Board of Directors Bios

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Athletics Australia Board of Directors consists of ten (10) individuals, that bring with them a breadth of knowledge across business, finance, commercialisation, sports strategy and governance.
	Jane Flemming OAM President Jane was appointed to the Athletics Australia Board of Directors in 2019 and was appointed as joint Vice-President in June 2022. Jane has been enthusiastically involved in athletics across her life and remains the Commonwealth Games Heptathlon record holder (set in 1990). Jane Flemming is Managing Director and proprietor of the sponsorship and marketing company, Flemming Promotions (“FP”), is a founding Director of a community health initiative, LIVE LIFE GET ACTIVE (“LLGA”) and is a regular expert commentator on all things sport and sponsorship. Jane devotes a significant amount of her time to charities including as director of the “Humpty Dumpty Foundation” (since 2006) and as an ambassador for the “The National Breast Cancer Foundation” (since 1998) and is a director of the Sydney North Health Network. Jane was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to Athletics and the community in 2014.
	Megan Dwyer Vice President Megan Dwyer was appointed to the Athletics Australia Board of Directors in March 2021 and has over six years as a Non-Executive Director at the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), as well as more than twenty years’ experience in the field of HR and Culture. She has spent many years consulting to organisations to deliver business strategy, with a focus on CEO and Executive advisory support in workforce and organisation design, team performance, establishing sustainable values-based cultures, Employee Value Propositions and HR and Talent management support. Outside of this, she has held Executive roles with Bank of Melbourne, Vodafone Australia and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. She currently Chairs the People & Culture Sub Committee at VAFA and will also take on this role for the AA Board as it navigates its own organisational culture transition.
	Brian Miller Vice President Brian was appointed to the Board in February 2021. Brian is an experienced board director who has a long association with athletics from grass roots to high performance levels as an athlete, coach and sport psychologist. This includes Brian’s role as Team Psychologist for the Australian athletics team from 1984-1988 and again from 2013-2016. During his career as a team psychologist Miller has worked with athletes across 10 Olympic Games, 8 Commonwealth Games and more than 20 world championships and world cups across 7 different sports. Perth-based, Brian is CEO of ASX-listed technology firm, K2fly, which focuses on delivering Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) solutions to some of the world’s largest resource companies including Rio Tinto, FMG, Glencore, South 32 and Roy Hill.
	Jeff Cook Director Jeff was appointed to the Athletics Australia Board of Directors in October 2019. Jeff is a Chartered Accountant, a Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA). Jeff is a current Partner of KPMG specialising in risk management and has over 30 years experience in the fields of financial statement auditing, company valuation, the provision of due diligence services in connection with acquisitions, divestments and capital raisings, and the design and implementation of risk management policies and processes. Jeff has Board level experience in the sporting environment having served on the Board of Dragon Boats NSW. Jeff is a passionate follower of Athletics and a regular parkrunner.
	Steve Moneghetti Director One of Australia’s all-time greatest marathon runners, Steve Moneghetti represented Australia at four Olympic Games, four Commonwealth Games and six World Championships. Steve has run 22 marathons and finished 11th place or higher in 20 of them, notably winning the iconic Berlin Marathon in 1990. Since retiring from competitive running, Steve has been steadily involved in Australian sport as an experienced board director. He was formerly the Chair of the Victorian Institute of Sport (2001-2010), and has sat on the Boards of the Australian Sports Commission (2015-2021) and Commonwealth Games Australia (2018 – present). Steve was the Chef de Mission for the Australian Commonwealth Games Team for the last three Games, and is a Life Member of Athletics Victoria and Ballarat YCW.
	Ben Sellenger Director Ben was appointed to the Athletics Australia Board of Directors in March 2022. Over the past 20 years Ben has established himself as one of Australia's leading executives in sport, often disrupting traditional sporting approaches with different and innovative thinking. Formerly a Senior Corporate Lawyer at Clayton Utz, before serving as CEO at both the PGA Tour of Australasia and OneAsia, and then as CEO of Bastion Collective, Australia’s largest privately held communications agency, Ben was most recently the Head of Commercial Growth at the Australian Football League, responsible for driving growth in both traditional and innovative revenue streams for the organisation. Currently Managing Director of Align Sport & Media, a consultancy providing strategic and commercial advisory services for a variety of ASX200 brands, major sports & agencies - and increasingly leading the strategy development across Web3.0 and Blockchain based projects in sport & media.
	Merrick Howes Director Now working in investment management, former Australian representative rower Merrick Howes has established himself as Director and Managing Director within the finance sector. Merrick currently serves as Founder and Managing Partner of Aviron Investment Management, and over the past three decades has worked as a Managing Director at a number of blue-chip institutions including Goldman Sachs JBWere and Macquarie Bank. Merrick has served as a Non-Executive Director at Rowing Australia for nine years, having chaired its Audit and Risk Committee from 2015-2022.
	Dr. Anna Cicognani Director Dr. Anna Cicognani is currently the CEO of Orbx, a leading flight simulation Company, and has served as CEO and in other C-level roles in public and private Companies, such as APN, PMP, Telstra, and Fairfax. She has been involved in digital media and technology projects of all sizes, as an operator and an investor, for over 25 years. Anna was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney, she's been an Honorary Professor at the University of Wollongong in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, and is a Director on the Board of Basketball Australia. Anna lives in regional NSW and is a keen rower and road cyclist.
	Catriona Larritt Director With over 25 years of leadership experience in strategy, commercial operations and digital transformation, former Victorian and Australian representative Catriona Larritt brings a wealth of experience to her role as director. Catriona currently works as Qantas Group's Chief Customer and Digital Officer, leading advancements in customer engagement through digital channels while ensuring cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. Her distinguished career also includes managing the Group's air freight business, where she was accountable for all commercial, digital and operational functions. Catriona has also served as Director of LaunchVic for six years, and was a former Commissioner for Suncorp Super League Netball, where she gained insights into high performance pathways, commercialisation and stakeholder management.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS