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

    46

    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

 

[Don Won]

What's that expression? Same s**t, different smell.

Haven’t heard the expression, but from my knowledge of the substance… I’d say it is the other way round.

 

[Beerfish]

He looks like a mash up of Brad Scott and Robbie Williams

 

[Lore]

NAB’s low-profile CEO pick, Andrew Thorburn, surprises market

Andrew Thorburn, the incoming CEO of National Australia Bank, is described as an energetic banker able to motivate staff despite his low profile running BNZ.

www.afr.com

He is an Essendon supporter at least

Good lord, who wrote that?

 

[mike14]

From memory Thorburn's most famous quote from the royal commission was "it wasn't dishonest, it was sloppy", so he should fit in well with the way we have historically run things...

 

[baz_machine]

i'd like to know what we are paying him (if at all).

No way we could afford his "market" rate

 

[andleanback]

Such a classic Essendon move.

What isn't however, is another announcement made by the President to members, before we hear it from the media!

I think even the media are surprised we somehow gave this bozo the job.

 

[Beerfish]

Haven’t heard the expression, but from my knowledge of the substance… I’d say it is the other way round.

It's actually same shit, different bucket

 

[Lore]

Such a classic Essendon move.

What isn't however, is another announcement made by the President to members, before we hear it from the media!

You're exactly right.

The media get emails too (BigFooty is on the AFL media mailing list and I get the Essendon ones forwarded to me) – in this case the media alert email arrived a full 23 minutes after the Members First one.

Although Cal Twomey should have got the Member Email while he was on air on Trade Radio... I was surprised he didn't see it. I assume he is in fact a member.

 

[rumply]

No idea as to the accuracy of any of this

 

[Lore]

No idea as to the accuracy of any of this

It's true. He's the chair of City on a Hill;

Leaders - City on a Hill

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cityonahill.com.au

When they put him in charge of the external review they mentioned that he was involved in non-profits, this is one of them. The other is a fatherhood foundation but I can't find the link now. I looked him up like a month ago and it was there then but now idk

 

[BomberFan355]

He is an Essendon supporter at least

Boys club.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

ffs, a religious nutter too

AS long as he shuts up and stays away from the limelight i guess

 

[Stopher]

No idea as to the accuracy of any of this

At least he wouldn't have stood for any of Clarko's (alleged) nonsense!

 

[Lore]

ffs, a religious nutter too

AS long as he shuts up and stays away from the limelight i guess

As NAB CEO I'm pretty sure he wasn't mouthing off about religion so I wouldn't expect him to start now. Might just be one of those people who is always on the parents and friends committee of every hobby/thing they're involved with.

 

[rumply]

As NAB CEO I'm pretty sure he wasn't mouthing off about religion so I wouldn't expect him to start now. Might just be one of those people who is always on the parents and friends committee of every hobby/thing they're involved with.

Lets hope that's what it is.

 

[maskmcgee]

What exactly does the CEO do?

 

[Lore]

What exactly does the CEO do?

In charge of the day to day running of the entire club, answers to the board.

The board of directors are voluntary, unpaid positions that meet about once a month, sometimes twice a month to oversee the long term strategic decisions of the club, and they are sometimes involved in other sub-committees (e.g. audit and risk committee) but they're not there all the time.

 

[Chucks]

No idea as to the accuracy of any of this

We almost lasted a full business day without the circus resuming. Almost!

 

[RedmanWasHere]

We almost lasted a full business day without the circus resuming. Almost!

And this is why I can't get excited or happy about anything Essendon related.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

So in a few hours we'll hear what Sheedy thinks I guess?

I imagine we'll hear that he voted for Hird and he wanted the fans and Hird family to know it.

 

[Lore]

If you want to be embarrassed about something, there's an entire Banking Royal Commission to worry about, where Thorburn actually did and said stuff, rather than getting caught up in whether he should be excluded because of something his church did. One bozo on twitter talking about nothing groundbreaking is hardly evidence of a circus, all things considered.

 

[Phone]

What exactly does the CEO do?

well you see, they get the blame for poor on-field performance

 

[Zach Package]

I would still keep the ad up if I was the club. City on a Hill aren’t the Westboro Baptist Church but still, great, big, ****ing yikes.

 

[Nifft]

It's actually same s**t, different bucket

I suppose you could say same bucket different shit, but it'd be hard to tell with it all mixed in together...

 

[ant555]

Ronny Lerner interviewing Robert Shaw:

‘Transformational change’: New dawn for Bombers celebrated

It’s a new era at Essendon following the appointment of coach Brad Scott, according to the assistant coach who helped the club to its last premiership.

www.theage.com.au

Which was what the mid season review was about and what will be acted on according to my info