Catherine Clark (sports administrator)
Catherine Clark is an Australian sport administrator. In 2021, she was appointed the chief executive officer of Paralympics Australia commencing in January 2022. She has held several chief executive officer positions with state and national sports organisations.
Clark attended Caboolture State High School from 1991 to 1995, where she represented Queensland in hockey.[1] Injury ended her elite hockey career.[1] Between 1996 and 1999, Clark completed Bachelor of Arts in criminology at Queensland University of Technology and between 2010 and 2013 Masters of Business Administration at the University of Queensland.[1]
Clark's sport administration employment has included: Sport and Recreation New Zealand policy advisor,[1] International Paralympic Committee consultant,[1] Gymsports New Zealand Chief Executive Officer (2007-2008),[2] Gymnastics Australia Chief Executive Officer (2010-2012)[3] and Netball Queensland Chief Executive Officer. Whilst CEO at Netball Queensland (2015-2021), the Queensland Firebirds. Under her leadership, the Queensland Firebirds won two ANZ Championships and Netball Queensland built the new $46M state-of-the art Queensland State Netball Centre.[1][4]
Clark is an accredited Australian Institute of Company Director and been a director of the following boards - Hockey Queensland, Australian University Sport, Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Qld Division) and Shooting Australia.[1][5]
Recognition[edit]
- 2016 - Queensland's Sport Administrator of the Year[1]
- 2019 - Australian Financial Review's 100 Most Influential Women for 2019.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Catherine Clark". Caboolture State High School. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Australia appoints new Chief Executive in lead up to Delhi and London". Australasian Leisure Management. 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Lane, Sam (3 June 2012). "'I see gymnastics as the nursery of Australian sport'". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Steele, Selina (26 October 2021). "Catherine Clark to take over as Paralympics Australia chief executive". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Appoints New Chief Executive". Paralympics Australia. 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.