Directors

John Nicholson is a former professional track cyclist who brings experience from high-performance cycling, sports administration, IT, accounting, and business.

During the 1970s, John won two world championships, two Commonwealth Games gold medals, and an Olympic Games silver medal in the individual sprint. He won the Oppy Award in 1975 and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986.

A former surf-ski and kayak paddler, Rob turned to cycling later in life and now actively competes in masters road events having qualified for UCI Grand Fondo World Championships whilst also enjoying hitting the MTB trails.

Jenni has been mountain biking for 22 years, volunteering with clubs, events and trail building activities. In 2017 she founded ‘Shredding Betties’, Australia’s first women’s specific affiliated mountain bike club to connect, support and inspire women and girls with the aim of increasing female participation. For the past 10 years Jenni has worked as an on ground political staffer applying her skills to develop and implement campaign strategies to connect and unlock capacity contained within communities. Jenni now runs her own consultancy business.

Non-Executive Director, Experienced Media Executive, Consultant and Advisor

Brian is a strategically focused and frequently disruptive C-Suite executive with over 30 years’ experience leading broadcast, production and digital media companies to growth through innovation. He has honed the discipline of harnessing research and insight to inform commercial strategy and creative execution.

Michael is the current Chair of 7-Eleven Stores PL and Starbucks Australia. He has previously chaired the West Coast Eagles, iiNet, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Perth International Arts Festival.  Michael is also the Principal of boutique strategic development consulting firm, Black House.

Anne has enjoyed 25 years working in sport leadership roles. Most recently she was the Executive Director at the NSW Office of Sport and previously the Chief Executive Officer of Triathlon Australia for five years. Between 2006 and 2010 she worked for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as the Director of Anti- Doping.

Darren was elected to the BMX Australia Board in 2016 and elected Chair in 2018. He has previous governance experience with BMX South Australia where he provided support from administration and officialdom roles at all levels - club, state, nationally and internationally. Darren has over 30 years’ experience in all levels of Government IT and Security, currently in Network and Cyber Security.

Lee is an experienced Business Leader, Strategic and Governance Advisor and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Lee is an engineering professional with business qualifications and international project experience in energy, oil and gas, mining and sport. She has 25 years’ senior executive management experience defining and leading large-scale transformational projects in the private sector as well as State and Federal government entities.