Cutting the cake: Hugh Marks and Alexi Baker on Saturday.
The relationship between Marks, 59, and Baker, 43, was controversial and newsworthy when it became public knowledge five years ago.
Marks was then chief executive of media company Nine Entertainment, publisher of this masthead, while Baker was his former subordinate, having left as managing director of commercial in October 2020.
The normally understated Marks, who is ironically known in the industry as Hollywood Hugh, informed the board and went public via an item in the Herald’s Private Sydney column in November. He resigned the same day, saying in an interview the couple wanted “to be able to pursue that relationship without the impediment of the organisation”.
After Nine, Baker spent two years at the National Rugby League as a chief customer and digital officer and is now a non-executive director of digital wagering outfit Betr Entertainment, Rugby Australia and Healthy Bones Australia.
The honeymoon will be a brief jaunt to the exclusive Capella Lodge on Lord Howe Island, where a family friend said the couple will be able to indulge their love of walking.
A strenuous hike up the formidable 875 metre Mount Gower is not on the agenda but the couple might be wise to reconsider.
Not only do Lord Howe Island airport ground staff weigh baggage on the return journey, but due to the small size of the standard De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q200 turboprop aircraft which service the island, they weigh passengers as well.
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