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

 

[tandino]

That's a very good question isn't it. Also, interesting the premier makes a comment when elections are coming up next month. Never waste an opportunity to gather a few votes.

I can see how a leader that has a history of taking responsibility and standing down would make him feel uncomfortable.

 

[Zach Package]

Except he also hates North Melbourne and is vicious in his coverage of us.

We are all in abusive relationships with our footy clubs, unfortunately for him he’s in an abusive relationship with his footy club AND he’s an ugly moron.

 

[jmoo wan]

Silvertop circus

P.T. Barham Circus

 

[Call Me Cake]

Not all. We *ed up in appointing him in the first place and the church stuff was just the icing on the cake.

You're right.

We will do better by writing "No people who follow religions" on our CEO application forms.

What a farce.

Inclusivity.

 

[baz_machine]

Wonder what the negotiated payout is?

 

[Lore]

P.T. Barham Circus

Barham Award

www.westernfairs.org

 

[Eleven 38]

If Sheeds comes out and says "It wasn't unanimous, I voted hird" would everyone start liking him again?

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Not all. We *ed up in appointing him in the first place and the church stuff was just the icing on the cake.

Couldn't agree more.

At least we've made the right move here and it doesn't matter how it looks as everyone already knows we're a rabble

 

[Don Won]

Wonder what the negotiated payout is?

NAB paid him $1 million, they owed him $20 mill. Maybe 500k - 600k?

 

[Shanghaistu]

All jokes aside, how can you actually bullet-proof a process to stop an appointment like this from happening? Check with the media first I guess to see if they have any dirt on the candidate…?

 

[dank420_]

You're right.

We will do better by writing "No people who follow religions" on our CEO application forms.

What a farce.

Inclusivity.

Way to miss the point. I couldn’t give a stuff about the church stuff, which is why I’m saying it was simply the icing.

He was running an external review of the club. Ridiculous.

And his record at NAB is shit. Just a horrible choice from every angle.

 

[Smoocher]

Except he also hates North Melbourne and is vicious in his coverage of us.

You beat me to it.

Sent from my CPH2197 using Tapatalk

 

[Westlo]

I feel sorry for the bloke because I thought he'd be good at his job - but apparently that isn't important anymore cos of the optics. Spare me!
Ridiculous.

If this world was just he would be locked up for the shit he tried to pull while in charge of NAB so spare me with the he was good as this job bullshit.

He resigned in disgrace and got parachuted into another CEO position, falling upwards.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I wish I could abort the EFC

 

[andleanback]

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

I repeat

 

[Mr Bultitude]

I can see how a leader that has a history of taking responsibility and standing down would make him feel uncomfortable.

 

[jmoo wan]

i don’t recall saying “thank-you?”

 

[The Prosecutor]

Way to miss the point. I couldn’t give a stuff about the church stuff, which is why I’m saying it was simply the icing.

He was running an external review of the club. Ridiculous.

And his record at NAB is s**t. Just a horrible choice from every angle.

At this point you would have to be pretty naive to think that there wasn't already a handshake agreement that we would name him CEO when we tasked him with that, which is an absolute joke.

 

[Shanghaistu]

Between Sheeds’ ramblings and this, poor Scotty must be wondering what he’s stumbled into …

 

[Inspecta Gadget]

Perhaps we should just ask the mouth breathers on twitter or the big footy main board who we should appoint since they're all so morally righteous

 

[boncer34]

All jokes aside, how can you actually bullet-proof a process to stop an appointment like this from happening? Check with the media first I guess to see if they have any dirt on the candidate…?

Google his name?

 

[Lore]

Surprised he didn’t have pre-selection for Liberal Party!

He wouldn't be a good fit for them, he's also a climate investor.

 

[Lore]

Google his name?

What comes up when you do that, or if you'd done it 48 hours ago at least?

Like a linked in profile that links to a church, how far you gonna dig beyond that to see whether it has a sermon you don't like?

 

[The Prosecutor]

In any case, looks like we've found the next role to promote Sheedy to in order to keep him happy and quiet for a few months before it blows up in our faces again.

 

[dank420_]

Surprised he didn’t have pre-selection for Liberal Party!

He seemed a bit too competent for that.