Peter Filopoulos

Peter has over 25 years of highly successful experience as an accomplished senior C-Suite executive in sports administration with some of Australia’s most iconic sports and entertainment brands. Peter’s current role (appointed 1 September 2020) is Head of Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs with Football Australia, the national governing body for the sport of football in Australia.

Prior to this, Peter was Chief Executive Officer of Football Victoria for two and a half years (from 21 May 2018 – 31 August 2020) where he drove a new strategic agenda, FootbALLways and oversaw a transformational period of the organisation which was headlined by a bold and ambition facilities strategy which unlocked over $300M in Government funding for grassroots facilities, and strong participation growth in the state during his tenure.

This role followed a successful three years as Chief Executive Officer at the Perth Glory Football Club, leading the club out of the salary cap saga that plagued them in 2014/15 Hyundai A-League season, developing and implementing a new strategic plan, transforming the business and steering the club into a new and exciting direction.

Peter has developed a strong reputation as a business transformation specialist and as a senior sports and entertainment executive with a demonstrable history of major accomplishments in all his roles as the strategic, marketing and commercial lead across a variety of Australian iconic high performance sports brands such as AFL clubs Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, world-class stadium Marvel Stadium located in Melbourne and National Sporting Organisation, Swimming Australia (Australian Dolphins Swim Team)

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