The CEO Magazine Australia — November 2017

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he rugby league world had to wait, and wait, and then wait just a little while

longer for the big reveal. Welsh ex-banker Dave Smith resigned as NRL

supremo in October 2015 after a somewhat turbulent three-year stint.

Racing’s Spring Carnival came and went, Christmas trees were ornamented

and then boxed up, footpaths were coloured red and orange with fallen leaves,

and before we knew it two rounds of the 2016 season had already been played

and there was still no replacement for the chief executive who infamously failed to name

Australian Kangaroos skipper Cameron Smith.

Finally, in mid March 2016, after exhausting all leads in its costly pursuit of an

international figurehead, and then putting 30 strongly credentialled corporates through

an intensive interview process, the Australian Rugby League Commission realised the right

person was under its nose the whole time. In Todd Greenberg – the NRL’s then Head of

Todd Greenberg has one of the most demanding and

publicly scrutinised leadership roles in the country,

and he thrives on it.

WORDS JOE MCDONOUGH • IMAGES NRL

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