"Sometimes in the exercise of that power, feathers get ruffled. Director, Commercial. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. "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. Its leafy luxury contrasts sharply with the suburban landscape of postcode 3058. I'm very outspoken. Former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou is a strong family man. The comic wore a white tuxedo with a matching black tie. ANDREW DEMETRIOU | CHAIRMAN Former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League (AFL), Andrew has been a CEO across a number of business sectors. In common with other older, poorer clubs, Richmond will suffer from the wealth of talented young players (usually allocated to clubs via the annual draft) and financial support being channelled into the new clubs. Jennifer husband is now married to news anchor Amy Robach and is co-parenting Robach two daughter together. They met for dinner, got talking and soon the Demetrious had taken a one-third interest in the fledgling business. His best season was 1983, playing 23 of a possible 24 games, the club's campaign ending with a thumping in the preliminary final. James Hird's wife Tania says Andrew Demetriou knew about payments to suspended coach UPDATE: James Hird says he will fight to protect his right to his $1 million salary while serving his 12-month suspension. His early days are well recorded: he and older brothers James, George and Phivos with his parents Tony and Chrysi all sharing two bedrooms, the boys often minded in the shop and then pitching in as they grew older. I want the best for those who work with me. Chief executive Andrew Demetriou is kissed by his wife Symone during an AFL press conference at AFL House on March 3, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.. It represents to him what is best about Australia: egalitarianism, acceptance, encouragement of talent. So we have a population that is very diverse, that's very proud of what it's achieved. There'd be trees to sit under, and coffee to drink, and papers to read. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. 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. If you see what he's done it becomes clear he must be ambitious, and possess a certain amount of drive. "I don't know about a fortune," he responds. He was betraying the sports . I didn't take things as seriously.". "I can't see another 10 years here," he says, looking around his office. "Both he and Jan loved travelling; I can remember him sitting in cafes in Europe, devouring the newspapers front to back, just as he does here.". ", "What is out there is our bread and butter. 2 at the AFL, and now CEO of Football Federation Australia (formerly Soccer Australia), remembers Demetriou's player profile at North Melbourne. Demetriou kicked two goals. 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. [6], In 2011, Demetriou was involved in securing a record breaking A$1.25 billion TV rights deal for the period of 20122016. . "It's an amazing game," he says, smiling. "He was absolutely a source of help and advice.". At a time when, north of the border, the aftermath of the 1995-97 Super League war was still fracturing relationships in rugby league, "Andrew understood that the key to any successful deal is to create value for all parties," says Brendon Gale. "From day one, and we're genuine about it, we have had a very healthy respect for the NRL," he says. He should not be content with just doing better than the other children.". "When I played football," recalls James, "it was brutal, really brutal. "But I remember the euphoria in the rooms after. 1983 We've carefully put building blocks along the way to target a time, and the time is right now because if it's not now when (the league) is in a strong position, then when? She has $200 thousand as her net worth from her career as professional florist. It was while Demetriou was a student at La Trobe University in 1983 that he met his first wife, historian Jan Bassett. And I read the form guide, which I love. As head of the AFL Players' Association, the footballers' union, Demetriou had played hard ball on the way to achieving his coup de grace - the first collective agreement (involving him) for the competition's 600-plus professional players, which gave them a massive pay rise, justly recognising them as the real stars of the show. In seven years in the job, he has transformed how, where and by whom Aussie rules is played. The Demetriou boys regularly drop by and the commitment to family and to one another remains strong. Andrew Demetriou is the CEO of the AFL Commission (which runs the AFL competition) and, like Lindsay Lohan, he's a consistent performer. ", "Hmmm. ""If you started with a blank piece of paper you wouldn't have 10 teams in Melbourne. About colours. "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. As the son of working-class migrants, says sports writer Richard Hinds, "he really taps into the psyche of the left. And they are relishing the prospect of a fourth child, due in November. We have estimated Put it this way, says footy's head honcho of his current circumstances, "I've learnt more about baby wear than I thought I ever would. "Huh? They'll have a women's round, an indigenous round, a tie-a-ribbon-around-everything round. 