It was.Post football, Demetriou set out teaching at first, legal studies and politics, then got into business running Ruthinium, a company that imported dental products. ", Admits O'Neill, "We all have to play to our own competitive advantages, but I envy the AFL their deep pockets. ', he would say things like, 'You know, I don't know what the right way to feel is, but at the moment I don't feel comfortable doing that.' Giving up cricket, Demetriou joined North Melbourne football club, and played 103 games as an "unobtrusive wingman" between 1981 and 1987, as well as three games for Hawthorn in 1988. In those days it was quite humorous, and in a bizarre way acceptable: 'Oh well, wog, dago, they don't really know what they're talking about.' He's not intimidated by power, perhaps because he enjoys it too much, perhaps he knows the truth about bullies. North Melbourne rejected that offer and, in January 2008, the AFL chairman, Mike Fitzpatrick and Demetriou announced that the Gold Coast Football Club would enter the AFL in 2011. Historically, in fact, it's tried to go even further. He was awarded the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009 and a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) in 2015 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to sport management and to Australian society through his leadership and support of important social issues, and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor. "I did have those conversations. They've just gone to Blacktown because they think they can get some money from the government.". Andrew Demetriou, the million-dollar boss of Australia's dominant sports code, joins his fellow board members around the table once a month. Even in his own code, many have been horrified by the prospect. They'll share a couple of pizzas, maybe have a glass of wine. Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. He suffered heartbreak a decade ago when his first wife, the academic and historian Jan Bassett, died of cancer, but today Andrew Demetriou's life seems very much on an even keel. Correction: CLARIFICATION A profile of AFL boss Andrew Demetriou published yesterday in The Age (Melbourne) Magazine referred to the 1998 AFL players' deal as the first collective agreement struck on their behalf. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. Demetriou now has four children - twin girls born two days after he took on the CEO role, the Monday after the 2003 grand final, another daughter born in 2007, and a little boy born in 2009. The defeat was the turning point in the Swans' season, with the Swans losing only two more home-and-away games for the season, both by single-figure margins and eventually winning the 2005 Premiership. "No disrespect to Andrew, but I don't think that's really his area of expertise," she laughs. [14] Sydney won the 2012 premiership implementing a style of relentless tackling and attacking play. My mother, who passed away three years ago, was an incredible woman. Andrew Demetriou's AFL career was shaped by family and tragedy, Andrew Demetriou will stand down as AFL CEO at the end of 2014 AFL to begin 2-3 month search for a replacement Deputy CEO Gillon McLachlan among leading candidates for top job Demetriou denies AFL could have done more to prevent Essendon supplements crisis. In 2005 he was instrumental in securing a record breaking A$780 million TV rights deal. "I can't see another 10 years here," he says, looking around his office. I don't begrudge that at all. Demetriou, a straight talker who supporters and critics alike recognise for his negotiating steel as much as they do for his decisiveness on policy issues, has used his CEO tenure to build on the league's expanding reputation as a force for cultural and social change, championing racial equality, cancer awareness and respect for women while putting player welfare at the forefront of league policies on pay and illicit drug use. I was lucky to have someone who understood," he recalls. 1998 Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. I remember those calls"I just remember their work ethic and their sacrifice to give us better opportunities. And probably dish them out. "It's either that or Andy," says Symone. I just never envisaged that I could meet anybody else. "What people don't realise is that it hasn't been easy for him," says James. Lead commercial strategy and business development, major event partnerships, production and venue hire for Carriageworks, Australia's largest multi-arts organisation. "I love my girls," he says, scooping up Mattea, who abbreviates the Greek "baba" to "bubs" when she calls him. Even his generally unemotional chairman Mike Fitzpatrick wiped away something resembling a tear at that point. He might be just a very good actor, but I don't think he's addicted to the clout he has - I'm sure he likes it, and I'm sure he likes winning and doesn't like losing. When the AFL season begins on Thursday, it will include a new team, the Gold Coast Suns, and in 2012, the Suns will be joined by the Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS); then, for the first time in its 115-year history, the VFL/AFL will have 