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The Netball Australia Board has today announced that Stacey West has been appointed as its new Chief Executive - confirming her in the role that she has performed on an interim based since mid-December last year.

Advising that West has showed her strong leadership skills as interim Chief Executive and has a clear and exciting vision for the future growth of netball in Australia, Netball Australia Chair, Wendy Archer stated “Stacey is from our sport, and she knows our sport.

“Stacey’s extensive netball experience and passion for the game, combined with a strong strategic focus and ability to build and maintain strong relationships, makes her the ideal appointment to this position.’’

“Stacey leads a united team, from the grassroots to the elite levels, committed to the continued success of netball in Australia. We have had a record-breaking start to the Suncorp Super Netball season with soaring broadcast viewership and attendance at games and strong support from our valued commercial partners.

“The Board looks forward to working closely with Stacey, the entire team at Netball Australia, our Member Organisations, clubs and the Australian Netball Players’ Association as we continue the growth of the game.’’

West became interim Chief Executive in mid-December after four years as the Executive General Manager of Performance for Netball Australia where she was responsible for all aspects of the sport’s talent pathway program and ensuring the Origin Australian Diamonds remained the world’s number-one ranked netball team.

Before joining Netball Australia 13 years ago, she gained extensive experience as a player, coach and selector within high performance netball programs both domestically and internationally, entering Netball Australia’s pathway as an athlete herself at a young age and continuing her involvement as an elite coach, selector, and administrator.

Sharing her excitement about delivering the sport’s strategic objectives, West advised “netball is a wonderful community and an enormous passion of mine. I am deeply committed to working closely with everyone to ensure the sport grows strongly.

“The focus of Netball Australia is growing participation beyond our current 1.2 million participants, continuing to enhance our competitions, work closely with governments, and growing our commercial partnerships to guarantee the financial sustainability of the game into the future.

“Netball has deep roots in every community around the nation and we have played a critical role supporting and inspiring generations of women and girls. Netball will continue to lead, and we have a renewed focus supporting First Nations and inclusiveness.’’

“This is an exciting time for netball as we move towards celebrating our centenary in three years, a highlight which will be the hosting of the 2027 Netball World Cup.”

Image: Stacey West, credit: Joanna Margiolis.

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