Volleyball Australia Board of Management

 

President:
The Hon. Chris Schacht

Sen. The Hon. Chris Schacht has been a member of the AVF Board since April 1996 and President of Volleyball Australia since December 1997.  An individual with a driving passion for the advancement of volleyball not only in this country but worldwide, Chris is constantly striving to improve the sport.  He is a member of the FIVB Legal Commission, an Executive Board Member of the AVC and Vice President of the Oceania Volleyball Zone of the AVC. He has represented Australia at the 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 World Congress.

 

 

Finance Director:
Riad Tayeh

A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Riad has been the AVF Finance Director since 1999. He is a member of both the FIVB Finance Commission and AVC Finance Commission

 

 

 

Director:
Craig Carracher

Craig has previously been a director of Volleyball Australia from 1996 to 1999 and was Chief Executive Officer during that period ahead of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.”  During his time with Volleyball Australia he was also the promoter of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour from 1999 to 2001 and has been involved with the Northern Beaches Volleyball Association based at Manly Beach since 1990. Craig was a member of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Development Commission, World Tour Beach Volleyball Commission and was previously the Asian Volleyball Confederation Secretary for Beach Volleyball.

 

 

Director:
Phil Muller

Phil Muller has been involved in Volleyball at all levels of the game within Queensland and Australia, more recently as a Board member for Volleyball Queensland and Chair of the Australian Volleyball Schools Event Commission.  Currently Phil is employed by Queensland Department of Education and Training and is the Acting Manager for the DETA Sports Unit and is the Executive Officer of the Queensland School Sport Foundation. Phil was elected to the Board in 2009.

 


 

Director:
Malcolm Borgeaud

Malcolm Borgeaud is the Principal of a thriving accounting, audit and tax practice in Brisbane’s west,employing 8 staff. Over the last 19 years he has specialised in the audit of, consulting to and providing structuring and taxation advice to not-for-profit and deductible gift recipient organisations.

 

 

Director:
Shane Hennessy

A former President of Volleyball South Australia with a passion for good governance Shane was elected to the AVF Board in 2007. He is a life member of Volleyball SA and has been awarded an Australian Sports Medal and AVF Distinguished Service Award

 

 

Director:
Jonathan Fogarty

Elected to the Board in 2009, Jonathan has been involved in the sport of Volleyball for 25 years as a player, coach, administrator and commentator. In his professional life Jonathan works in the field of I.T Systems consultancy and has worked for the last 15 years with large multinationals both in Australia and overseas on business improvement initiatives.  He has been a trusted advisor to large corporates such as Rio Tinto, Telstra, National Australia Bank and Queensland Rail.

 

 

Secretary General (ex officio):
Judy Flanagan - AVF Chief Executive Officer


 

Life Members

John Barker (1992)

Eric Hayman OAM (deceased)

Phil Borgeaud (2011)

Jozef Hiller (deceased)

Russell Borgeaud (2011)

Walter Lebedew OAM (1977)

Barry Couzner OAM (1994)

Clarrie Martin (deceased)

Kevin Dobson (2010)

Peter McConnon (2011)

David Eldridge (2011)

George Mraz (2004)

Dave Flatt (2004)

Joan Peksis

Robert Foot (deceased)

Tomas Santamaria (1993)

Argods Fricson (deceased)

Stephen Tutton (2007)

Wolfgang Gollong (deceased)

Trevor Williams OAM (1993)

Jeffrey Kostas (deceased)

 

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