Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
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  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
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  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
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    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
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    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[Lore]

CEO SEARCH:

“The Bombers want to pair new coach Brad Scott and football boss Josh Mahoney

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with an experienced AFL figure as CEO to help lead the club up the ladder.”

Some more CEO candidates:

• Stuart Fox: MCC CEO & Former CEO of Hawthorn (not named in racism review)
• Greg Swann: Brisbane CEO

As part of the ongoing overhaul, Essendon will now target an experienced football figure such as MCC chief executive Stuart Fox to become new CEO.

Fox, who won three premierships as CEO at Hawthorn and was not named in the Hawks review into the treatment of First Nations players, has run the MCG since 2017.

Respected Brisbane chief executive Greg Swann could also be headhunted.

Swann is one of the longest-serving CEO’s in the game and has been highly rated for his efforts helping the Lions rise up off the bottom.

His experience and standing would also appeal to the Bombers.

REVIEW:

• Findings to be announced and implemented once the board has approved it
• Timeline to hand it up to the board is next week
• Barham to oversee delivery of the external review. (I’m not sure if this is a generic statement as President or if they mean he’s taken leadership of it from Thorburn. The actual interviewing and writing stuff is probably done, they should be dotting Is and crossing Ts on the current timeline anyway. So mostly just liaising with EY and tabling it to the board?)
• Expected to result in:
  • Staffing restructure
  • Further personnel changes
  • Stop the disruptive club politics (how??)

Essendon president David Barham will oversee the delivery of the crucial external review findings designed to help restructure the club.

…

The findings are expected to recommend a staffing restructure, more personnel changes and a move away from any disruptive club politics.

But they will have to be approved by the Essendon board before they are announced and implemented, as early as next week.

 

[The Prosecutor]

That sounds like Dodoro is cooked.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

That sounds like Dodoro is cooked.

 

[The Donners]

CEO SEARCH:

“The Bombers want to pair new coach Brad Scott and football boss Josh Mahoney with an experienced AFL figure as CEO to help lead the club up the ladder.”

Some more CEO candidates:

• Stuart Fox: MCC CEO & Former CEO of Hawthorn (not named in racism review)
• Greg Swann: Brisbane CEO

REVIEW:

• Findings to be announced and implemented once the board has approved it
• Timeline to hand it up to the board is next week
• Barham to oversee delivery of the external review. (I’m not sure if this is a generic statement as President or if they mean he’s taken leadership of it from Thorburn. The actual interviewing and writing stuff is probably done, they should be dotting Is and crossing Ts on the current timeline anyway. So mostly just liaising with EY and tabling it to the board?)
• Expected to result in:
  • Staffing restructure
  • Further personnel changes
  • Stop the disruptive club politics (how??)

I’ve every faith Barham will do whatever it takes to implement the recommendations of the review.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

I’ve every faith Barham will do whatever it takes to implement the recommendations of the review.

 

[Nifft]

I’ve every faith Barham will do whatever it takes to implement the recommendations of the review.

Too soon?

 

[DonsRule]

Barham has made a bunch of blunders, but I think he needs to be judged on the changes made by the external review.And what he implements there.

Muir if he is considering a takeover has to see it through otherwise I think we will continue to be the same club we have the last 20 years.

 

[Doss]

That sounds like Dodoro is cooked.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Swann or Fox would be outstanding acquisitions for CEO

 

[citizen-erased]

Swann or Fox would be outstanding acquisitions for CEO

Id love to get a film crew to follow them round week 1.

 

[DapperDon]

That sounds like Dodoro is cooked.

 

[The Prosecutor]

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Could you imagine a club without Dodoro and Sheedy?

 

[Doss]

Could you imagine a club without Dodoro and Sheedy?

Don't threaten me with a good time bruh.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Don't threaten me with a good time bruh.

 

[andleanback]

"Essendon will now target an experienced football figure such as MCC chief executive Stuart Fox to become new CEO.
Fox, who won three premierships as CEO at Hawthorn and was not named in the Hawks review into the treatment of First Nations players, has run the MCG since 2017"
Hallelujah

 

[DERO]

jmoo wan thoughts?

 

[TDay]

Call a press conference where every essendon leader (+coteries) has to face the camera and say with a straight face "im a silly w***er with a teeny tiny pecker". Refuse to do it and you're out.
Sorts out the disasterously large egos, and would get all the hits on youtube to help ease in the new media manager.

 

[eth-dog]

"Essendon will now target an experienced football figure such as MCC chief executive Stuart Fox to become new CEO.
Fox, who won three premierships as CEO at Hawthorn and was not named in the Hawks review into the treatment of First Nations players, has run the MCG since 2017"
Hallelujah

Hang on, doesn't that mean he was there during the racism stuff?

 

[Vander18]

That said, it depends on the structure of the club. Brendan Gale is a bit different at the Tigers as he's an executive director, so he's on the board of directors as well as being the Chief Executive.

The other thing I might've missed above is that they said the Coach reports directly to the board of directors anyway.

And yet we know that certain CEO’s are serial winners. CEO’s like Ireland,Swann and Cook seem to build winning clubs wherever they go.

Leadership is everything - the CEO is always the most important role in an organisation. A good coach alone might pinch you a flag but continuing success, year after year (think Sydney and Geelong) is driven by executive leadership.

I become more convinced by the day that the CEO must be a football CEO (that doesn’t mean ex-player), not a commercial CEO. I know nothing about Simon Lloyd but geez the Geelong IP would have some value.

 

[DERO]

And yet we know that certain CEO’s are serial winners. CEO’s like Ireland,Swann and Cook seem to build winning clubs wherever they go.

Leadership is everything - the CEO is always the most important role in an organisation. A good coach alone might pinch you a flag but continuing success, year after year (think Sydney and Geelong) is driven by executive leadership.

I become more convinced by the day that the CEO must be a football CEO (that doesn’t mean ex-player), not a commercial CEO. I know nothing about Simon Lloyd but geez the Geelong IP would have some value.

The way Geelong manages to continually lure players for less is particularly interesting.

 

[andleanback]

Hang on, doesn't that mean he was there during the racism stuff?

Not named in the report

Although I don’t particularly care if we get him rather we going after someone with football executive experience

 

[jmoo wan]

jmoo wan thoughts?

i’d be better than all these proposed clowns.

 

[bacon buster]

Wtf. Why are they now only wanting to pair Scott and Mahoney with an experienced CEO?

What was the remit last week?

 

[Vander18]

Wtf. Why are they now only wanting to pair Scott and Mahoney with an experienced CEO?

What was the remit last week?

Pretty obvious - I hadn’t posted my view on the subject at that time

 

[DERO]

i’d be better than all these proposed clowns.

Siri google Jmoo.