Gillon McLachlan

The early contenders to replace McLachlan include Richmond CEO Brendon Gale, AFL Executive GM of Football Andrew Dillon as well as Executive GM Finance, Clubs ...

Richard and the commission, it is their decision to make,” McLachlan said. “Our game is in very good hands. “(Toll Global Express CEO) Christine Holgate and (AFL executive) Kylie Rogers would be very good. I think football brings out the best in them.” It is the best game in the world, that’s why everyone loves it so much.” “The responsibility has never been lost on me.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan will step down from the role at the end of this season.

It is understood McLachlan will announce the move at a press conference with AFL chairman Richard Goyder at 11.30am. McLachlan had made clear in recent months ...

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Gillon McLachlan has announced he is quitting as AFL CEO at the end of the season after eight years in charge.

“His pledge was to lead the game through the pandemic. I just feel good leaving at the end of this year ... it’s the right time for me and the game.” McLachlan’s replacement could be sourced from within AFL headquarters of clubland. “It just felt right on the weekend. It’s terrifying but exhilarating.” “It’s an emotional day.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan is set to step away from the game's top job after eight years, accordi...

Right for the AFL, right for me, right for my family. The responsibility has never been lost on me," he said. "He has committed that he and his team will do a new broadcast deal. "We have a period of time in which we can do that. It's the best game in the world. "I would like to reiterate what I said when I accepted this role - that it is an honour and a privilege to do this game.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has announced he will stand down from his role at the end of the current season.

“Richard and the commission, it is their decision to make,” McLachlan said. Richmond CEO Brendon Gale and AFL executives Andrew Dillon and Travis Auld are among the potential candidates. “Girls and women in the game with 600,000 participants now,” Goyder said. McLachlan was previously the league’s general manager of commercial operations and chief operating officer. “It’s an honour and a privilege to serve this game – the best game in the world,” McLachlan said. “I’m leaving now because it feels right, right from the AFL, right for my family.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan is set to step away from the game's top job after eight years.

The highly regarded AFL boss is understood to be keen to play a part in nominating his successor. However, it’s expected the AFL Commission will conduct a thorough search. “On behalf of the commission and the whole footy community, thank you [Gil] for your leadership, your personal strength in terms of values, integrity, openness. “My wife would support me in whatever I did every day of the week. “I think if you have got a relationship like I do with Richard, you are talking about the future all of the time. He will stay on until the end of the season.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan will depart the league after eight years at the helm, per The Age's Caroline Wilson. The report indicates he signalled his desire ...

He will reportedly depart at the end of the 2022 season. McLachlan and chairman Richard Goyder will hold a press conference at 11:30am AEST. AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan will depart the league after eight years at the helm, per The Age’s Caroline Wilson.

The 49-year old succeeded Andrew Demetriou as the game's chief executive in 2014. Under his stewardship, the code established AFLW, navigated the COVID-19 ...

"So it is a big agenda that he will lead. "We will do CBA for men and women, club funding model. The investment in facilities not just at the elite level but throughout the community, which is a massive legacy. Finally, I want to thank my broader family and friends for their support and counsel. But I feel very good about where the league is and I feel good about the fact that that's the right time and I have got a plan with Richard and the commission for this year. Hopefully it is no the a distraction to the women's grand final or to the men's season. Richard and I are in constant contact. "I think everyone hopefully knows what I have said to Richard we will do. "I had a couple of conversations. You know, they will have to bring their own style and be their own person, man or woman. To sort of see what might be coming when it is not clear and be prepared to make hard decisions when others are throwing their hands in the air and saying, "Gee, this is hard" and he did that with great aplomb. I think I was asked about how I'm feeling today.

AFL chief executive Gillion McLachlan has announced that he will stand down from the role at the end of the 2022 AFL season.

