It's based in northern Italy. 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. . , money, salary, income, and assets. Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. Tap into Getty Images global-scale, data-driven insights and network of over 340,000creators to create content exclusively for your brand. [citation needed], Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. "I thought, 'Bloody hell, what have I walked into here? But that's part of the 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. He is a member of famous Player with the age 61 years old group. But no, it didn't.". "I love my girls," he says, scooping up Mattea, who abbreviates the Greek "baba" to "bubs" when she calls him. They'll share a couple of pizzas, maybe have a glass of wine. I think there's an expectation that they are but some of them are just young men who make some silly decisions some of the time." Demetriou, in fact, was better at most things than most people. "There is tremendous power vested in Andrew's position," says Brendon Gale, former head of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) and CEO of Richmond Football Club. But football was never the main game. ", 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?". [1], Before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry. he exclaims.Unquestionably, says the Swans' Richard Collis, expansion will be remembered "as a part of the Demetriou era".How long an era? 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. I've always done that from the day they were born.". "And finally, I want the right amount of time to consider my responsibilities to my workplace and my family and to make sure the balance works for both. More importantly, they're great institutions for the community and economy in this state.". We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. They've just gone to Blacktown because they think they can get some money from the government.". "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. 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. In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. 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. "I've said from day one I regard it as a privilege to be in the role; I love the job, but I'm sensible enough to know one day it will come to an end.". "We've got players telling our doctors 'thank God, you saved me'. And they are relishing the prospect of a fourth child, due in November. "The Demetrious pay a personal trainer to help keep them in shape - "boxing and all that sort of stuff two or three times a week" - but an Achilles injury has hindered Demetriou's recent progress. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. "With a chuckle, he continues: "I have to say, that board meeting takes longer than the meetings of other boards that I've been on they're talking about different designs, the manufacturers in India, what colours we should do. 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. To do what? And all I know (about) what we did was as a game (we) always put the players first to protect the integrity of the game., When pressed later about his own level of culpability Demetriou was firmer: I do not accept any responsibility for people who seek to infiltrate the game, who inject young men with god knows what substances, to introduce substances which are abhorrent to the game and to families.. 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. Likewise, his partner, Emma, wore a white strapless mermaid wedding gown. She and Andrew married soon afterwards (friends recall him saying he wished he'd done it earlier), and Bassett fought the illness for three years. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. We've never underestimated them. They're all different. Chairing several companies after his retirement from playing, he was appointed CEO of the AFL Players Association in 1998, and was responsible for negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players. Historically, in fact, it's tried to go even further. He's even convinced those behind enemy walls to join his crusade. It hurts people. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25: AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. Demetriou is also the highest-paid executive in any code: last year he earned $2.2 million. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images). Sydney won the 2012 premiership implementing a style of relentless tackling and attacking play. "I remember my mum telling me about going to a parent-teacher night when Andrew was in grade 2," says James. "Yep, she let her guard down there!" Or, as he would put it, giving people options. "Sometimes in the exercise of that power, feathers get ruffled. ", "But it's completely unacceptable today. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. "Andrew is a vigorous defender of his organisation's objectives," is how Buckley diplomatically puts it. "Normally, Jan's acknowledgments were succinct, formal and scrupulously alphabetical," explained her friend Peter Rose, "but this time there was a new note - a kind of relaxation - and a deliberate tribute to her second husband. Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. "I remember the phone ringing and my father going to a corner and being told, 'I'm just ringing to let you know your mother died,' and, 'She died four days ago and we didn't know how to tell you.' . He was at his best when he was under the most stress and duress.". "He likes to present himself as not ambitious. 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. ""When (players) leave the game they're infinitely better people, more rounded, because they've been educated, involved in a club, they've got experts talking to them. 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. "Expansion is going to make things much tougher for clubs in the short term," says Gale, speaking as Richmond CEO. The idea of expansion is also in the DNA of the AFL. 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. "Oh, hairpiece," says Walsh. Initially, Andrew Demetriou worked in the industry of dental imports 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. "I took a decision very early on that I wanted to see them grow and help my wife," he says. [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 the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. Not that it seems to bother him. 