Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
    Sean Wellman

    Age

    49

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  40

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
    Josh Mahoney

    Age

    46

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    37

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[Lore]

Intends to remain a member of the board but will step down as President towards the end of next year.

Lindsay Tanner has tonight announced his intention to stand down as Essendon President in the latter stages of 2020.

Tanner informed the Board of his decision ahead of the club’s Annual General Meeting at Marvel Stadium.

Due to an increasing number of external corporate Board commitments, as well as his advisory role to financial asset management firm Lazard, Tanner said the time was right to step down from the presidency, but intends to remain a member of the Board.

Tanner to stand down from presidency

Lindsay Tanner announces his intention to stand down as Essendon President in the latter stages of 2020.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[yaco55]

His comments about the EFC34 at tonight's AGM were bizarre and bewildering.

 

[Don Won]

His comments about the EFC34 at tonight's AGM were bizarre and bewildering.

I missed it. What was the gist ?

 

[boncer34]

VFL President should move up.

 

[eth-dog]

I missed it. What was the gist ?

That the club wouldn't back a Senate Enquiry.

 

[DapperJong]

That the club wouldn't back a Senate Enquiry.

Good. Move the * on.

 

[eth-dog]

Good. Move the fu** on.

Exactly.

 

[Bjchan13]

That the club wouldn't back a Senate Enquiry.

Why was a senate enquiry brought up to begin with?

 

[Howard Moon]

 

[Blind Turn]

Good. Move the fu** on.

Whilst I agree with you Dapper, I still feel torn. Especially in relation to the players. As head spokesperson, Tanner’s statement is practically saying that no injustices will be explored, therefore justice is served. It will always rankle me for this fact alone even though I know that the club and my footy enjoyment would suffer if the saga became a senate enquiry. Yes, move the fu** on... but meekly we accept...

 

[DapperJong]

Whilst I agree with you Dapper, I still feel torn. Especially in relation to the players. As head spokesperson, Tanner’s statement is practically saying that no injustices will be explored, therefore justice is served. It will always rankle me for this fact alone even though I know that the club and my footy enjoyment would suffer if the saga became a senate enquiry. Yes, move the fu** on... but meekly we accept...

I guess it depends if you think we are innocent or not.

 

[Milanista28]

I think bench it until Heppell retires, after that the club should back the players if they wanted to go further.

 

[Howard Moon]

Whilst I agree with you Dapper, I still feel torn. Especially in relation to the players. As head spokesperson, Tanner’s statement is practically saying that no injustices will be explored, therefore justice is served. It will always rankle me for this fact alone even though I know that the club and my footy enjoyment would suffer if the saga became a senate enquiry. Yes, move the fu** on... but meekly we accept...

When I was old enough to accept advice from my old man he gave me a real nugget;

"pick your battles"... he said as he looked over at mum who had done something idiotic, "sometimes you can win, but really you don't win at all."

I think there's something in that for all of us

 

[Blind Turn]

I guess it depends if you think we are innocent or not.

Well the truth is I don’t know, you don’t know, they don’t know. But what I do know is that the process of meting out justice was highly dubious.

 

[boncer34]

Well the truth is I don’t know, you don’t know, they don’t know. But what I do know is that the process of meting out justice was highly dubious.

If everything was above board and not shoddy as hell the saga wouldn't have happened.

 

[Runk]

 

[Blind Turn]

If everything was above board and not shoddy as hell the saga wouldn't have happened.

Not disagreeing. But the CAS verdict against the players, based on strands in a cable, with no punishment to any of the the real dodgy farks, and after they had been cleared in our own country still irks. Not to mention the whole guilty-until-proven-innocent process that they had to endure through the media. The players are deemed to be drug cheats based on the poor governance of a club and the arrogance of some shady practitioners despite there being no positive samples and the supposed TB4 only possibly reaching a few of the players. I know you know all of this but from the way I see it you can’t just encapsulate justice done by what you’ve stated above.

 

[Dave]

Well the truth is I don’t know, you don’t know, they don’t know. But what I do know is that the process of meting out justice was highly dubious.

A senate enquiry wont change anything.

 

[Blind Turn]

A senate enquiry wont change anything.

This might be the truth of it.

 

[yaco55]

I have posted many times there will never be a Senate Enquiry because both Government's interfered in the process - Tanner's statement about not all substances appearing on ASADA's checklist is correct BUT the FACT is players could only search for substances that were listed on their consent forms - So ultimately the players could do nothing.

 

[ant555]

90% of the players have no interest in an enquiry or the whole thing getting another round.

 

[Bjchan13]

90% of the players have no interest in an enquiry or the whole thing getting another round.

So 10% do? Which players?

 

[60sbomber]

NLM is still seeking documents under FOI, Jobe tweeted to "keep digging".
Only needs anther 1.4 players to be 10%

 

[ant555]

So 10% do? Which players?

NLM is one.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

I guess it depends if you think we are innocent or not.

Guilty