18 teams in its top competition. "Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Pennant Hills: it's an upper-middle-class socio-economic group they want. And because of where the new AFL teams are based, who will play in them and how the money will flow, the most serious impacts are almost certain to be felt by AFL's main competitor for fans, players and cash: the National Rugby League. But money isn't the whole story. We take these people and put them into a club environment and we expect them all to behave exactly the same. I didn't take things as seriously.". "Was it four years?" Jokes about people's mothers hurt people!". It's a great escape. ANDREW Demetriou leaves the AFL wounded by events in recent years, but they will not define him. This board of directors includes Demetriou, wife Symone and couple Mirabai Winford and Sanjay Gill, who founded Purebaby, a brand for babies and toddlers that sources garments made of organic cotton in Indian factories that eschew sweatshop conditions.When the Demetrious' twin girls arrived in 2003 - two days after the businessman and former player took over the AFL's top job from departing chief executive Wayne Jackson - Symone went scouting for baby clothes and was drawn to the natural fabric and styles of the Purebaby range being sold in a Surrey Hills shop.She hit it off immediately with Winford and eventually introduced the entrepreneurial couple to her husband. "He's quite immune to status and reputation and the thuggery that tends to go with it. It was the first public example of his negotiating skill. It's a ridiculous expectation. "But had he been misunderstood? "But I really can't fault him. He still has this quality of que sera sera effortlessness, say those close to him. Chief Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone arrive at the David Jones Summer 2006 Collections Launch on August 17, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. "I try to get out the door of the office by five. "The Sydney Swans went there in 1981. What might have been acceptable 10 years ago is not acceptable now. "Andrew's not frightened (to take heat) and he encourages us to think long term and make decisions in the long-term interests of the game and not be worried about short term criticisms there's no doubt he came under personal pressure from the Federal Government at that time. There, above the Norm Smith medals and behind the gang of administration girls admiring a new engagement ring ("Show me that rock!" Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. The mistake was made in production. In fact, Demetriou's term as chief is almost certain to be judged on the success of the AFL's latest foray. He may even, say several of his friends, end up at Lake Como. Michael Warner and Ashley Argoon 5 min read December 12, 2013 - 5:27PM HeraldSun We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 14 April. I wasn't that gifted; I made the most of the ability I had. "I thought, 'Bloody hell, what have I walked into here? He is currently single. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers I've always done that from the day they were born.". But, you know, that's Andrew defending his patch. "We have an agenda and someone takes the minutes and Mirabai and Sanjay are pretty much out the door by 11 o'clock," adds Symone, who met her husband while working in the AFL's commercial department and keeps her hand in by helping Purebaby with marketing. "That was hard. The AFL is debt-free and soon will have "squirrelled away" a $50-million contingency.Overall, the league is unrecognisable as the once-bereft and bankrupt Victorian competition of 1985, the year the 12 original clubs handed control to an independent commission. So we have a population that is very diverse, that's very proud of what it's achieved. "Our numbers are very impressive in western Sydney," he says, when he says anything at all. If I hadn't had footy this year, it would have been a lot worse. [citation needed] He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. Wife Symone and their four children, whom he described as his greatest achievement and who all attended his farewell press conference, he said were his sunshine. That always amuses me. . To do what? Even as an 18-year-old, he had larger horizons. "He's comfortable in any environment," says author and commentator Don Watson, who's known him since 1995. She died in 1999, aged 47. "I got a kick, which helps," he laughs. The couple tied the wedding knot in November 2021, a year after their engagement. He had a brief move to Hawthorn in 1988, but played only three games and kicked one goal. Demetriou was 38. You go through very, very dark periods, and I just threw myself into work. "He's a boy from Cypriot parents who used to muck around in the backblocks of Coburg, and I think he's a very driven man.". He's a dignified man, and holds himself well: back straight, arms relaxed, briefcase swinging. But Demetriou, the negotiator, has talked them around. They're all different. ("Bizarre, I know," he told one reporter. "She's all right.". Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. That would leave a massive hole at the competitions governing body and the game at the crossroads. