A series dedicated to finding out more about the personalities that matter most in the Australian media landscape.

Every week The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age asks key figures across corporate media, business, sport, federal politics, radio, television and culture to answer a series of questions about their life, careers, hobbies and news habits.

This week’s questionnaire Hamish McLennan, chairman of Rugby Australia, REA Group, Here, There & Everywhere and deputy chairman of Magellan.

When did you get your big break (in media)?
When I got offered Global Chairman and CEO of Young and Rubicam in New York.

What are daily news media habits?
I read anything and everything.

Which living person do you most admire?
David Attenborough.

Your guilty streaming pleasure?
The Putin Interviews by Oliver Stone.

Which phrase do you overuse?
Has anyone seen the cattle?

What did you want to do when you grew up?
Anything in media.