The Board
The ASC Board with the Minister for Sport, the Hon. Kate Ellis MP, June 2008
Mr Peter Bartels (Chairman) AO, FAISM, FRS
Peter has an extensive history in senior executive roles in various organisations and is currently the Chairman of Starpharma Holdings Limited and AusBio Ltd. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Committee on Cooperation through Sport and the Royal Women’s and Children’s Hospitals and was a Director of the Melbourne Business School (Melbourne University), the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and the organising committee for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006.
Mr Bartels was previously CEO and Managing Director of Coles Myer Ltd and before that CEO and Managing Director of Fosters Brewing Group Limited. He was a member of the Business Council of Australia for eight years. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute and a recipient of the Sir Charles McGrath Award for marketing excellence.
In his youth Mr Bartels was an outstanding cyclist, an Australian team member for many years, and a Gold Medallist at the Perth 1962 Commonwealth Games 1000 metre Time Trial. Peter has been inducted into the Sport Australia and Cycling Halls of Fame. He is Patron of the Australian Cycling Federation and a member of the Solidarity Commission of the International Cycling Federation.
Peter has presided over all four scheduled meetings of the Board during 2007/08.
Appointed to 18 November 2008
Mr Greg Hartung (Deputy Chairman) QAM, BA, Dip Journ, MA
Greg has had an extensive career in sports administration spanning 25 years. He is President of the Australian Paralympic Committee and is on the Governing Board of the International Paralympic Committee. Greg is the Chair of the Paralympic Games Commission for the International Paralympic Committee and is a member of the International Olympic Committee Radio and Television Commission. He was Deputy President of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Organising Committee.
Greg was the inaugural Chief Executive of the ASC from 1984 to 1988 and was a member of the Interim Committee of the ASC in 1983. He was President of the Confederation of Australian Sport from 1989 to 1995 and is a life member of that organisation.
Greg has held a number of directorships with sporting organisations, including the Australian Coaching Council and the Australian Sports Foundation. Outside sport, Greg has pursued successful careers in business and media.
Greg served on the Board of the Australian Sports Foundation and was appointed Chairman of the Australian Sports Foundation in May 2008. Greg attended all four of the scheduled Board meetings during 2007/08. In July 2007 he was re-appointed to the Board of the ASC for a period of two years through to August 2009 and in May 2008 was promoted to the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board.
Appointed to 9 August 2009
Ms Kate Allen OAM, BSc, BComm, MBA
Ms Allen won Australia’s first Olympic Rowing gold medal with rowing partner Megan Still at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Games, followed up with a Silver medal at the Sydney games. She was an Australian representative in rowing for ten years which saw her attend three Olympics and six world championship events where she won a world title and two bronze medals.
Once off the water she became involved in the rowing world as a board member of Rowing Australia, a member of the Rowing Australia athlete’s commission and was a member of the FISA international athlete’s commission. She also served on the Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital board, as a member of Centenary Federation committee and was an ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
Professionally Ms Allen has worked as an Accountant with Ernst & Young before moving to banking. She currently works in the Debt Capital Markets division at Westpac, bringing global and domestic borrowers issue into the Australian Fixed Income market.
Kate was appointed to the ASC Board on 7 May 2008 for a period of 2 years and accepted a role on the ASC Audit Committee on her appointment. Kate attended the one scheduled Board meeting she was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
Appointed to 6 May 2010
Ms Alisa Camplin OAM, BIT
Alisa won the aerial skiing gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She then went on to become a two-time World Cup Grand Prix Champion, world record holder and World Champion, and only the second person in history to hold the Triple Crown (Olympic, World and World Cup titles simultaneously). At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Ms Camplin was the Australian Team Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer and claimed bronze to become the first person in history to win back-to-back Olympic aerial medals.
Ms Camplin retired from competitive skiing in 2006, leaving with 19 World Cup podium medals (ten gold, five silver and four bronze) and the Sir Donald Bradman Award.