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement. Aghast, she never went back. In the business-class lounge at 6.30am, top button undone and pale blue tie looped around his neck, the most powerful man in Australian football scours the newspapers for news. But there's something about his knees, as if he were once pigeon-toed, or injured in some way, that makes him kick out his feet as he walks. "I remember Andrew speaking at an AFL conference a couple of years ago," recalls Swans CEO Andrew Ireland. But football was never the main game. "I went to uni, did arts and a dip ed, majored in legal studies and politics, and got a job teaching year 12 politics. Eventually, the Australian arm bought out its Italian parent. He always puts the family first. The Demetriou boys regularly drop by and the commitment to family and to one another remains strong. ", "He's exceptionally adept with figures," adds James Demetriou. His best season was 1983, playing 23 of a possible 24 games, the club's campaign ending with a thumping in the preliminary final. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. It is well known, of course, that in a country already saturated by four national football competitions, giving people options in a new place means taking them from an old one. It's the day before our Lindsay Lohan conversation, and he's leaning back in a dark sofa, one arm hanging over its side. So they never saw their mothers again. By the time we've got two teams there the Swans will have been playing in Sydney for 31 years. There'd be trees to sit under, and coffee to drink, and papers to read. No one barracks for the AFL, put it that way. Even Demetrious fellow commissioners enjoyed his press conferences - despite the odd misstep - as much as anything and they would not have been disappointed by his first farewell performance on Monday morning at AFL headquarters. After the children are in bed, he and his wife watch "crappy TV" (hence his awareness of Kim Kardashian's rich inner life), and read the gossip mags. Director, Commercial. "What we've got is five years of data (that) shows we're doing nearly triple the number of tests, and the percentage (of those caught) is dropping. Were working to restore it. When I bring up this dedication, Demetriou smiles - a big smile, perhaps the first of the interview. Oh. He is from Australian. "Andy Demetriou" redirects here. I've said it 3000 times. The chief executive of Crown Resorts, Ken Barton, and a non-executive director of the casino group, Andrew Demetriou, . The entire Demetriou family lived in the two-bedroom flat attached to the shop. Symone will have brought home Who or New Weekly and the next thing I'm reading about who Lindsay Lohan's slept with and whatever. [2], Recruited from Pascoe Vale, Demetriou played for the North Melbourne Football Club as a winger between 1981 and 1987, playing 103 games and kicking 47 goals. It hurts people. "When I played football," recalls James, "it was brutal, really brutal. Some ex-footballers move with the grace of movie stars. Much has been made in the past of a possible move into politics, though Demetriou has consistently denied it. And some suggested a life in politics back in 2005, when he openly questioned whether Australia had become mean-spirited compared to the optimistic country that welcomed his parents in the 1950s, challenging directly the Howard Government's tough asylum-seeker laws in the wake of the Tampa incident. He was elected by the board of directors at the end of the 2003 season, taking over from the outgoing CEO Wayne Jackson. He's convinced them that a truly national competition will benefit everyone in the long term, by bringing in more fans, giving sponsors a bigger platform, and making media rights more desirable and profitable. "And in return? (Kardashian is the star of US reality TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.) He suffered heartbreak a decade ago when his first wife, the academic and historian Jan Bassett, died of cancer, but today Andrew Demetriou's life seems very much on an even keel. Demetriou announced on 3 March 2014 that he would step down from the role as AFL CEO after eleven years, at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season. The Kim Williams appointment to the commission would seem good for McLachlan who does not yet boast its unanimous support. And I dare say it's the same for NRL. She was his tutor, several years older than him and a noted academic. ", "Hmmm. Were working to restore it. (But) I was very careful not to tread on too many toes. He was betraying the sports . [citation needed], In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. And, he adds, "You've got to be fair. "You could see, even at that young age, that he was very erudite, well-read, interested in travel.". Demetriou, of course, knows this very well. "Can you imagine?". "Symone and my children are my . ANDREW DEMETRIOU | CHAIRMAN Former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League (AFL), Andrew has been a CEO across a number of business sectors. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. First Name Andrew. His best memory was the elation of a come-from-behind triumph over Carlton in the elimination final of 1985. We've got a factory in Brazil, one in India now. It's the first time in history it's gone into a market without there being some demand for the game there.". At AFL House, there's also a sense of higher purpose: a desire for expansion to carry the torch of Aussie rules enlightenment into the darkness of heathen league, union and soccer lands. I invest heavily in my family, and in friends and colleagues. They'll have a women's round, an indigenous round, a tie-a-ribbon-around-everything round. "You've got to give it to her, she's a consistent performer. "Yep, she let her guard down there!" "Well, nobody said anything about my mother, thank God. And we're just going to give them an option to get involved in another game. She has $200 thousand as her net worth from her career as professional florist. Leaves it to others. Ex-AFL boss Andrew Demetriou makes humiliating exit from Crown board along with the CEO as James Packer's embattled gaming empire makes desperate bid to reverse ban on opening its new Sydney. "Andrew Demetriou's first appointment to the Australian Football League hierarchy in May 2000 was characterised as a case of poacher-turned-gamekeeper. Jennifer bodymeasurement and social media presence. You've got to invest in the things you care about.". Now, as the AFL's chief, with salary and bonus exceeding $1.5 million last year, he is the driver of the AFL Commission's greater ambition for 17th and 18th teams - for the Gold Coast (from 2011) and Sydney's sprawling west (a year later). In seven years in the job, he has transformed how, where and by whom Aussie rules is played. Encouraging kids and beginners to try your code is one thing; seducing mature athletes from a rival code after years of development is quite another. And we adopted an attitude of making the most of every day and every hour. This is no doubt true - but not the whole truth. "We've got players telling our doctors 'thank God, you saved me'. He speaks with his chin down, dark eyes watchful behind his rimless glasses. [18], Demetriou had a regular spot with Red Symons on Melbourne radio station ABC 774. I'm very optimistic about what's going to happen in greater western Sydney, very optimistic. There's no doubt he would hate for history to say the same thing about him.". The expansion has been planned and supported by Demetriou's AFL at its streamlined, spin-savvy best, with a massive fighting fund, an aggressive recruiting policy and a much-denied-but-hard-to-escape determination to become the dominant football code in Australia. Please try again later. Demetriou played 103 games for the North Melbourne Football Club between 1981 and 1987, finishing his playing career with a three-game stint for Hawthorn in 1988. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. So my career was teaching. I don't know why people are so obsessed by that." Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. Either way, Purebaby seems the perfect antidote to Demetriou's pressure-cooker life running the national league, perhaps the most heavily scrutinised public role in this town and state alongside that of Premier. ", Demetriou had spent his years with Bassett teaching and developing his business interests, primarily in a company manufacturing acrylic teeth, called Ruthinium. But his mother went only once, to the MCG for a final against Hawthorn in 1982. "It was a case of 'winners are grinners'," she says without a hint of guilt. [13], Seven years later, Demetriou praised the Swans for their new attacking style of play under second-year coach John Longmire and rated them as serious contenders for the premiership. "I've said continuously that it's not going to be easy," says Demetriou calmly. Andrew J. Demetriou | Corporate Attorney | Los Angeles | Husch Blackwell Andrew J. Demetriou Senior Counsel Los Angeles phone: 213.356.2949 fax: 213.337.6551 email: andrew.demetriou@huschblackwell.com Overview Experience Thought Leadership Outside the Office Community Leadership Download Bio Download vCard Overview She died in 2004. Andrew Demetriou's net worth When we meet in February, he's about to chair a meeting of the Australian Multicultural Advisory Council; he's off on a weekend retreat with the Climate Change Institute board; and he's just sent an address to the UN Human Rights Council about the AFL's anti-racial vilification policies. Former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou is a strong family man. "Although he might find himself tethered to his Blackberry, Demetriou more often than not walks through the front door at 5.30pm and rolls up the sleeves when needed. Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. "He was absolutely a source of help and advice.". "He looks at numbers and they sort of sing to him, if you like; he has the ability to pick trends and assess things very quickly. Thirty-one years!" "And some day he'll move on. If you see what he's done it becomes clear he must be ambitious, and possess a certain amount of drive. "I think anyone who has strong views about things and seeks by dint of their own strength of personality to force things through, always runs the risk of alienating people," observes Sydney Swans president Richard Collis. "From day one, and we're genuine about it, we have had a very healthy respect for the NRL," he says. "Just the way he's championed the cause of women in general and other initiatives here. He's even convinced those behind enemy walls to join his crusade. