John Lee, the former Chief Executive of the Tourism and Transport Forum and NRL clubs the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney, who stepped down from his role as Director General of the Queensland Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport last year, has been named as the Chair of SportsGrid’s Advisory Board.
The sports technology company, which owns and operates the industry leading sports management technology platform revolutioniseSPORT, created its Advisory Board last year with Sport NSW Chair and Scouts NSW Chief Executive, Carolyn Campbell the first Chair.
revolutioniseSPORT is an online, cloud-based, end-to-end platform for sporting and community organisations servicing over 250 state and national sporting organisations as well as 15,000 sporting clubs across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the Asia Pacific with clients including Athletics Australia, Australian Sailing, Hockey Australia and Softball Australia.
Currently the Director of Corporate Strategy for the VALD human measurement technology company, Lee’s multi-sector industry experience includes having been a Director of the North Queensland Cowboys and Netball Australia, a former Australian Sports Commission Board member and having served as Director General of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Commenting on his new role on social media, Lee wrote “(it’s) great to be joining the team headed by the co-founders Alex Mednis & Teresa Simonetti at this exciting time.”
Born in the English county of Dorset, Nigel Benton is the co-founder and Publisher of Australasian Leisure Management, Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific’s only magazine for professionals in all areas of the leisure industry and the www.ausleisure.com.au website - the go to news resource for industry leaders and professionals.
With a long-term commitment to communicating all that is best about the leisure industry (aquatics, attractions, entertainment, events, fitness, parks, recreation, sport, tourism and venues) his career has been defined by an ability to develop and implement industry communications.
Starting his career working in heritage visitor attractions and then adventure travel in Africa and the Middle East, an interest in writing about his experiences led to his change of career into magazine journalism and publishing.
In addition to publishing, Nigel speaks on marketing communications at a range of industry events.
He was made a Life Member of the World Leisure and Recreation Association in 2006 and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (London).
As of October 2024, he was inducted into the Australian Fitness Awards Roll of Honour at the 2024 AUSactive National Awards.
Among a range of published works and features, his comments on a Blog (blogspot) from 2007 to 2011, when this website went live in its current form, may be interesting to reflect back on.
His philosophy on life is to be kind to all and to indulge those that you love.
His passions include family, Newcastle United and motorcycles (especially British ones) as well as caring for Stella the pug.
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