Matt Carroll (sports administrator)

Lewis Matthew "Matt" Carroll AM is an Australia sports administrator.[1] In March 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Olympic Committee.

Personal

Carroll was born and raised in Mosman, New South Wales.[2] His grandfather settled in Mosman after arriving from Ireland via New Zealand in 1890. [2] He attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill.[2]In 1982, Carroll completed a Bachelor's Degree in Construction from the University of New South Wales. [2] He worked in his father's construction business before commencing employment as a sport administrator.[3] He is married with three children.[2]

Career as a sports administrator

Carroll played over 250 with the Mosman Rugby Club and served as its president. [2] . His first primary involvement in sports administration was as a Rugby Director at the NSW Rugby from 1991 to 1995. He was responsible for representative and club rugby.[4] Between 1995 and 2000, Carroll was General Manager at the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). He was then appointed to Chief Executive Officer of NSW Rugby, a position he held until December 2001. Whilst at the NSW Rugby Union, he led the organisation’s recovery from a significant debt position.[5] He rejoined the Australian Rugby Union in 2002, as General Manager of 2003 Rugby World Cup in Sydney where he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.[5]

In 2004, Carroll became the inaugural General Manager of Football Federation of Australia's (FFA) A-League, a position he held until 2007. In addition to managing the A-League, he managed a comprehensive review of community football to maximise participation for FFA, state associations and clubs.[6] In July, 2007 he rejoined Australian Rugby Union as its Deputy Chief Executive Officer.[5] He resigned in March 2013.[5]

From September 2013 until August 2014, he was Executive Adviser & Interim Chief Operating Officer for the 2019 Rugby World Cup Organising Committee in Japan.[7] In November 2014, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Yachting Australia.[6] Whilst at Yachting Australia, he moved the organisation from a federated to the centralised model.[4]

Carroll has had a strong association with John O'Neill. He was deputy to O'Neill in his two stints at the Australian Rugby Union and at the Football Federation of Australia.[8] In employing Carroll at the FFA in 2004, O'Neill said "Matt has shown a huge amount of competency and with his broad skills of running a successful major event (Rugby World Cup 2003) and establishing better relations between the governing body of the sport and the grassroots."[9]

In March 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Olympic Committee.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lewis Matthew Carroll". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harris, Bret (10 September 2017). "att Carroll: the man tasked with restructuring the Australian Olympic Committee". Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Stensholt, John (2015). A-League: The Inside Story of the Tumultuous First Decade. Melbourne: Penguin. ISBN 9781863957595.
  4. 1 2 Robinson, Georgina (13 March 2017). "Matt Carroll succeeds Fiona de Jong as new AOC chief executive". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Matt Carroll to step down from the ARU". SBS News. 6 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Matt Carroll appointed Chief Executive Officer of Yachting Australia". Yachting Australia website. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Matt Carroll AM appointed AOC Chief Executive Officer" (Press release). Australian Olympic Committee. March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Guinness, Rupert (7 June 2007). "Carroll ready to reunite with old boss". Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ↑ Lynch, Michael (14 June 2004). "New chiefs face testing times after code switch". The Age.
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