Alisa has an information technology degree and is now in her 12th year with IBM Australia where she is Manager of the Multi Vendor Maintenance and Technical Services Delivery Business. With a strong background in sports psychology, Alisa provides high performance coaching in the corporate sector, and mixes her sport and business knowledge to regularly deliver key note speeches.
Alisa currently sits on the boards of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia and Sport 4 the Environment and held a board position at Methodist Ladies’ College from 2005-2008.
Alisa was appointed by the Minister for the Arts and Sport on 23 March 2007 for a period of 2 years and accepted the position of Chair of the Australian Sports Commission Audit Committee in May 2008.
Alisa attended all four Board Meetings she was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
Appointed to 22 March 2009
Ms Sally Carbon OAM, BA, BEd
Sally's first serious activity was that of ballet - she was in the WA Ballet Academy and was invited to move to Sydney to join the Australian Ballet when she was 13. At the same time she competed at the National Athletics Championships representing WA in 400m, 400m hurdles and javelin.
Enjoying the team element, Sally picked up the sport of hockey and went on to represent Australia at two Olympic Games, two World Cups and 125 internationals during an 8 year career. She also represented Western Australia for 12 years, was in the Western Australian Institute of Sport for 11 years and Australian Institute of Sport for 9 years.
Sally completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Physical Education and Mathematics whilst she was in the Australian Institute of Sport. She taught Physical Education for a couple of years and then was awarded a scholarship to study Strategic Marketing. After this she commenced work in advertising, marketing and sponsorship. She also wrote for the Sunday Times newspaper at the time, and continued to do so for another 10 years, as well as some radio and television work.
Sally represented the State Minister for Sport on the WA Sports Council, setting the strategy for sport in WA, for four years. She then moved to Melbourne and, whilst in Melbourne, Sally worked as the Communications Manager and then the Director of Marketing and Communications at Docklands Authority. Sally moved back to Perth at the end of 2004.
She released her second children's sport book, "I want to be a Footballer" in 2007 and her third book "I want to be a Cricketer", co-written with former Test cricketer, Justin Langer in August, 2008. Her first book was released in time for the 2004 Olympic Games and is called "I want to be an Olympian". She is working on "I want to be a Dancer" and "I want to be a Netballer", but is also currently writing an adults novel, a fictional story about a sporty male and sporty female, based on their lives off the field.
Sally has an Order of Australia Medal, for services to sport, and has been awarded many other awards for writing, sport and health promotion. She is on many sport and health boards and committees in Western Australia promoting all areas of health, and volunteers to help raise funds for many causes.She does over 200 speaking engagements per year, including hosting of events.
Sally was appointed to the ASC and ASF Boards on 7 May 2008 for a period of 2 years. Sally attended the one scheduled Board meeting she was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
Appointed to 6 May 2010
Ms Liz Ellis BA LLB
Liz is a former captain of the Australian Netball Team. A three time World Netball Champion (1995, 1999 and 2007) and two time Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist (1998 and 2002), Liz is the most capped Australian netballer ever, and third most capped netballer of all time, having represented Australia on 122 occasions. Liz is also the most successful leader in the National Netball League, having captained the Sydney Swifts to four league titles in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007, and holds the record for the most National League matches. Liz retired from netball at all levels in 2007, immediately after leading Australia to reclaim the World Netball Championship in Auckland.
Liz holds a bachelor of Arts/Law from Macquarie University, and practiced as a solicitor for four years in property and infrastructure. Realising that Law was not her passion, Liz left practice in 2000 and has since built a successful business conducting netball coaching clinics at various locations around NSW. As well as running her own successful coaching business, Liz acts as an ambassador for Macquarie Sports, coaching netball at schools and clubs across the country.
Liz also sits on the boards of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, the NSW Institute of Sport and the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. In her spare time Liz is sought-after keynote speaker as well as a regular guest on radio and television.
Liz was appointed to the ASC Board on 7 May 2008 for a period of 2 years and accepted a role on the ASC Audit Committee on her appointment. Liz attended the one scheduled Board meeting she was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
Appointed to 6 May 2010
Mr David Gallop BA LLB
David is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Rugby League and was appointed to this role in February 2002.