McLachlan insisted the competition be fast-tracked and it kicked off in 2017 instead, enjoying strong growth over its six years. Another legacy that McLachlan will leave is the AFLW competition that recently completed its sixth season. 2017: Fast-tracked the establishment of the AFLW competition with eight teams that has now grown to 14 teams. Rejected offers to take on the CEO positions at the National Rugby League and Liverpool FC The results were immediate, with the AFLW resulting in a 6.5 per cent growth of female participation across all levels from 2017 to 2018 and then a massive 14.2 per cent spike from 2018 to 2019. 'The AFL is in incredible shape on whatever metric you asses it. He used the competition's investment in Marvel Stadium to provide financial assurance for all clubs and oversaw the relocation of the competition to hubs in Queensland and South Australia - including the historic grand final at the Gabba in Queensland between Richmond and Geelong in 2020. In terms of leaving the AFL in strong financial health, McLachlan was responsible for the media broadcast deal of $1.25 billion in 2021 [when he was deputy CEO] and also engineered the richest broadcast deal in Australian sporting history in 2014 with the $2.5 billion, six-year agreement with Seven, Telstra and Foxtel. McLachlan poses for a photo with children Sydney, Edie, Cleo, Luna and wife Laura. He has announced he will stand down as AFL CEO at the end of the season. 2013: Supervised investigation into the Melbourne Football Club tanking scandal and was involved in negotiations as part of the investigation into the Essendon Football Club supplements controversy The priorities for the remainder of the year will be signing a new broadcast agreement, new pay deals for both the men's and women's competition and the possible admission of a new team from Tasmania. McLachlan said he would step down from the CEO position at the end of the current season and showed a previously unseen emotional side as he twice choked up at Tuesday's press conference as he spoke of his responsibility to the world's 'greatest game'.

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan announced he is stepping down from his position after eight years in the top job.

GILLON McLachlan will be standing down as AFL chief executive at the end of the year. AFL Commission chairman Richard Goyder has told the 18 club presidents ...

Under McLachlan's guidance, the League established the NAB AFL Women's competition in 2017, three years ahead of its original plan. "I'm leaving now because it feels right: right for the AFL, right for me, right for my family. He was promoted to deputy CEO under former boss Andrew Demetriou in late 2012, before taking charge on April 30, 2014 following Demetriou's resignation.

The AFL is searching for its fourth CEO in 26 years after Gillon McLachlan announced he will step down.

Under McLachlan's guidance, the League established the NAB AFL Women's competition in 2017, three years ahead of its original plan. The greatest game in the world is so because there's a bloody lot of passionate, mercurial people in and around and I think footy brings out the best in them." He was promoted to deputy CEO under former boss Andrew Demetriou in late 2012, before taking charge on April 30, 2014 following Demetriou's resignation. "I'm leaving now because it feels right: right for the AFL, right for me, right for my family. That's why everyone loves it so much," he said, pausing to regain his composure. "Gill has always said to me that he wanted to go at the top of his game, at the time of his choosing and when the AFL was in as good a shape as it can be.

AFL Commission chair Richard Goyder says the search for Gillon McLachlan's successor will begin this week following the AFL chief executive's decision to ...

Watson-Wheeler, who’s been a board member since late 2013 and served as the Bulldogs’ vice-president for four years, is the Australia and New Zealand managing director of the Walt Disney Company. She would be a strong candidate to be anointed as the AFL’s first female chief executive. Described on her AFL profile as “one of Australia’s leading commercial and media executives” following her 17-year tenure at Channel 10, as well as a stint at Mamamia. Since joining the AFL, Rogers has overseen membership, ticketing, events, corporate hospitality and sponsorship. Auld joined Essendon in its finance department in 1996, progressing through the club’s administration to become Chief Operating Officer. In 2009, he was appointed as the Gold Coast Suns’ chief executive before joining the AFL in 2014. Multiple reports linked Gale with a run for the top AFL job when it was last vacant in 2014 — a vacancy McLachlan ultimately filled. “All I’d say is … I feel really good about the quality of people we’ve got within the AFL system right now, in terms of AFL House and clubs.

With one foot out the door after announcing his resignation as AFL CEO on Tuesday, Gillon McLachlan has agreed to complete the most significant piece of ...

“On behalf of the commission and the whole footy community, thank you [Gil] for your leadership, your personal strength in terms of values, integrity, openness. “I think if you have got a relationship like I do with Richard, you are talking about the future all of the time,” McLachlan said. However, it’s expected the AFL commission will conduct a thorough search. McLachlan expressed a sadness to be leaving the game that has been part of his personal and professional life for more than 20 years. McLachlan is understood to be keen to play a part in nominating his successor. We have people in that group more than capable of taking over,” he said. “My wife would support me in whatever I did every day of the week. Someone said to me ‘you can’t sell a secret’. I have had some thoughts but have not had a conversation of substance with anyone about it.” “I’d like to reiterate what I said when I [started] this role: it’s an honour and a privilege to serve this game. It was a tough couple of years.” “The responsibility has never been lost on me. He will depart at the end of this season.

