Catherine Clark is an Australian sport administrator. In 2021, she was the chief executive officer of Paralympics Australia from January 2022 to July 2024.[1] She has held several chief executive officer positions with state and national sports organisations.
Clark attended Caboolture State High School from 1991 to 1995, where she represented Queensland in hockey.[2] Injury ended her elite hockey career.[2] Between 1996 and 1999, Clark completed Bachelor of Arts in criminology at Queensland University of Technology and between 2010 and 2013 Masters of Business Administration at the University of Queensland.[2]
Clark's sport administration employment has included: Sport and Recreation New Zealand policy advisor,[2] International Paralympic Committee consultant,[2] Gymsports New Zealand Chief Executive Officer (2007-2008),[3] Gymnastics Australia Chief Executive Officer (2010-2012)[4] and Netball Queensland Chief Executive Officer. Whilst CEO at Netball Queensland (2015-2021), the Queensland Firebirds. Under her leadership, the Queensland Firebirds won two ANZ Championships and Netball Queensland built the new $46M state-of-the art Queensland State Netball Centre.[2][5]
Clark is an accredited Australian Institute of Company Director and been a director of the following boards - Hockey Queensland, Australian University Sport, Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Qld Division) and Shooting Australia.[2][6]
Recognition
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edit- ^ "Paralympics Australia – Resignation of Chief Executive Officer | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Catherine Clark". Caboolture State High School. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics Australia appoints new Chief Executive in lead up to Delhi and London". Australasian Leisure Management. 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Lane, Sam (3 June 2012). "'I see gymnastics as the nursery of Australian sport'". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Steele, Selina (26 October 2021). "Catherine Clark to take over as Paralympics Australia chief executive". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Appoints New Chief Executive". Paralympics Australia. 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.