Sam is a multiple-award winning researcher and senior lecturer at Flinders University. He is an accomplished author of 36 peer-reviewed publications which surround parental involvement in youth sport. Sam is a highly sought after thought leader and presented his work internationally in Australia, China, the UK, Canada and the US. He has attained over $500K of external income as chief investigator and is currently leading an Australian first investigation about how sporting club environments set up parents for a successful sporting season. Sam has received a number of prestigious awards including the VC Award for Early Career Research, the World Congress on Science and Football Best Research Paper by Code (AFL) Award, the Inclusion and Diversity in Sport Conference Champion of Inclusion Award, and the Universities Australia Award for the Pitch it clever competition. Sam has represented Flinders at the Australian Academy of Science Falling Walls Lab Australia and in the global-award winning series, Raising the bar.

Andrew Daniels joined the Adelaide Oval SMA Ltd, the organisation responsible for the management of the South Australia’s iconic Adelaide Oval, as its Chief Executive Officer in 2012.

Andrew has more than 35 years of experience in major projects and event management in Australia, including roles as the Chief Executive of the Motor Accident Board, Chief Executive of the South Australian Motor Sports Board, General Manager of Australian Major Events, Commercial Manager of the South Australian Tourism Commission and Deputy Chief Executive of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix Board.

In addition to his role on the board of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants; a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and member of the board of Novita, an organisation that delivers a variety of critical, life-changing services to more than 2000 clients.

Matthew completed his Bachelor of Education (Phys Ed) in 1993 and joined the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) as a Development Officer in his final year of study. At the SACA, he progressed with to Game Development Manager, with the growth of sports development, whilst undertaking further study with a Graduate Diploma Business (Marketing) at University of South Australia and then commenced an MBA which he completed in 2009.

During his time with the SACA, he co-founded a sports management business, Athletes1 Australia, and the joined the Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) as Marketing Manager in February 2001. The sports management business continued to grow and expand and Matthew maintained a key role in strategy and business planning as a Director.

In May 2004 Matthew was appointed the Chief Executive of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club (SANFL) and oversaw the SANFL Club through a period of significant challenge and change, dealing with many financial and strategic issues which would shape the future of the Club.

In 2009 Matthew joined the Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) in a special projects role focused initially on commercial growth. This quickly saw the move to Adelaide Oval and then leading the Club’s strategy to unite Port Adelaide as One Club, bringing the Magpies in the SANFL and Power in the AFL together. This led to the official reunification of the Port Adelaide Football Club in November 2011, which was a catalyst to the club’s successful move to Adelaide Oval in 2014 and membership growth from less than 30,000 in 2010 to over 60,000 in 2015.

Matthew was appointed Executive General Manager of the Port Adelaide Football Club in 2018, and in October 2020 was appointed the Chief Executive, replacing Keith Thomas with whom he had worked closely for nine years.

• He has extensive experience across the journey of the Port Adelaide Football Club including:
• AFL and SANFL separation Port Adelaide’s brand and membership strategy
• One Club reunification
• Transition of AFL football to Adelaide Oval
• Playing the historic AFL games in Shanghai in 2017-19

Matthew was instrumental in building and implementing the Club’s bold strategic vision, Chasing Greatness and is now leading the Club as it works to a new agenda in the post-COVID era of the AFL and the Port Adelaide Football Club.  

Bronwyn Klei is not only a leader, she is something of a ground breaker – one of the very few Australian women to have led both women’s and men’s sporting teams in national competitions. 

In her current role as CEO of Netball SA, she is responsible for the growth and prosperity of the game at every level across the state, with netball long known as Australia’s numbers one sport for women and girls. In her job she’s also in charge of the Adelaide Thunderbirds who compete in the SSN - the toughest netball competition the world. Bronwyn has steered Netball SA through the challenges of COVID, while securing $18 million in government funding to redevelop the home of netball at Mile End; a game changer for the sport.

Previously, Bronwyn spent almost a decade at the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) as both General Manager of Events, Sales and Commercial, responsible for a multi-million dollar income stream, as well as General Manager of both the Adelaide Strikers T20 cricket teams, winning the national championship with the men in 2017/18. 

A past-President of both the Adelaide Hills Netball Association and the Aldgate Netball Club – she still plays and umpires!
Twice a Telstra Business Woman of the Year Finalist, Bronwyn has two teenage daughters and a husband who she occasionally bumps into in the kitchen.