Michael Nettlefold

Executive Director
Michael originally joined the St Kilda Board in 2000 and stepped down in 2001 prior to a period of considerable change in the St Kilda ranks. In 2008 he returned to the Club that he played 43 matches for between 1979 and 1983 (in addition to 31 matches for Fitzroy).

In 2009, Michael was appointed St Kilda CEO after the departure of Archie Fraser and remains on the Board as Executive Director.

Nathan Burke

Director
Nathan’s first contact with the St Kilda Football Club was being selected by John Beveridge for the Nepean Under 15 school boys team in 1985. From there he progressed to a season in the now defunct U/19 Saints team and ended his association as a player 17 years later. Two years on the coaching staff offered him an insight into football from a non playing perspective and fueled his desire to understand team dynamics and culture on a higher level. Nathan began employment with industry leaders in culture and leadership, Mettle Group in late 2005. This experience in the corporate sector as a management consultant reignited a passion to make a positive impact on the Saints and led him to join the Board in late 2007. In this position Nathan aims to combine the knowledge gained from 21 consecutive years at Moorabbin with modern day management techniques so that we can attain the success we all desire.

"My mission with the Saints is to make it a place where past future and present supporters and players can feel welcome and importantly proud of the institution they are associated with," said Nathan.

Nathan is a life member of the St Kilda Football Club, the Australian Football League and the Monash University Sports Hall of Fame.

John Gdanski

Director
Born and bred in Melbourne, John Gdanski is a passionate St Kilda supporter
and one of the city’s top solicitors.

Despite his top class education and extensive academic history, John has taken
nothing for granted and is a perfect example of how to climb the corporate
ladder.

Graduating from Melbourne High, John went on to further study at Monash
University where he completed a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law,
Diploma of Commercial Studies before completing a Masters of Law at
Melbourne University.

John joined the Board of the St Kilda Football Club in 2001 and has spent considerable time and effort working with his executive colleagues to ensure the future of the Saints. His vision is to see the Club debt free forever and owning a state of the art training facility (which is now a giant step closer to reality) and like all St Kilda fans, wants to see the Saints hoist the Premiership cup aloft.

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Simon Grant

Director
Simon is a lawyer by profession, having graduated in law and commerce at the University of Melbourne. Simon practised in corporate law with Freehill Hollingdale & Page before pursuing a corporate legal career that included roles as General Counsel of the Datacraft Group, Manager Legal Affairs at Foster’s Brewing Group and General Counsel & Group Company Secretary and then Group General Manager of the Australian Unity Group. In this latter role Simon was a director of numerous Australian Unity entities, including Australian Unity Health Limited, Australian Unity Funds Management Limited, Australian Unity Retirement Villages Limited, Australian Unity General Insurance Limited and Acorn Capital Limited.

Most recently Simon was Executive Chairman & Managing Director of the SAIPrivate Group and currently Simon is working as CEO of Australia & America, MacarthurCook Limited.

Andrew Thompson

Director
Andrew Thompson was recruited by the Saints in the 1996 AFL Draft and played 221 games over a 10-year career. Noted for his work ethic and consistency, Thompson was voted St Kilda’s 2000 Best & Fairest, was part of the Club’s pre-season cup winning side of 2004 and is also a life member of the Saints.

Thompson retired in 2007 and within weeks had joined the Burke-Westaway ‘Football First’ ticket which was successful in its bid to challenge the incumbent Board.