Cameron Schwab (born December 4, 1963) is an Australian sports administrator.
Schwab became the youngest
chief executive officer
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(CEO) of a club in
Victorian Football League
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history when he joined
Richmond
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* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
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in 1988.
Early in the
1994 AFL season
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he resigned after some very poor performances by the Richmond team, before becoming a consultant to the new
Fremantle Football Club
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's entry into the AFL. He then joined
Melbourne
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where he worked as a recruiter, before becoming chief executive in 1997 under the presidency of
Joseph Gutnick
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.
He resigned in 1999 after a disagreement with Gutnick following a major
salary cap
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breach.
In 2001 he joined
Fremantle
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as chief executive officer, after the club had experienced their worst ever season, sacking their coach mid-year and winning only two games for the year. He remained there for seven years, vastly improving the club's finances.
Schwab returned to Melbourne, and in 2008 he was persuaded by club president
Jim Stynes
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to return as chief executive officer. Whilst the club performed well off the field,
the club's on-field performances remained poor and the club was investigated for
tanking. Schwab was on the verge of being sacked in mid-2011, but, in a surprise move, had his contract extended by twelve months on the same weekend the club suffered a near-record 186-point loss to in
round 19
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. Then-president
Jim Stynes
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said that the decision to retain Schwab was "coincidental and unrelated to the weekend's game".
Melbourne started the
2013 season very badly, losing its opening two matches by a total of 227 points, including a 148-point loss to
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United Ki ...
in the
second round
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. This put Schwab under even greater pressure. On 9 April 2013, Schwab was asked by the club president, Don McLardy, to resign as CEO, which he did.
Melbourne CEO Cameron Schwab resigns , Herald Sun 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013
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Schwab is the son of Alan Schwab, who was a prominent sports administrator and VFL commissioner, and the brother of Brendan Schwab, who is the chairman of FIFPro Asia and the former chief executive officer
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of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association.
References
External links
*
Profile
at Demonwiki
Living people
Richmond Football Club administrators
Melbourne Football Club CEOs
Fremantle Football Club administrators
Australian chief executives
1963 births
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