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. It's not worth it." The chief executive, who joined the AFL first as its football boss in 2000, will vacate the role which has become the most powerful in Australian sport, was questioned about whether he should be blamed at all for Essendons dangerous drug program. She was quite a reserved person. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. "I remember Andrew speaking at an AFL conference a couple of years ago," recalls Swans CEO Andrew Ireland. Demetriou married twice. Her sense of humanity, and my father's too, they were very generous and were always looking for the good in people. But I always had my eye on other things. 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. In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. [citation needed] He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. ", "Andrew Demetriou," wrote Bassett, "has taught me much about life.". "I don't stress about these things," says Demetriou. "He was amazing during her illness," says Unglik. [18], Demetriou had a regular spot with Red Symons on Melbourne radio station ABC 774. "I'm not a reader of books, which is a disgrace when it's all said and done, but I'm a prolific reader of newspapers, back to front," he says. And it was possibly a greater asset to him than his kicking, which could be a bit hit and miss. He always puts the family first. I think he must have taken it in the best spirit because he still recounts that story. 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. He later would be involved in another business, the Baxter Group, which he took from a market capitalisation of $40 million in 2003 to a sale in 2006 for $260 million. I invest heavily in my family, and in friends and colleagues. Even in his own code, many have been horrified by the prospect. Demetriou's lasting impression was of his parents' deep commitment and love for their family, but also the pain for them of distance and separation. Demetriou found himself playing alongside some of North's greats - Keith Greig, Wayne Schimmelbusch, Ross Glendinning, the Krakouer brothers and Malcolm Blight to name a few - but by the time he was in his prime in the mid-'80s that premiership era had passed. We spent a hell of a lot of time travelling in the last two or three years, we did some really wonderful things together, and in some ways, she changed quite a bit as a person in that time, too. Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. But no, it didn't.". Andrew Demetriou has a distinctive walk. 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[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. We're changing people's lives. This is true for the AFL Commission as a whole, and for Demetriou personally. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. It was like winning a Grand Final because we were gone." There's no doubt he would hate for history to say the same thing about him.". In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he was responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals. He's also almost tripled the AFL's annual turnover, partly via a record-breaking $780-million media rights deal in 2006. 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. "And some day he'll move on. 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. Michael Warner and Ashley Argoon 5 min read December 12, 2013 - 5:27PM HeraldSun He's even convinced those behind enemy walls to join his crusade. 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. Jokes about people's mothers hurt people!". He was at his best when he was under the most stress and duress.". ", Demetriou had spent his years with Bassett teaching and developing his business interests, primarily in a company manufacturing acrylic teeth, called Ruthinium. When he told his children on Sunday night he was stepping down their first question was whether they could still go to the football. The AFL's headquarters are at afl House in Melbourne's Etihad Stadium. 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. In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son. He pauses again, looking almost embarrassed. That's the reality of the world we're living in. And we adopted an attitude of making the most of every day and every hour. 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. She died in 2004. 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. "I don't think the AFL has the slightest interest in the community of western Sydney," says Roy Masters. He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. [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. "In year 12 he had major issues with a couple of teachers who took exception to his brashness and his confidence and the way he excelled. He's a dignified man, and holds himself well: back straight, arms relaxed, briefcase swinging. Even when I said to him, 'Andrew, you know, maybe now you should start to think about moving on how are you feeling? "He was the boy from the northern suburbs," one observer puts it. What's next for AFL's most powerful man Andrew Demetriou. The day of our interview, he leaves work early to go to his four-year-old daughter's birthday party "at one of those Japanese restaurants where they throw things in the air". But McLachlans reputation was not enhanced when he was placed in charge of standing in judgment over Melbourne following the tanking investigation, nor by the messy completion of the Essendon negotiation. He is from Australian. And, of course, it was Symone. He understands the power and responsibility of running the "people's game". 