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. "I'm forever reading for work, reports and documents and whatever. He respected me as somebody in an organisation. Australian sport's reputation blackened: Abbott. "It's impossible for me to answer that, other than the fact that when you're dealing with terminal illness, and you've got a very limited time, you change your perspective on many things. "), Andrew Demetriou, 49, sits in his modest, shiny office, meditating upon world domination. The comic wore a white tuxedo with a matching black tie. He seems to be content with running a very large, fractious, tending-to-testosterone-soaked organisation in a civilised and imaginative way and looking after his family.". "When they do get to relax, it's often in front of the TV and an episode of Desperate Housewives or Wife Swap. "Just the four of us. An incredible human being. "You can write that down. "Clearly, we've had great opportunities because of what our parents did for us," says Demetriou. I've said to my staff and to myself that everyone's got to modify their lifestyle. Demetriou played 103 games for the North Melbourne Football Club between 1981 and 1987, finishing his playing career with a three-game stint for Hawthorn in 1988. It was while Demetriou was a student at La Trobe University in 1983 that he met his first wife, historian Jan Bassett. Now, we formed that policy with 21 experts who got together to give us that advice. It was all give, it was incredible giving. Please try again later. People say it's how he made his fortune. "I remember my mum telling me about going to a parent-teacher night when Andrew was in grade 2," says James. But then, you know, by just a miracle in many ways, I met my current wife, and it really was like the darkness lifted.". . [17], Demetriou has interests in factories in Brazil and India which manufacture dental products and exports them to 70 markets, including Australia. That deal is up for renegotiation, and he's expected by many to winkle more than $1 billion out of broadcasters this time around. Discover Andrew Demetriou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. "Expansion is going to make things much tougher for clubs in the short term," says Gale, speaking as Richmond CEO. I've got to say he was absolutely amazing. He was a good, though never a great, player. So, these clubs are great survivors. But I think it was 28." David. And that was okay; I didn't think there was anything wrong with that. I think he said there were 100 teams in South Africa, set up by people who'd followed the gold rush, and a team in Ipswich who played Melbourne. [citation needed] He claimed that the Swans would not win the premiership with the way they were playing,[10] and this statement was underlined when the team suffered a 43-point defeat to St Kilda in Round 10. [citation needed], Demetriou in 2014 became the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Acquire Learning. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. "Not many people get away with calling Andrew, Andy. "Demetriou can absorb a punch or two, clearly. If you're going to have relationships, they've got to be meaningful. "He likes to present himself as not ambitious. But one doubts it. Right now, Demetriou doesn't look to be going anywhere, though he insists he'll know when it's time to move on long before others know it of him. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images). His first wife died in 1999. Tania Hird, the wife of the suspended Essendon coach, has repeated the controversial claim that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou tipped off the club. noted some who passed including his first wife Jan and heaped love on his wife and four kids. His parents, Tony and Chrysi, met in the early 1950s, married and opened Tony's Fish and Chip . "Huh? It's based in northern Italy. Demetriou himself rejects the idea of deliberate discrimination in his early life, but it seems more likely that, for an able and confident kid, it did exist and he simply brushed it off. He admits to a simple philosophy: "You should never walk away from a negotiation if one party feels dudded. We don't want to give them everything, but we want to give them opportunities. "His father, nearly 80, still lives in Coburg but these days spends the winters back in Cyprus. In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. Andrew Demetriou has a distinctive walk. More than anything, at all stages of his life, football has allowed Demetriou both to stand out, and to fit in. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement.Credit:Penny Stephens. In fact, it was not the first, but the first involving Mr Demetriou. 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