John Bertrand AM - Chairman

John Bertrand would have you believe that his main claim to fame is that he is a proud Australian. To his fellow Australians he is much more.

Ron Barassi AM - Director

In his first 26 years of senior football he took part - as player, captain or coach - in 17 grand finals to take home ten premierships. He played 204 VFL/AFL games with the Melbourne Football Club and 50 with the Carlton Football Club. He represented Victoria 18 times, gained All Australian selection in three successive interstate carnivals and was chosen as All-Australian captain in 1961. He was premiership coach of Carlton and North Melbourne Football Clubs and coach of Melbourne and Sydney Swans Football Clubs. He was captain/coach of the touring team to Ireland in 1967 and 1968. He is a Legend of the AFL Hall of Fame, a Member of the AFL Foundation Board, and was a Board Member of the Sydney Swans Football Club from 1995 to 2003.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in May 2002

Rob de Castella MBE - Director

Rob is a former marathon world champion and record holder. He represented Australia at four Olympic Games (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) and won gold at two Commonwealth Games (1982, 1986). He is a former Board Member of the Australian Sports Commission and former Director of the Australian Institute of Sport. As an outspoken advocate for community fitness and health, he is Chairman of the Leisure Australia Foundation, Managing Director of SmartStart (Australia) Pty Ltd, and Director of Deeks Bakery and Cafe.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in May 1997

John Eales AM - Director

John participated in two successful World Cup campaigns, captained the Wallabies in memorable victories including the 1999 World Cup, led Australia through three Bledisloe Cups and two seasons of Tri-Nations fixtures. He led the Wallabies to their first ever series victory over the British and Irish Lions. John is a founder of the Mettle Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chandler McLeod Group and a Director of International Quarterback. He is on the board of Lighthouse RPA, the former Sydney Cancer Centre, is a columnist with the Financial Review and consults to BT Financial Group.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in May 2005

Lindsay Gaze OAM - Director

Lindsay represented Australia as a basketball player in three Olympics and as a coach in four Olympics. He is a Board Member of VicHealth and Member of the Advisory Committee of the Council of Our Community. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of Oz 97 World Championships and is a Member of the International Basketball Federation Technical Commission. He is a consultant to Basketball Stadiums Victoria and the former coach of the Melbourne Tigers National Basketball League club. Currently Lindsay consults for one of the Chinese basketball teams and is Chief Administrator of the Melbourne Basketball Association.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in May 1997

Geoffrey Henke AO - Director

Geoff represented Australia in ice hockey, and has been Chef de Mission of six Australian Winter Olympic Games teams. He was a Board Member of the Australian Ski Federation from 1978 to 1983 and President from 1983 to 1989. He was a Director of the Confederation of Australian Sport from 1979 to 1984 and is a past Vice-President of the Australian Olympic Committee. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Olympic Committee, Member of the Olympic Order, Chairman of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia and a Council Member of the Federation Internationale de Ski.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in March 1997

Michael McKay OAM - Director

Michael McKay is considered one of Australia's most successful oarsmen over the long history of the sport, as can be demonstrated by his results. He competed in five successive Olympics from 1988 to 2004, was a finalist in all and won medals at four of them. He won gold with the "Awesome Foursome" at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics, silver with the eight in Sydney and bronze with the eight in Athens. He was a finalist, finishing fifth, with the eight in Seoul. Mike was awarded an OAM for service to sport in 1987 and was recognized as the Australian Rower of the Year in 1999. He served as a Board Member of the Australian Olympic Committee from 1997-2000, and was awarded the Australian Sports medal in 2000. In July 2007, Mike was awarded the prestigious Thomas Keller medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to rowing as a competitor and sports personality, and to this day he is esteemed as a sportsman of great note to our aspiring champions.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in February 2009.

Vicki Wilson OAM - Director

Vicki represented Australia in netball for 15 years between 1985 and 1999, the last four as captain. As the world's best goal shooter, she captained the first-ever gold medal winning team at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. At the time of her retirement, she was the most capped Australian netballer having played 104 Test matches and is the only Australian player to have played in four World Championships. Committed to the future development of the sport she loves, Vicki was the founder and coordinator of the Secondary Schools Netball championships. She is also a member of the board of the Queensland Academy of Sport, the Major Sports Facilities Authority, and the Queensland School Sport Foundation. In addition, Vicki is Manager of Community Programs with Sport and Recreation Queensland.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in February 2007

James Tomkins OAM - Director (Australian Olympic Committee)

One of Australia's greatest rowers, James Tomkins is the only rower in history to win world championship titles in every sweep oar event. James together with Mike McKay, Nick Green and Andrew Cooper, took the rowing world by storm in the early 1990's earning the "Oarsome" name and reputation with convincing victories in the 1990 and 1991 World Championships, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Despite taking a break from competitive rowing for nearly three years the new Foursome successfully defended their Olympic title in Atlanta 1996. In 2002 Tomkins and Drew Ginn combined to win the coxless pairs at the World Titles , and in 2004 the "Dynamic Duo" showed they were the best in the world with their Gold Medal at The Athens Olympics. James competed in his fifth Olympic Games in Beijing, having the honour of being the Australian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. James was awarded an OAM in 1987 and in 2008 was Victorian Father of the Year. James is the Chairman of the Athletes Commission and is on the Executive of the AOC.
James was appointed the AOC representative on the SAHOF Board in 2009.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in February 2009.

Matt Miller - Director (CEO- Australian Sports Commission)

Matt Miller was appointed the new Executive Director of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) in May 2009. Matt comes to the ASC from his previous role as the General Manager of the Australian Child Support Agency. Prior to leading a successful three year reform of the Australian Child Support System, Matt was the Queensland Commissioner for Fair Trading, working with both business and stakeholders to improve market outcomes. He has a proven track record of working closely and constructively with stakeholders to achieve improved outcomes for the Australian community. Matt also brings more than 30 years of experience in economic and social policy to the Commission and comes from a role managing 4,000 staff and an annual operating budget of more than $450 million.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in June 2009.

Michael Sparks - Director (Confederation of Australian Sport)

Michael is President of the Confederation of Australian Sport, the representative body for Australia's national sporting organisations. Michael is also a Member of the Advisory Board to the 11th Australasian Masters Games and is a Board Member of the Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. He is Chairman of Touch Football Australia Inc., one of Australia's largest national sporting organisations. Michael is General Manager of SPORTINFO, a leading sports marketing research agency, and is a Director of Intuitive Solutions and The Intuitive Group. He contributes regularly to the Sports Marketing Quarterly, an international sports marketing journal.
Appointed to the SAHOF Board in March 2005

Graeme Willersdorf - (Ambassador)

Graeme has been on the business end of Australian sport for the past 20 years in his capacity as a Senior Executive with the Fosters Group. Supervising Fosters involvement at Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Graeme has been an equally familiar figure at Australian cricket played here and abroad, Americas Cups, and at all of the nation's major horse races not to mention the past ten years of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.