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Paralympics Australia’s newly-appointed Head of Strategy and Brisbane 2032 Coordination is reigniting a connection he has cherished with Australian Paralympians which began almost 15 years ago.
Geoff Quinlan’s tenure started this week, two days before the 10 years-To-Go milestone for the Brisbane 2032 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony. He brings extensive knowledge of high performance sport and major events, from his roles as CEO of Tennis Queensland and CEO of Tennis West. He joins Paralympics Australia after a very successful post as Chief Commercial Officer at Racing Queensland.
“I was privileged that one of my first and fondest high performance experiences was at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008 working with the wheelchair tennis team and also supporting our wheelchair tennis players competing at World Championships and World Team Cup events,” Quinlan said.
“Some of those athletes included a young Dylan Alcott and the wonderful Danni Di Toro, both of whom have become a huge part of Australia’s Paralympic story.”
Quinlan said it was an extraordinary time to be joining Paralympics Australia and he was ready to start working with PA Chief Executive Catherine Clark to help set and deliver on the objectives of the organisation’s new strategic plan.
“It’s not lost on me that I’m starting almost exactly 10 years out from Brisbane 2032, which creates an enormous opportunity for us to pursue our goals in and out of the sporting arena,” he said.
“I’m really looking forward to working with Catherine and the Paralympics Australia Board.”
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Clark welcomed Quinlan’s arrival at PA.
“Geoff has extensive senior leadership, strategy and stakeholder management experience building collaborative working relationships in industry and government sectors,” Clark said.
“Geoff’s diverse experience and skills base will be a great asset to our organisation as we start putting in place the building blocks for a decade that we hope will lift Paralympic sport to new heights and change perceptions of people with a disability across Australian society.”
By: David Sygall, Paralympics Australia
Posted: 26 August 2022