Outgoing AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan will leave a powerful and long-lasting legacy on the league when he departs his role at the end of the 2022.

For him to be able to keep the game going, through a period where no one really saw any light at the end of the tunnel. But at the same time, his love for the game was always clear. He’s been brilliant for the average fan. He’s also helped keep the AFL’s showpiece game in its heartland. “It doesn’t matter who you are, if you’ve got something to throw up, he’s happy to hear it. So he’s the perfect interview really,” King said. It’s since expanded to 14 teams, while next season all 18 AFL clubs will have a side. Extensive research has discovered the long-lasting effects concussion has had on past players. He was completely wrung out at that stage, you could see the toll it was having on him. Indeed, he’s left the game in a much stronger financial position. We have a lot to thank Gil for.” “The game pays so many people, it’s not just those that you see: the 22 selected players from each team, the coaches, the club staff.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has announced he will resign at the end of 2022.

"I want to thank the club CEOs and presidents in particular and also Richard and the Commission for their support. It is also where the collective goodwill of the industry – players, clubs, umpires, staff and our supporters and members – came together to ensure we all put the game first in every decision. Football is an intrinsic part of life and I have seen that first-hand at community club level and in working for the AFL over the past 20 years," Mr McLachlan said. "I told Richard when he took over from Mike Fitzpatrick that there is a time frame on the role of CEO and I would depart when the time is right. "We have emerged from Covid in good shape and that has taken discipline and hard work. He should be truly proud of the way he and his team have shaped the AFL, its competitions, its culture and its community.” By the time he finishes at the AFL, Mr McLachlan will have served nine seasons as CEO, having been appointed in 2014. • Appointed Dr Kate Hall as the AFL’s head of Mental Health and Wellbeing and Ranjit Menon as the AFL’s Chief Psychiatrist – a move that has led to an overhaul of the industry’s approach to mental health and significant improvements in the coordination of wellbeing services across football and expanded investment in mental health at AFL clubs. Mr McLachlan said it had been a privilege to be the CEO of the AFL and that, after steering the industry through Covid, seeing the AFLW competition to completion at the weekend and crowds returning in numbers to AFL games it was the right time to give notice of his resignation. “He knows how important football is to the community – and I think that commitment to local football and access for all will be one of the legacies when he does finish later in the year, along with his commitment to changing the culture of the industry and championing greater gender equity across the AFL and clubs. Mr Goyder said Mr McLachlan had overseen extraordinary growth in the game across all measures from industry revenue to community participation, membership and broadcast ratings, as well as spearheading the introduction of the AFLW competition that had driven a doubling of the number of girls and women participating in the game. “As an industry, we owe Gillon a debt for his ability to lead his team at the AFL and the wider industry and ensure that every part of the football community worked together to get through Covid. Again, Gill was driven by bringing all 18 AFL clubs and 14 AFLW teams through the pandemic in strong shape, but also ensuring we continued to support community football to get back up and going again.

An emotional AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announces he will be stepping down from the role at the 2022 season end. Credit:Chris Hopkins.

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"The responsibility has never been lost on me. "Gill has always said to me that he wanted to go at the top of his game, at the time of his choosing and when the AFL was in as good a shape as it can be. Goyder praised McLachlan for his "ability to see around corners" in the last couple of years as COVID-19 posed unprecedented challenges. "And I think that's fair play and the Commission thinks that's fair play and certainly fair for him and his family. "It's an honour and a privilege to serve this game, the best game in the world," he said. He then became emotional and had to pause as he reflected on his time in the AFL.

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McLachlan also was forced, reluctantly, to oversee the exits of his friend and football boss Simon Lethlean and fellow executive Richard Simkiss over affairs with staff, a move that arguably set a bar for behaviour that the league will find problematic. “I reckon he handled that as well as he could,” judged Gordon, who acted for two Bulldog players among the 34. Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter. McLachlan also inherited the Essendon saga from Demetriou, the most divisive episode to confront footy since the attempted club mergers of the 1990s. McLachlan, unlike his more confrontational predecessor Andrew Demetriou, is a conciliatory man, who, while tough in negotiations, prefers to be liked. On the plus side, McLachlan will be remembered for two major achievements.