McLachlan also played the pivotal role in negotiations which saw the redevelopment of Adelaide Oval as an AFL venue - an achievement which will see the season launched there on Wednesday and which Demetriou described as his greatest professional effort given the degree of difficulty involving the South Australian football body, the cricket association and the state government. North Melbourne Football Club had played three home games there in 2007 and, at the conclusion of that season, Demetriou offered the club $100 million to relocate there permanently. He was at his best when he was under the most stress and duress.". We're changing people's lives. [citation needed] He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. You've got to make sure that you leave the game in better shape than when you borrowed it." 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. You go through very, very dark periods, and I just threw myself into work. And Dad going off into the corner and crying. Demetriou, who takes his girls to his local Auskick at weekends, where he's likely to run into Eddie McGuire and a host of footy influentials, says he's not fussed. It hurts people. We take these people and put them into a club environment and we expect them all to behave exactly the same. "Demetriou's somewhat feisty reputation preceded him when he landed Jackson's job, something he acknowledged tongue-in-cheek in a Melbourne Press Club speech just days after taking up his new role (and becoming a father). He says the national game has a record of kicking into a stiff breeze and still scoring goals, and timing is everything: key sponsors have been bedded down until 2011, the players agreement is locked in similarly and the broadcasting rights will be re-negotiated when the country is likely pulling out of its slowdown. He was no Trojan horse on behalf of the players, but nor did he give up on them when he assumed a role on the opposite side of the negotiating table. He is currently single. "Towards the end of the day at this function, he pointed out a woman and said, 'She's nice, isn't she?' "He really stood out," says Unglik. We're not drug experts. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. He lives in a $7-million Toorak mansion, has a family house in Cyprus, and holidays at Lake Como in Italy. The idea of expansion is also in the DNA of the AFL. "Footy wasn't a career path for me," Demetriou acknowledges. They'll share a couple of pizzas, maybe have a glass of wine. The AFL chief executive, whose successor could be named as early as May, has declared a wish to serve out the 2014 football season, demanded and received great loyalty from his staff who became emboldened themselves by a leader they regarded as fearless. David. [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. Now, we formed that policy with 21 experts who got together to give us that advice. 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. 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. In 2005 he was instrumental in securing a record breaking A$780 million TV rights deal. ", Demetriou had spent his years with Bassett teaching and developing his business interests, primarily in a company manufacturing acrylic teeth, called Ruthinium. He has the air, sometimes seen in confident people, of not needing to charm you. I wasn't that gifted; I made the most of the ability I had. "And in return? In the dedication of a final book, she made an unusual reference to her husband. ANDREW DEMETRIOU | CHAIRMAN Former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League (AFL), Andrew has been a CEO across a number of business sectors. Demetriou's negotiating skills have gained almost mythological status. He seems relaxed but self-possessed, friendly but not confiding. He respected me as somebody in an organisation. [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'm a big fan, and a great supporter," says Jill Lindsay, who started at league headquarters 40 years ago. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. People say it's how he made his fortune. 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. "He's quite immune to status and reputation and the thuggery that tends to go with it. 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. "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. "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. "Well, nobody said anything about my mother, thank God. So they never saw their mothers again. He convinced the Players' Association to accept random testing for illicit drugs, not just performance-enhancing ones, something that is rare in sporting codes the world over, and unheard of in most professions. "To be frank, if the clubs had had their way, there'd be no national expansion," says Gale. When he told his children on Sunday night he was stepping down their first question was whether they could still go to the football. "Of that opening remark, Lindsay recalls: "It was a throwaway line, really. It was that meeting that convinced Karmichael that he should move to AFL.". (Kardashian is the star of US reality TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.) We're changing people's behaviour. I used to go to the races. ", "What is out there is our bread and butter. Michael Warner and Ashley Argoon 5 min read December 12, 2013 - 5:27PM HeraldSun 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. "If you've done all the prep, you can't do more than that, so I never think about it. His parents followed his playing career faithfully, his father rarely missing a game. "But you have to say it's very hard for any detractors to mount a really substantive case given the progress that's been made on his watch You'd have to say that at this stage the AFL is in better shape than any other football code in the country. [18], Demetriou had a regular spot with Red Symons on Melbourne radio station ABC 774. In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. I don't know why people are so obsessed by that." 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. 