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. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. "If you've done all the prep, you can't do more than that, so I never think about it. "About time! Right now, he's enjoying himself, in the job and in general. "The business is a good business. And Britney," Demetriou changes tack. Aghast, she never went back. 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. It was that meeting that convinced Karmichael that he should move to AFL.". Demetriou is not one of them. [11] This proved to be the turning point in the Swans' season, as they lost only two further home-and-away games for the season, both by single-figure margins,[12] and eventually won the premiership. ANDREW Demetriou leaves the AFL wounded by events in recent years, but they will not define him. "To be frank, if the clubs had had their way, there'd be no national expansion," says Gale. And the heads of other codes - Buckley, the NRL's David Gallop and the ARU's John O'Neill - have all maintained upbeat public attitudes towards expansion. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. Demetriou, of course, knows this very well. "If I were to believe you guys," he told the audience of journalists, "I'm a hot-tempered, loud, heavy-gambling Cypriot, prone to fly off the handle without warning. And he dismisses those who have branded the AFL incursion into western Sydney mere bravado or "bigger-than-Jesus hubris", as one Sydney rugby league commentator damned it. So he was really pointing out missed opportunities. Today it's like heaven in comparison. In recent months, he's been condemned for his lack of action over the St Kilda/Ricky Nixon scandal (involving a teenage girl) and pilloried for earning twice as much as the top players in his code. Demetriou has a regular spot with Red Symons on Melbourne radio station ABC 774. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ', and she said, 'Well, he's very good. "Informality quickly makes way for more formal discussion on those evenings when the four business partners order in. ', 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.' ", He probably should have got into the Victorian cricket side, too - he was playing in the Victorian and Australian under-21 sides at 16 - but in those days, as his long-time friend and AFL medical commissioner Dr Harry Unglik puts it, "who had ever heard of a Demetriou in the Australian cricket team?". "I got a kick, which helps," he laughs. Free market forces might not deem Demetriou's playing career worthy of football's pantheon - a 1985 Scanlen's card of the moustachioed player was selling for $1.99 on eBay last month - though anyone who gets to pull the boots on for more than 100 matches can't be too shabby, a record that would mark a Demetriou boy a potential father-son recruit. Crown director Andrew Demetriou becomes the third board member to resign from the gaming giant but claims the NSW gaming authority's comments about him are "unfair and unjust". She died in 1999, aged 47. But that's just part and parcel of the job. No one knows what Demetriou will do next, least of all Demetriou. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. "Definitely. What might have been acceptable 10 years ago is not acceptable now. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Thu 11 Feb 2021 06.27 EST First published on Thu 11 Feb 2021 02.37 EST. He passes a few remarks about Peter Costello's criticism of Australian Football League players visiting schools, and reflects on the launch of rugby union's new Melbourne team. I've said to my staff and to myself that everyone's got to modify their lifestyle. No one barracks for the AFL, put it that way. Country: Australia. "His father, nearly 80, still lives in Coburg but these days spends the winters back in Cyprus. "Our numbers are very impressive in western Sydney," he says, when he says anything at all. No responsibility for Essendon scandal: Demetriou, No responsibility for Bombers scandal: chief. But there wouldn't be footy. "History will tell.". I used to go to the races. I don't begrudge that at all. "It's true," he says now. In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he was responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals. Yes," says his head of communications, Brian Walsh, grinning. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers Given her mother followed North Melbourne, she thinks she must have seen him in passing, if only on Saturday evening's TV replay, but she couldn't be sure. We manufacture and distribute false teeth. Discover Andrew Demetriou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. 