Athletics NSW 2021-2022 Annual General Meeting

On Thursday 21 July, the 2021/22 Athletics NSW (ANSW) Annual General Meeting was held, with two new Directors elected and one Director, David Lewis, re-elected to serve another term on the ANSW Board.

Karen Mitchell (nee Cundasawmy) is an experienced and successful sales and marketing professional with tertiary qualifications in sports performance and psychology, as well as holding a MBA. In addition to her professional qualifications, Karen has had a long involvement with the sport and has been a club administrator as President of a Little Athletics Centre since 2015. As well as being a club administrator, Karen is also a keen runner and marathoner and will bring a wealth of experience of the Board. 

Lexy Gilmour is an elite middle distance athlete who has represented Australia at senior level at the World Cross Country Championships. Lexy is also an expert in risk management and compliance, working in a senior risk management position at Westpac. The Board has identified risk management as a key skill area which the Board has been seeking to strengthen and therefore welcomes Lexy with her combination of athletics and corporate experience as significant additions to the Board.

David Lewis has been re-elected to the Board for another two-year term and will continue his already significant contribution to ANSW in that role. Still a keen runner and a regular at our member clubs’ events, David has had a long and successful career in law, corporate compliance, risk management and regulation, including at APRA and the RBA. David has contributed significantly to the Board during his two-year tenure, including as the Constitutional Officer and a member of the Risk Committee. Most recently, he has been active in helping the office to reset the summer competition structure which will be rolled out to members in the coming weeks.

ANSW Chair Matt Whitbread welcomed the new appointments to the ANSW:

"The addition of Lexy and Karen and the return of David to our Board leaves ANSW with a strong and diverse team to lead our sport in NSW. As experienced and senior corporate professionals, as well as having deep roots within the athletics community, Lexy and Karen joining the Board represents a significant strengthening of the broad skillsets of the team. With these most recent additions, ANSW has a highly qualified and diverse leadership team with the corporate skills and first-hand athletics knowledge required to deliver for our members and I am optimistic about the future of the sport in NSW under their leadership." 

ANSW would also like to thank Nick Bromley and John McFadden for their contributions to the organisation during their respective times on the Board and wish them well.

The ANSW Annual Report and Financial Statements were delivered to the membership at the AGM and are available here.  We will also be holding a Members' Forums in the coming weeks open to all club administrators, coaches, officials and members, at which the team will present our updated Strategic Plan, the competition structure for the 2022/23 summer season, updates to the affiliation process and information as to various other ANSW initiatives. We look forward to seeing as many of our members as possible at that forum.