People in brief

Christine Adams is the new Deputy General Manager at Lake Mountain Alpine Resort in Victoria. Nerio Alessandri, Chief Executive of Technogym has been named by the International Spa Association as the 2023 ISPA Visionary Award winner. Brooke Atkins has left the YNSW to become joint Executive Director at the LARCAN consultancy. Kristy Brown has moved from Merlin Entertainments to become Head of Communications at Belgravia Leisure. Athletics Australia has announced the appointment of Samantha Culbert into the newly created role of Group General Manager, Delivery & Partnerships. The Australian Institute of Sport has appointed sports administrator Fiona de Jong, who previously spent more than 12 years with the Australian Olympic Committee, as lead of the AIS European Training Centre. Joshua French has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust. Screen Queensland has appointed Courtney Gibson as its new Chief Executive. Breet Jones has joined Leisure Concepts Australia as its new National Corporate Sales Manager. Cameron Jones is the Director of Precincts and Venues for the Queensland Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport. Xplor Technologies has announced that Pamela Joseph has taken on the role of Chief Executive of the global ‘everyday life’ payment and technology platform, replacing Floris de Kort, who has stepped down for personal reasons. Xplor has also appointed Toni Dawson as Senior Product Marketing Manager - Xplor Coach. Experienced sports and entertainment marketer Phil King has been named as the new Chief Commercial Officer at the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Fitness training body Clean Health has appointed Andrew Lockley as Chief Operating Officer and Gavin Aquilina as Head of Product and Innovation. Announcing the creation of a Worldwide Innovation Lab, event and venue management software leader Ungerboeck has advised that Steve Mackenzie has been promoted to the newly-created role of the company’s Chief Innovation Officer. Football Australia has appointed Mel Mallam as its General Counsel. Mallam, who has worked on two FIFA World Cups and the London 2012 Olympic Games, negotiated some of the world’s first digital media agreements in sport while working for world football governing body FIFA. Kirstie McNulty has been appointed by Otakaro Limited, the owner of Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, to oversee the new facility and manage its relationship with the venue operator, ASM Global. Alex Newton has been appointed as Diving Australia’s new Chief Executive. The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust has appointed Natalie O’Brien as Chief Executive of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). Patricia O’Callaghan, currently the Chief Executive of Destination Gold Coast has been named the new Chief Executive of Tourism and Events Queensland. Business Events Industry Aotearoa has appointed Chris Peak as Events Manager, responsible for BEIA’s key events including the annual MEETINGS exhibition. Heading towards launching in the USA in early 2023, fastgrowing Australian franchise Fitstop has appointed Peter Pisani as Athletic Director - North America. Debbie Rowley is the new Manager of Event Operations at the WIN Sports and Entertainment Centre. ActiveXchange has expanded its data analytics function, announcing Richard Schultz as its new Head of Data Science. Leah Stringer has been appointed to the role of Aquatic Facility Manager at Waitaki District Council. Following the death of former AFL Victoria Chair Ray Horsburgh in August, the Australian Football League has announced the appointment of former Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner to the role. The City of Cockburn in metropolitan Perth has appointed David van Ooran as its Chief of Community Services. AEG Global Partnerships has announced what it says is “the first step” in its expansion in Asia with the promotion of Matthew Zweck to lead its Melbourne-based Asia-Pacific team.

New Ventures

Cain Liddle, the former Chief Executive of the Carlton Football Club and Aligned Leisure, has launched a website introducing Incrementum Advisory Group, Australia’s newest sport and leisure consultancy. Liddle wrote on social media “the word ‘Incrementum’ is derived from a Latin term which means ‘growth, development and augmentation’, encapsulating the work we do across sport, leisure, membership and education.”

Liddle’s four-year tenure at Carlton between 2017 and 2021 saw the club achieve record membership and strengthen itself financially - reducing the Blues’ historical debt by $2 million as of early 2020.

He joined Carlton after playing a key part in Richmond FC’s commercial success over eight years. For more information go to www.incrementumadvisory.com.au/

Vale:John Bloomfield

The Sport Australia Hall of Fame has advised the passing of esteemed Member Professor John Bloomfield at the age of 89.

The Sport Australia Hall of Fame shared “hundreds of successful Australian sports men and women owe a debt to Prof. Bloomfield and his passion for a more scientific approach to training, technique and injury prevention in Australian sport.”

In our issue 151, a picture used on page 42 incorrectly referred to it being of Brisbane’s John Carew Swim School.

The facility in the picture was Hills Swimming in the Sydney suburb of Kenthurst, owned and operated by swim school leaders Julie and Deny Zancanaro.

Correction