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. He probably should have got into law school, but he missed that. "We grew up in an area where you just laughed at those things," he says. "I love my girls," he says, scooping up Mattea, who abbreviates the Greek "baba" to "bubs" when she calls him. [16], In April 2014, it was announced that Gillon McLachlan, Demetriou's then deputy, would be his successor. His parents, whose fathers were both dead, had left Cyprus in 1951 and didn't return until 1983, until after their sons had completed their university studies. "She's all right.". Andrew Demetriou speaks to the media during the official opening of the Learning Life Centre at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on February 18,. "Andy Demetriou" redirects here. His parents, Tony and Chrysi, met in the early 1950s, married and opened Tony's Fish and Chip shop in Melbourne's Pascoe Vale South. At 61 years old, Andrew Demetriou height Nor does she recall easily his number. ". "I don't make any decisions without everything having been thought through, chewed up, sliced, diced, looked at inside out, been criticised," he says. Even as an 18-year-old, he had larger horizons. Much has been made in the past of a possible move into politics, though Demetriou has consistently denied it. It's a ridiculous expectation. About expanding into new territories. 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. "He likes to present himself as not ambitious. Now in his sixth year at the helm, the 48-year-old youngest son of Greek Cypriot migrants who was raised in a Coburg fish-and-chip shop, appears to be at the top of his game. "I remember my mum telling me about going to a parent-teacher night when Andrew was in grade 2," says James. As the only indigenous code in the country, it regards itself as the one true national code, and since 1982 it has put six teams into states outside Victoria, two of them - the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions (formerly the Brisbane Bears) - far beyond its traditional boundaries. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. He has wide interests outside the AFL. "Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. Andrew Demetriou and family pose with La Trobe deputy chancellor Dr Philip Moors AO (left) and vice-chancellor Professor John Dewar (right). Oh. "She said to the teacher, 'How's Andrew going? His best memory was the elation of a come-from-behind triumph over Carlton in the elimination final of 1985. Then there's a long silence, during which he appears to be considering weighty matters of national significance. "Nine years on, having moved from football operations to the top job, football's consensus is that Demetriou has done anything but stuff the league. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images And Dad going off into the corner and crying. "Andrew plays the great game at all times," his friend Red Symons once said. Folau was paid a reported $3 million for three years; Hunt was persuaded to switch to AFL by Demetriou himself. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement.Credit:Penny Stephens. Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. Development of Carriageworks' commercial and major events programs to expand our . And on the drugs policy, the heat was coming in the form of a blowtorch from Howard Government ministers George Brandis and Christopher Pyne, who in the lead-up to the 2007 election beat a path to league headquarters, media in tow, demanding change. "My wife and I talk about it now, about how we try to find a balance for our children. His self-assessment went like this: "I am impatient when I see injustice, I am not happy with mediocrity, I have no place for lack of integrity, lack of honesty, lack of respect for others. Andrew Demetriou gives evidence at the NSW casino inquiry on Tuesday. Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. Seven years later though, Demetriou praised the Swans for their new attacking style of play under coach John Longmire and rated them as serious contenders for the premiership. We're changing people's behaviour. Andrew Demetrious long-anticipated and impeccably-timed resignation was punctuated with emotion, humour and a characteristic verbal whack when the subject of his legacy was inevitably linked with the Essendon drugs scandal. By the time we've got two teams there the Swans will have been playing in Sydney for 31 years. "He's telling the truth about that," says Don Watson. To do what? We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. '," Demetriou reflects now. "I'm forever reading for work, reports and documents and whatever. He met his second wife, Symone, then a corporate sales executive at the AFL in 2001 and they married a few years later. In fact, Demetriou's term as chief is almost certain to be judged on the success of the AFL's latest foray. I'll read junk, too. It was all give, it was incredible giving. 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. It's a great escape. So, these clubs are great survivors. I wanted to see what his reaction would be. What followed next was his second marriage in 2002 with Symone, who is currently his wife. Chief executive Andrew Demetriou is kissed by his wife Symone as his daughters Francesca and Alexandra look on during an AFL press conference at AFL. 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. This month marks a great high point in Demetriou's power. 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. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images). An incredible human being. 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