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. At this point in time, no one knows if Andrew Demetriou can make the AFL expansion work. We don't want to give them everything, but we want to give them opportunities. It was while Demetriou was a student at La Trobe University in 1983 that he met his first wife, historian Jan Bassett. It's the first time in history it's gone into a market without there being some demand for the game there.". 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. "Huh? These are good qualities. Demetriou, of course, knows this very well. Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. "Informality quickly makes way for more formal discussion on those evenings when the four business partners order in. More importantly, they're great institutions for the community and economy in this state.". 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. He was 24. 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. There has been much talk of the $200-million war chest that will fund the expansion, and those on the inside say it will take all this and more. [7], Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. In 2005 Demetriou criticised the Sydney Swans and then-coach Paul Roos, labelling the team's play as "unattractive" and "ugly". Jill Lindsay, in charge of league grounds and one of the AFL's longest-serving executives, looked Demetriou square in the eye on day one and said: "So, you're the guy who stuffed the league." Aries. "), Andrew Demetriou, 49, sits in his modest, shiny office, meditating upon world domination. The deal included unprecedented live TV coverage of the AFL competition in all states of Australia through free-to-air, subscription and IP television. Andrew and Symone Demetriou moved there 18 months ago from Hawthorn, into a two-storey 1930s home with lap pool, cellar and five-car garage, essentially to be nearer their daughters' school. 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. Exports to about 70 countries. They have three daughters and a son. In seven years in the job, he has transformed how, where and by whom Aussie rules is played. "You've got to give it to her, she's a consistent performer. "Clearly, we've had great opportunities because of what our parents did for us," says Demetriou. Demetriou gives little away. (But) I was very careful not to tread on too many toes. Demetriou married twice. So my career was teaching. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers 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.". He is a member of famous Player with the age 61 years old group. 1983 "I don't make any decisions without everything having been thought through, chewed up, sliced, diced, looked at inside out, been criticised," he says. For Demetriou, Australian rules will always be the game that embraced him and gave him social and professional status; that supported him during a great tragedy in his life. If you asked him what his future with the AFL is, he would say, 'Oh, I'll do it for five years and then I'll retire to Lake Como.' Her sense of humanity, and my father's too, they were very generous and were always looking for the good in people. He's revolutionised the code's response to illicit drug use; initiated a policy to improve the treatment of women; allowed free movement of uncontracted, end-of-term players between clubs; and supported some of the strongest anti-discrimination policies in international sport. "I don't stress about these things," says Demetriou. Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. Name: Andrew Demetriou. "My wife and I talk about it now, about how we try to find a balance for our children. 1998 Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. [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. He still has this quality of que sera sera effortlessness, say those close to him. I wanted to see what his reaction would be. "We've got a little board," explains Demetriou, chuffed. (m). It was all give, it was incredible giving. "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. More than anything, at all stages of his life, football has allowed Demetriou both to stand out, and to fit in. "I got a kick, which helps," he laughs. "His favourite holiday destination was St Moritz, and 'classical' was his favourite music," Buckley laughs. ", "He's exceptionally adept with figures," adds James Demetriou. "I try to get out the door of the office by five. Demetriou is uniquely fitted for the expansionist task by two great strengths: his belief in the game's ability to promote causes like multiculturalism and egalitarianism, and his expertise in harnessing exactly these causes to make a great deal of money. She was quite a reserved person. I want the best for those who work with me. 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. View the profiles of professionals named "Andrew Demetriou" on LinkedIn. 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 is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. Suitably enough, Demetriou met Symone Richards, then a corporate accounts manager, in 2001 at a grand-final-day function. . 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. "Not many people get away with calling Andrew, Andy. Of course, the less you appear to care, the more you are likely to care. "What people don't realise is that it hasn't been easy for him," says James. Its leafy luxury contrasts sharply with the suburban landscape of postcode 3058. WHEN you are the chief executive of the AFL you carry a big stick and you walk the corridors of power. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement. "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. just moments after touching on the death of his first wife. As the son of working-class migrants, says sports writer Richard Hinds, "he really taps into the psyche of the left. Initially, Andrew Demetriou worked in the industry of dental imports Demetriou, for his part, was "overwhelmed" by the support he received from the footballing community after Bassett's death. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. What's next for AFL's most powerful man Andrew Demetriou. We don't own this game. Tania Hird, the wife of the suspended Essendon coach, has repeated the controversial claim that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou tipped off the club. But football was never the main game. There's a world demand for false teeth, even in recessions." Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options await you. "She's all right.". JANE BALLANTYNE It's the largest multicultural area in Australia. An incredible human being. Date of Birth: 14 April 1961. . Collect, curate and comment on your files. ANDREW Demetriou leaves the AFL wounded by events in recent years, but they will not define him. 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. I played golf once three or four years ago, and when I got home after six hours " - he pauses, smiling - "no, no. [8] 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. 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. She died in 1999, aged 47. I remember that really clearly, and a great photograph of (coach) John Kennedy hugging Schimmer who was spent, just spent. Former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou is a strong family man. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. "Another call. Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. But I always had my eye on other things. The chief executive of Crown Resorts, Ken Barton, and a non-executive director of the casino group, Andrew 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. "I did have those conversations. he grew up with a brother named Jim who also pursued a football career. "But had he been misunderstood? Andrew Demetrious income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He lacks fanaticism. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? What he lacks in celebrity style, however, he makes up for in knowledge. I want equality of opportunity. "It was a case of 'winners are grinners'," she says without a hint of guilt. She has $200 thousand as her net worth from her career as professional florist. 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 youngest of four boys born to Greek Cypriot parents, Demetriou was good enough to play top-level football in the 1980s, eking out. "Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. He has treated us fairly and with respect and I admire that. But, you know, that's Andrew defending his patch. Were working to restore it. But, Mrs Demetriou, you're going to have to stop him putting up his hand - he's too smart for his own good.' "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. "Whatever it is, I honestly don't know. If you're going to have relationships, they've got to be meaningful. "Symone cannot recall noticing her husband on-field. "And some day he'll move on. "We're now 50-50," says Andrew Demetriou. "Don't quote me on this, I could get it wrong. "Our role is minimal. He pauses again, looking almost embarrassed. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. "I've said continuously that it's not going to be easy," says Demetriou calmly. 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. In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. Andrew Schulz's wife Emma is 27 years old as she was born on February 14, 1995. She died in 2004. "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. Andrew Demetriou has a distinctive walk. 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The AFL's headquarters are at afl House in Melbourne's Etihad Stadium. 1988: Played three games for Hawthorn before retiring. 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". This is in itself quite charming. 1988 He had a brief move to Hawthorn in 1988, but played only three games and kicked one goal. He speaks with his chin down, dark eyes watchful behind his rimless glasses. "But I remember the euphoria in the rooms after. First Name Andrew. With his second wife, Symone, Demetriou raised twin daughters, as well as an additional daughter and a son. No, declared Demetriou, because Ill tell you what I didnt do - I never injected anyone. 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. 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. He was elected by the board of directors at the end of the 2003 season, taking over from the outgoing CEO Wayne Jackson. "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. The game is certainly more dominant and far wealthier than when he took over and, according to his chairman, he has given the game a conscience. Today it's like heaven in comparison. Beyond this foundation, the brothers' childhoods combined both genuine acceptance and deep-rooted racism. Even when I said to him, 'Andrew, you know, maybe now you should start to think about moving on how are you feeling? Footy was a great way to pick up $20,000 or $30,000: that's how I bought my first home. 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. "Later, Symone qualifies her husband's involvement. ", Finally - and perhaps most importantly - he believes (or persuades others he believes) that no deal is worth dying for. The entire Demetriou family lived in the two-bedroom flat attached to the shop. 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. 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. Demetriou kicked two goals. "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. "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. "Not with four children, no. noted some who passed including his first wife Jan and heaped love on his wife and four kids. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. Her son was knocked out by Leigh Matthews and carried off. "Was it four years?" Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. They never saw their mothers after they left. 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. But there wouldn't be footy. "He was amazing during her illness," says Unglik. 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. "I can't see another 10 years here," he says, looking around his office. "Those who work closely with him reckon Demetriou has achieved all of that. "Along with my wife, we used to go away as a foursome on holidays," recalls Unglik. [21], Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. 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. 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