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
    Sean Wellman

    Age

    50

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  41

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  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
    Josh Mahoney

    Age

    47

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    38

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , 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

 

[wichidi]

Watching Barnham he is a joke. I can see how the week ended up where it did the way he is talking right now and his body language. Body language and actual words are s**t

 

[Lore]

I missed the first bit. :\

 

[brutus76]

What a sh*tshow

 

[Bjchan13]

Did everyone watch that? Absolute trainwreck

 

[LB#16]

“I think so,” – Essendon President David Barham when asked if Xavier Campbell will remain as CEO into 2023.

This is going to be a very short presidency if this is how it has started.

 

[Beerfish]

I missed the first bit. :\

'Good morning everyone'

 

[andleanback]

Holy smoke Batman.

Looks like pretty much no one in management is going to lose a job.

"We are trying to work out why Geelong has played in 8 prelims and we haven't". I can tell them that and all I require is a coffee and a croissant.

Ah no
He’s not going to come out and say people are going to get sacked today
They run the review and if the review says people should be sacked, then they will leave.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Sue, he was honest, but that just laid bare how incompetent the board and management are.

 

[Mootsy]

What a sh*tshow

He looks like he’s had an awful week.

 

[VexOh]

Haha I like this guy. Looks like he honestly couldn't give **** what everyone thinks, and is willing to step on whatever toes to sort this shit out & do what's right.

 

[Darealrath]

One positive was that he didn't just speak in hollow corporate jargon.

One negative is that assessing the coaching position on Sunday doesn't seem to in any way line up with the timing of an external review.

 

[Zach Package]

That was the first time anyone at Essendon has acknowledged organisational failings in ****ing god knows how long. It’s a start.

 

[Doss]

That press conference.

 

[Call Me Cake]

You could say Barham is... a bit of an everyman.

I don't know how I feel about it but,

It's been a while since we've had that... so might be good to have someone who just tells it as it is?

 

[footyfanatic111]

I must say watching Barham for the first time in action, he is really really - unimpressive.

Absolutely. I’m left feeling even worse after watching that bloke speak.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

What a trainwreck of a presser.

 

[Ati Tude]

Wow, that was bad. I missed the start but did he have any prepared written remarks to make. You know, so it didn't sound like he was making it up as he went along.

 

[Seb78]

Lol, is that our new president . FMD

 

[thepokey]

Where's Heppellfreak?

Look for new accounts created on 19/8/22

 

[brain taylor]

lmao

 

[boncer34]

No positions not under review. Wants direct comparison with other clubs. External review should be telling us what is Geelong doing, what is Collingwood doing, what did Richmond do. Why are Geelong getting x prelims in x years? What are they doing differently?

Add that to internal review.


(Doesn't mean it won't come back and say the thing they're doing differently is not having ex-footballers on their board)

I thought he said no position was under review.

 

[Lore]

One positive was that he didn't just speak in hollow corporate jargon.

One negative is that assessing the coaching position on Sunday doesn't seem to in any way line up with the timing of an external review.

The coaching role needs closure one way or another, you can't let Rutten hang in the breeze for a month or six weeks while a review is conducted.

 

[ant555]

How many messes do we need though? Have we reached expert level yet.

We have. Richmond and Melbourne spent as much time doing it not that it is any comfort.

 

[TheGrizz]

No positions not under review. Wants direct comparison with other clubs. External review should be telling us what is Geelong doing, what is Collingwood doing, what did Richmond do. Why are Geelong getting x prelims in x years? What are they doing differently?

Add that to internal review.


(Doesn't mean it won't come back and say the thing they're doing differently is not having ex-footballers on their board)

Carlton said David Teague and Cain Liddles positions weren't under review either when they did their external review last year. It means bugger all.

If he says 'yeah, nah I'm just looking for the broom I need thats big enough to clean out the club then they're goneski' he would have then entire club walking on egg shells more than they are.

 

[Lore]

I thought he said no position was under review.

that's exactly what he said. I typed it one way, then typed it the other way, and ended up with a double negative