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. Exports to about 70 countries. Even when I said to him, 'Andrew, you know, maybe now you should start to think about moving on how are you feeling? They have three daughters and a son. 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). ANDREW Demetriou leaves the AFL wounded by events in recent years, but they will not define him. Were working to restore it. I want to be part of the best team possible. If you see what he's done it becomes clear he must be ambitious, and possess a certain amount of drive. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. There'd be trees to sit under, and coffee to drink, and papers to read. "Demetriou can absorb a punch or two, clearly. Former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou is a strong family man. Demetriou's tastes are eclectic if nothing else. "No disrespect to Andrew, but I don't think that's really his area of expertise," she laughs. In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son. But now, a sudden round of interviews granted by Demetriou poses the question of whether the corporate journeyman, who has previously headed up companies making false teeth and managing waste, might be positioning himself for life after football. About expanding into new territories. Please try again later. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Demetriou, who has sat on Crown's board since 2015, told the inquiry that the company's risk management processes were good but that important information was not escalated to the board. "You can write that down. "It wasn't whim. The year after Bassett's death, Ben Buckley's first wife, Kim, was also diagnosed with breast cancer. 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 just never envisaged that I could meet anybody else. 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. Demetriou, of course, knows this very well. But one doubts it. 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. "I spend more time reading the front part of the paper rather than sport. "I don't know about a fortune," he responds. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. I just know it won't be politics." 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. That would leave a massive hole at the competitions governing body and the game at the crossroads. 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. No, declared Demetriou, because Ill tell you what I didnt do - I never injected anyone. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. "Don't quote me on this, I could get it wrong. When he told his children on Sunday night he was stepping down their first question was whether they could still go to the football. Some ex-footballers move with the grace of movie stars. And the caption said something like: 'That's what it takes'. He didn't have an ounce left in him. Nor does she recall easily his number. ", "Even though the commission has always had expansionist aspirations, there's clearly a lot of Andrew in it as well," adds Richmond's Brendon Gale. And it was as AFLPA CEO in 1998 that he secured a historic collective-bargaining agreement that delivered a significant pay rise to the competition's 600-odd players. He was betraying the sports . At this point in time, no one knows if Andrew Demetriou can make the AFL expansion work. We're changing people's behaviour. "Our numbers are very impressive in western Sydney," he says, when he says anything at all. People think he's a bit of a dealmaker, but he's massively respected in terms of making money for the game.". With his second wife, Symone, Demetriou raised twin daughters, as well as an additional daughter and a son. Right now, he's enjoying himself, in the job and in general. Please try again later. That deal is up for renegotiation, and he's expected by many to winkle more than $1 billion out of broadcasters this time around. [citation needed], Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. He may even, say several of his friends, end up at Lake Como. "I don't think we want to get Andrew involved in the grow suits. They never saw their mothers after they left. It's a ridiculous expectation. Much has been made in the past of a possible move into politics, though Demetriou has consistently denied it. Beyond this foundation, the brothers' childhoods combined both genuine acceptance and deep-rooted racism. Were working to restore it. So my career was teaching. He pauses again, looking almost embarrassed. 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. I wish more powerful people had his attitude.". He seems relaxed but self-possessed, friendly but not confiding. His first wife died in 1999. 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? In 2005 he was instrumental in securing a record breaking A$780 million TV rights deal. "I'll never forget the phone calls," he says of the jarring interruption of bad news from afar. "Not many people get away with calling Andrew, Andy. 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. WHEN you are the chief executive of the AFL you carry a big stick and you walk the corridors of power. Tania Hird, the wife of the suspended Essendon coach, has repeated the controversial claim that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou tipped off the club. "Well, nobody said anything about my mother, thank God. "The answer is, 'I don't know', because the things I've done are all very, very different - garbage, false teeth, football, so I think anything's possible. And what about (her step-father) Bruce? Having been directed by the commission to groom a successor, Demetriou has achieved that in his deputy Gillon McLachlan, who impressed the AFL board when he took over the reins during Demetrious long service leave of 2012. [citation needed] He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. (But) I was very careful not to tread on too many toes. We run a football code. An incredible human being. What followed next was his second marriage in 2002 with Symone, who is currently his wife. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. But Toorak, Melbourne's most prestigious suburb, can seem a long way from Coburg. This is in itself quite charming. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. "I think - and I'm sure Andrew knows this - that GWS is the biggest challenge by far that the AFL has ever bitten off. ", "Hmmm. "I'm forever reading for work, reports and documents and whatever. I've said it 3000 times. Then there's Purebaby, to add a bit of fun. Acquire Learning entered voluntary administration in May 2017, shortly after Demetriou left the company. 