Greg Westaway
President

In 1972 Greg was approached by Bernie Ahern from BJ Ahern Transport to join his company, which he did as General Manager.  After seven years Bernie sold his business to TNT and Greg moved on.

In 1982 he started Gregorys Transport with his wife Helen - Greg was 40 with 3 children.

The company started as a local courier business with six cars, Gregorys now has 550 permanent trucks and trailers on the road and an additional 60 outside contractors. Gregorys has 88 full time staff and operate 65,000 square metres of warehousing with 22 forklifts. Greg was awarded the Centenary Medal from the Commonwealth in 2003 for services to the Road Transport Industry.

Greg has a long history with the St Kilda Football Club.  He is a lifetime supporter, has been a member and sponsor for over 20 years in varying capacities.

Nathan Burke

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.

Russell Caplan

Russell Caplan graduated in Law from Melbourne University in 1968 and in that same year commenced work at Shell. His career with Shell has spanned much geography and many disciplines, having lived and worked in Australia, the UK, Europe and the USA.

In January 2006 Russell returned home to Melbourne to take up the position of Chairman of Shell in Australia and after 42 years with the company, he retired in 2010.

Russell is a non-executive director of Orica Limited and of QR National Limited. He is Chairman of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust and chairs the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment.

He also sits on the Boards of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.  Russell was a former director of Woodside Petroleum Limited.

Wherever he has been in the world, Russell has always passionately followed the St Kilda Football Club.

Paul Kirk

A Corporate Advisor, Paul Kirk is a specialist in business strategy and business improvement. He is a Chartered Accountant and previously held the position of senior Partner of PwC, where he led the firm's global Restructuring Practice from Tokyo and New York for a number of years.

He is currently a Special Advisor to Lazard, a leading Corporate Advisory firm and is also the Managing Director of his own corporate restructuring consultancy, Collins Pitt Associates.

A lifelong Saints fan, Paul is passionate about sport and amongst other Directorships, Paul was a Director in the inaugural launch year of the Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union Limited.

Ian McLeod

Ian McLeod is the current Managing Director of Coles Limited and is responsible for the Coles Supermarkets, Liquor and Convenience businesses. Prior to this, Ian was Chief Executive Officer of Halfords Group plc, the UK's leading retailer of car parts, leisure and cycling products and has also served on the Executive Board of Wal-Mart Germany as Chief Merchandise Officer. Prior to the Wal-Mart takeover in 1999, Ian held various senior roles and ASDA Management Board positions including Productivity Director and Trading Director.

Ian also comes to us with many years of experience in the sporting world. He spent two years as CEO of Celtic plc, the listed company controlling Celtic Football Club and is a Non-Executive Director of the Fulham Football Club. Since moving to Australia, Ian has become a Board Director of Melbourne Victory and now joins the Saints.

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.

Danni Roche OAM

A lifetime St Kilda supporter, Danni Roche is an Olympic Gold medallist and was a member of the Australian women's hockey team that secured gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In that same year Danni was also awarded an Order of Australia in recognition of her services to Sport.

With over ten years of experience working in the financial sector, Danni has held finance and commercial positions with Telstra and has also been a Director at UBS, a Partner at Evans and Partners and a Director of a privately owned fraud and risk management business.

Danni has been a Director of Hockey Australia for seven years and holds a Master of Business Administration.

Jack Rush QC

Jack Rush is a Queens Counsel and has practised in all jurisdictions in Australia since 1976. 

Having appeared in many significant legal cases and inquiries, Jack was most recently appointed Senior Counsel whereby assisting the Royal Commission into the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.

In 2011 he was appointed a Commissioner of the State Services Authority by the Victorian Government, to conduct a review of the management and structure of the senior command of Victoria Police.

Jack is an active member of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and holds the rank of Captain.

Between 1997 and 2012 Jack was Chair of the AFL Grievance Tribunal and was responsible for mediating or deciding disputes between players and clubs. 

A lifetime Saints supporter, Jack is a former president of the Old Xaverians Football Club and a former member of the Executive of the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

Jack is also a former Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council and has served on the Executive of the Law Council of Australia and the Australian Bar Association. 

Peter Summers

Peter Summers is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer AV Jennings Limited. He has been a Director of the company since August 1998 and an employee of the company and its related corporations since 1984. During that time he has held various management roles in, and directorships of, these companies.

Prior to his appointment as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in February 2009, Peter was the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director. Mr. Summers is a Chartered Accountant having worked previously with Price Waterhouse, has extensive experience in general and financial management as well as mergers and acquisitions and will head our Auditing Committee.

Andrew Thompson

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.