“This is arguably the most important appointment of any club. He will replace outgoing CEO Keith Thomas who finishes up this week after more than nine years at the helm. New recruit Aliir Aliir hopes to break into Port Adelaide's backline this season. Thread starter RossFC; Start date Oct 29, 2020; Tagged users None ... from a football perspective as an AFL Club and also as we build the next generation of Port Adelaide fans and members, we have to accelerate our participation in this competition. View Matthew Richardson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. In 2009, Mr Richardson joined the Power as General Manager of Marketing and Consumer Business and was promoted in 2017 to Executive General Manager. “Our future success will be built on a foundation of care and connection. Matthew has 2 jobs listed on their profile. I certainly didn’t set out in 2001 to be where I am now, but I feel that journey has given me a good grounding for the opportunity that are in front of us now. New Port Adelaide CEO Matthew Richardson. It’s been well documented it’s been an incredible year for everyone. The strength of the community was the thing really the AFL couldn’t refuse, but the reality was the Port Adelaide that went into the AFL wasn’t the Port Adelaide that the AFL approved if you like, because one of the conditions was the Magpies would remain in the SANFL and Power in the AFL, but they couldn’t have any connection. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. View Matthew Richardson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Official Club App. PAFC CEO Matthew Richardson. As confirmed by Chairman David Koch at last night’s prestigious John Cahill Medal, the Port Adelaide Football Club is thrilled to appoint Matthew Richardson as its new Chief Executive Officer. At some point, Australia is going to have to build its commercial relationship with China, we know that there’s a model there. ... Chief Executive Officer at Port Adelaide Football Club Greater Adelaide Area. This led to the official reunification of the Port Adelaide Football Club which was a catalyst to the club’s record 60,000 plus members in 2015. Matthew Richardson Sales and Marketing Assistant at Beverage Testing Institute Chicago, Illinois, United States 200 connections The AFL have had an incredibly challenging year, a lot of the key people in the AFL haven’t been home for four or five months, they’re still disjointed, so at the right time, which will be early in the new year, we’ll get back in front of the AFL. I know we’ve had that conversation previously with the SANFL, that hasn’t happened to this point. That pathway into an AFLW team through having an SANFLW team, we think we can support the growth of girls and women’s footy. I mentioned it before, but I genuinely haven’t felt this sense of connection from our members, our partners and the broader stakeholders. That first game in 2014 in the Showdown was an extraordinary day, that’s when it all came together, we were able to rebuild our community and arrive with a full stadium, played the way we did and it was a very special day. View Matthew Richardson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. You can’t help but feel the history of success here at this club built over 150 years. View Matthew Richardson's business profile as Chief Executive Officer at Port Adelaide Football Club. Then you look at the AFL side, how quickly it was able to establish itself in its first year under John Cahill, there was a draw and missed out on the finals, and you compare that with GWS and Gold Coast and how long it took for them to establish was extraordinary, but that was the expectation of Port Adelaide. A united Port Adelaide family is a powerful force, and I can’t wait to harness that in pursuit of our mission. Through Benny Demertzis we got the cheer squad involved, said this is what’s going to happen, this is what we’re thinking and we need someone to kick it off for us. It’s been the sort of year where so much has happened through the year and we’ve built terrific momentum off field and on field. WHO'S MOVING? To our members, supporters and partners, I hope they all have a safe and Merry Christmas. Our preference is to build to AFLW from the ground up, build a development pathway through the junior zones. We’ve been on record to say we’re keen on getting into the AFLW and have a Port Adelaide AFLW team as soon as we possibly can. More recently I’ve been really lucky to work under Keith (Thomas) in a growth phase in the club where we’ve been able to have a crack at some amazing things like AFL footy in Shanghai, expansion of a lot of the things we’ve done and my focus through that period was more the core part of the business and then COVID hit and now I’m really privileged the board and David (Koch) had the confidence for me to take over from Keith. Port Adelaide might have had a bit of a rough start to the year but the premiership window is open and that’s what every player plays for. Richo's Points: Port Adelaide. Mr Richardson will replace outgoing CEO Keith Thomas who finishes up today after more than nine years