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. He has wide interests outside the AFL. "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 quite immune to status and reputation and the thuggery that tends to go with it. Keep up with all the latest signings here. But then, you know, by just a miracle in many ways, I met my current wife, and it really was like the darkness lifted.". 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". And, of course, it was Symone. The game will need all the money it can get. "We're now 50-50," says Andrew Demetriou. ", Demetriou had spent his years with Bassett teaching and developing his business interests, primarily in a company manufacturing acrylic teeth, called Ruthinium. 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. "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. [citation needed] During the 2013 Finals Series he also co-hosted Talking Footy for the Seven Network. Australian sport's reputation blackened: Abbott. She was his tutor, several years older than him and a noted academic. "The business is a good business. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options await you. A month after the ex-AFL chief and former Crown Melbourne chairman gave a televised public lesson in October in how . And Britney," Demetriou changes tack. His best season was 1983, playing 23 of a possible 24 games, the club's campaign ending with a thumping in the preliminary final. "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. I wanted to see what his reaction would be. he grew up with a brother named Jim who also pursued a football career. 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.. 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The AFL's headquarters are at afl House in Melbourne's Etihad Stadium. And that was okay; I didn't think there was anything wrong with that. Two years later, Demetriou had begun to learn his lesson. 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. "What people don't realise is that it hasn't been easy for him," says James. "There's a bit of the ancestry there - a bit of the old Cypriot sitting under the tree having a glass of whatever they drink over there, watching the world go by. "But the world needs teeth."). 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. Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. He had a brief move to Hawthorn in 1988, but played only three games and kicked one goal. But I think it was 28." He's not intimidated by power, perhaps because he enjoys it too much, perhaps he knows the truth about bullies. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ", Admits O'Neill, "We all have to play to our own competitive advantages, but I envy the AFL their deep pockets. [6], In 2011, Demetriou was involved in securing a record breaking A$1.25 billion TV rights deal for the period of 20122016. 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. 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. People say it's how he made his fortune. 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"Not with four children, no. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, Mackenzie filed for divorce on Monday . And because he was so good at both footy and cricket, that probably aggravated some people: 'How come you're better than us, you bloody wog?' According to our Database, He has no children. 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. "You could see, even at that young age, that he was very erudite, well-read, interested in travel.". People credit Bassett and her circle with helping form Demetriou culturally: there's a famous story, told by several people, of a memorable day when he astounded everyone by leaving an AFL game early to attend an Andrea Bocelli concert. "James Brayshaw, the North Melbourne chairman and media personality who crossed swords with Demetriou when the AFL was pushing hard for North to relocate to the Gold Coast, says the AFL boss can bury the hatchet if he has to. He should not be content with just doing better than the other children.". Does he ever have time on his own? I was lucky to have someone who understood," he recalls. "When I played football," recalls James, "it was brutal, really brutal. ""Our game takes 17-year-olds from completely different backgrounds. "You've got to give it to her, she's a consistent performer. "I'm a big fan, and a great supporter," says Jill Lindsay, who started at league headquarters 40 years ago. His parents followed his playing career faithfully, his father rarely missing a game. "The scene is not played out in the sleek and softly lit inner sanctum of the league's Docklands headquarters, with its polished hardwood table, swivel chairs and portraits of football's long lineage of powerbrokers, but one that normally takes place in the kitchen of the Demetriou family home in Toorak. [21], Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. It's convenient to hate the AFL.". The mistake was made in production. 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. That always amuses me. There, above the Norm Smith medals and behind the gang of administration girls admiring a new engagement ring ("Show me that rock!" 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. ', 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.' Andrew Demetriou speaks to the media during the official opening of the Learning Life Centre at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on February 18,. 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.". [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 manufacture and distribute false teeth. Whatever will be will be.". but that is not to say that he hasn't experienced challenges to get to that point and won't continue to. Her son was knocked out by Leigh Matthews and carried off. "It's hard at times," admits Symone. "Symone and my children are my . 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. ("Bizarre, I know," he told one reporter. "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. "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. We don't want to give them everything, but we want to give them opportunities. "Of that opening remark, Lindsay recalls: "It was a throwaway line, really. ", "Andrew Demetriou," wrote Bassett, "has taught me much about life.". 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. There will be a bit of talk about the next season. I invest heavily in my family, and in friends and colleagues. 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