David grew up in Canberra attending Canberra Grammar School. He holds a BA from ANU and a Law Degree from Sydney University. After working as a Solicitor at Holman Webb in Sydney (1990–1995) he was employed by News Ltd as the General Counsel for Super League (1995-1997).
At the National Rugby League’s inception in 1997, David commenced as Director of Legal and Business Affairs. Since that time he has been closely involved in all key decisions involving the game and, in 1998, he was also appointed Secretary of the Rugby League International Federation, a position he still holds today.
As Chief Executive Officer of the National Rugby League, David has seen the game enjoy increased financial stability at club level, a closer on-field competition through the effective policing of the salary cap, strong commercial growth and record crowd attendance figures.
In 2002 he was voted NSW Sports Administrator of the Year and in 2006 he was voted the Australian Sports Administrator of the Year at the Confederation of Australian Sport Awards.
David was appointed to the ASC Board on 7 May 2008 for a period of 2 years and accepted a role on the ASC Audit Committee on his appointment. David attended the one scheduled Board meeting he was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
Appointed to 6 May 2010
Mr Kyle Vander-Kuyp
Kyle is a two time Olympian and is the fastest sprint hurdler in Australian history. Early in his career Kyle won a bronze medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships. He was part of the 4 x 100m relay silver medallist team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada and was a finalist in the 110m hurdles at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA.
Kyle represented Australia at four Commonwealth Games, including the Melbourne Games in 2006 and four World Championships. He is the current Australian record holder for the 110m and 60m hurdles and has been the National Champion on 12 occasions.
Kyle has won many awards including the prestigious Dr Charles Perkins Award in 2003 and awards for his contributions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport. Kyle spends a great deal of his time in various ambassador and mentoring roles with both Government and private enterprise. He is an Indigenous Ambassador for the Federal Department of Humans Services aimed at building awareness of Government services, an Ambassador for the Red Dust Role Models program that delivers healthy lifestyle messages in remote Indigenous communities and an Ambassador for the BHP Billiton Olympic program where he visits communities all over Australia to promote the Olympic values. Kyle is also involved in the Athletics Australia Jump Start to London 2012 Indigenous Program aimed at identifying talented indigenous athletes. He also works with Elmore Oil to promote their sports products as part of their Future Champions Program.
Kyle was appointed to the ASC Board on 6 May 2008 for a period of 2 years. Kyle attended the one scheduled Board meeting he was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
Appointed to 6 May 2010
Ms Jane Halton PSM – Ex-officio Member of the Board
Jane Halton is Secretary of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. She is responsible for all aspects of the operation of the Department including the provision of advice on and administration of Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Aged and Community Care, Population Health, regulation of Therapeutic Goods, plus hospital financing and Private Health Insurance. She also has responsibility for leadership on health security issues, including matters related to bioterrorism.
Jane currently chairs the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council, is a member of the board of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a board member of the National E-Health Transition Authority and a Commissioner of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality.
Jane is the chair of the OECD’s Health Committee. She was an Executive Board Member on the World Health Organisation (WHO) 2004-2007 and President of the World Health Assembly (2007), and was Vice-Chair of the Executive Board 2005-2006 and Chair of the WHO Program, Budget and Administration Committee 2005-2007.
Jane was a Commissioner of the Health Insurance Commission from 2002 to 2005 and was Chair of the Australian Obesity Taskforce (2003-2006).
Prior to her appointment in January 2002 as Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing, Jane Halton was Executive Co-ordinator, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) and was responsible for advising on all aspects of Australian Government Social Policy including the Status of Women.
Prior to joining PM&C, Jane Halton was national program manager of the Australian Government's Aged and Community Care Program with responsibilities for long term care. Jane holds an honours degree in Psychology from the Australian National University, is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and an honorary fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives. She was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2002, and the Centenary Medal in 2003.
Jane became the Ex-officio Member of the ASC Board when the ASC moved to the Health and Ageing Portfolio following the 2007 Federal Election. Jane attended the 2 scheduled Board Meetings she was eligible to attend during 2007/08.