at the helm. JH: The KFC sponsorship is huge, three major sponsors – how great is that? Chief Executive Officer. “I thank David and the Board for entrusting me with the responsibility of leading this club forward into a new era of success. View Matthew Richardson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. But we’ve got that platform, we’ve got great people here, we’ve got a really clear plan about where we’re going and I think like everyone else we’re looking forward to having a bit of a break. It was a big project but it was great to be able to see, and then Adelaide Oval on the horizon and how exciting that was going to be for our people. Port Adelaide’s new Chief Executive Officer is Matthew Richardson. The journey into Adelaide Oval, the modelling that took, which was a really exciting project to be a part of and we got into there in great shape in 2014. Danny Zada. Ken Hinkley agrees to a new two-year deal with Port Adelaide. PAFC CEO Matthew Richardson. There were lots of different elements, the SANFL owned the license so the SANFL clubs and directors we had to really demonstrate that this was in the best interest of football in South Australia because at the time Port Adelaide was not sustainable at Football Park and with the SANFL owning the license and the impact that was having on the SANFL clubs, we had to demonstrate putting Port Adelaide back together was going to be good for them. The SANFL model wasn’t sustainable, the AFL model on its own wasn’t sustainable, and I don’t think its too much of a stretch to say if we weren’t able to put Port Adelaide back together as one united club and critically one united community, which has always been its strength and the reality was a lot of our people walked away. JH: Moving forward, what are you looking forward to in 2021? MR: I made it to Port Adelaide in 2001, my first event was the greatest team function, which was in May. JH: What are some of the key plans moving forward; we’ve got China, the AFLW and Prison Bars looking forward? I’ll never forget the INXS moment the next year, we probably fell into the trap that it was so good in 2014, how do you make it better. But it probably took us 18 months to land on Never Tear Us Apart, as there were some principles in it, as it had to be authentic and something that genuinely meant something to our people, if you force something on people or no meaning it won’t work. It’s one never to be taken likely. I can’t even imagine what 50,000 people at Adelaide Oval is going to be like after hearing even that night at the Showdown in Round 2, where there were 2000, I couldn’t believe the noise. MATTHEW RICHARDSON. PORT Adelaide has announced Matthew Richardson as the club's next CEO. View Matthew Richardson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. At that time our team did go to the UK as there was a game at The Oval against the Western Bulldogs and a number of people on our marketing committee went across. Matthew Richardson torches contentious rule after finals flipped on their head. Port Adelaide chief executive Matthew Richardson said this had allowed the club to make the redevelopment plans more special. The official AFL website of the Port Adelaide Football Club ... Matthew Richardson. In a way, we were really fortunate in South Australia that our government and community did an amazing job and we got back to 25,000 to 30,000 people at Adelaide Oval. Like Quote Reply. Match Previews R14: Port Adelaide v Sydney Sportsbet's Nathan Brown and Matthew Richardson preview the game between the Power and Swans at the Adelaide Oval ... Chief Executive Officer at Port Adelaide Football Club Greater Adelaide Area. Mr Koch said Mr Richardson was the stand out choice from an outstanding field of candidates assembled through a national search, working with independent senior executive recruiting company BKD Executive Leaders. Port 2004 Club Legend. Mr Richardson’s appointment was announced by Chairman David Koch at the club’s annual Best and Fairest Awards event at the Adelaide Convention Centre tonight. Matthew has 4 jobs listed on their profile. We’re confident that in the Showdowns, which we think that fits perfectly, it talks to the rivalry and heritage of South Australian footy perfectly, we’ll be in and having that conversation early in the new year. I think one of the things COVID has taught everyone, and this relates to sport all around the world, anything you can do to strengthen the fans with clubs, because let’s not forget fans don’t follow leagues or competitions, they follow clubs, that’s the strength of the game. ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE. JH: I still remember walking in and ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ was blaring over the speakers, tell us about the background of it. matthew has 1 job listed on their profile. We think we can support that and can help grow women’s footy in South Australia. Ken Hinkley and Matthew Richardson speak to the media at Alberton Oval. Since joining Herron Todd White Adelaide as a graduate valuer in 1996, Matthew has undertaken a variety of valuation work over the years. JH: In terms of uniting the club, how critical was it at the time? I think everyone’s looking forward on getting back to the footy and now we’re not 100 per cent sure, and there’s still a bit of uncertainty around that, if it was worse case scenario and it was like what we had at the finals, then that’s 30,000. Matthew Richardson previews Friday night's preliminary final clash against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. It is a huge responsibility,” Mr Koch said. We’ve got a really successful female academy program, I think the last three years we played games against the Adelaide academy program which has been successful. “As a Board we didn’t ever want to be accused of making the easy decision so we got Andrew Demetriou’s sports executive recruitment firm to scour the market and put Matthew through the wringer. An AFL fan who caused outrage after being pictured wearing a swastika armband on top of a Port Adelaide jumper has a history of racist behaviour. Richo's Points: Preliminary Final - Port Adelaide. The Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club Inc. was first incorporated in 1956 and changed it’s name in 1996 from Port Adelaide Football Club to Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club – it remains the same Incorporated body ... Matthew Richardson and David Koch press conference - 30 October 2020 . Finance Manager. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Matthew’s connections and jobs at similar companies. Dixon Double Team. It’s something we’ve heard Kenny talk a lot about this year. Jack Hudson: How have you enjoyed your first month in the role? “Matthew is an exceptionally talented administrator who is held in the highest regard within the Port Adelaide community and across the AFL industry as a whole. Accounts Receivable ... Matthew Wald. It worked and now it’s probably the iconic game day ritual in Australian sport, and the great thing about that it’s our people who have made it that. It’s affected a huge number of people, we’ve lost a lot of really good people, a lot of people on stand down through the year for large parts with so much uncertainty, and the people who were fortunate enough to stay taking significant salary reductions. MR: I know our preference would be to have a SANFLW team as a pathway into AFLW. View matthew richardson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. He’s been at Port Adelaide for almost 20 years, and now Matthew Richardson is the new chief executive officer of South Australia’s most successful club. Really it’s a message of thank you and gratitude for what the Port Adelaide community has done in 2020, but the reality is we’ve still got a lot of hard work to do in order to get where we want to get as a football club. The team gave us an amazing ride in 2020, we didn’t get to where we were aiming, but I think our people should have a great deal of confidence moving forward about where their club is going. The Prison Bars of course, again we’ve been really open in our position on that. Port Adelaide Executive General Manager Matthew Richardson says the club is confident of its case to wear the prison bars guernsey in future Showdowns. Picture: portadelaidefc.com.au. So … In the early years, both clubs were relatively successful and the Magpies were based at Ethelton which was phenomenal and still played in three grand finals and won two premierships, it’s a credit to the people who were involved at the time and the players who hung along for another couple of years because they loved it so much. Team success brings personal success for Byrne-Jones. Aliir Aliir and Orazio Fantasia answer fan questions thanks to RAA. The Official app of the Port Adelaide Football Club is your one stop shop for all things Port Adelaide! Early in 2009 I moved across to the AFL club, the two projects I was working on when came across under Mark Haysman was Adelaide Oval which was bubbling under the surface and pretty quickly we worked out the AFL club and SANFL club models separately wasn’t working, so the next few years we were working on putting Port Adelaide back together and we proven th at was the right thing to do. I had that function and it was a crash course in Port Adelaide and the legends of Port Adelaide, you meet these people that you’ve seen and you understand why the club has been so successful as they’re amazing people. The first attempt of the merger, it had been presented and it was right, they’d be gone, the Magpies would be out of the SANFL and it got rejected the first time. We’re really excited to see what Alberton Oval can look like on a Friday or Saturday night during February and March, it’ll be a really exciting venue to be able to watch AFLW and our SANFL program, so we’re excited about that. We did set out to win the premiership, we didn’t quite get there, but we did set out to make sure we really connected our community in behind the 150th year, because the one thing that does bring us together is the football club and from that perspective we feel like we certainly achieved that. 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