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Squash Australia Appoints New CEOSquash Australia Small

David Mandel, President of Squash Australia announced today the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Richard Vaughan, with a starting date in late July after all Visa requirements had been met.

 

Mr. Vaughan (37) is a former World Top Ten badminton player. Cardiff-born and capped 107 times by Wales, he competed at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games and won European and Commonwealth medals. His highest world ranking was No. 7.

 

When his playing career was over, he held consultancy roles for Badminton Europe and the Badminton World Federation, and specialised in Digital marketing for Gravit-e. He joins Squash Australia from Badminton Ireland, where he was chief executive officer.

 

Richard Vaughan joined Badminton Ireland in 2011 as CEO and oversaw the introduction of a number of innovative programmes - among them the Shuttletime schools project, a number of major events, the development of a National Badminton Training Centre in Dublin, Badminton Ireland TV and major funding initiatives. The result has been a dramatic change to the organisation, with increases in affiliation and income despite the economic downturn. Irish players are at the highest rankings of all time challenging for three titles this summer at the Baku European Games.

 

“I am delighted to be joining Squash Australia,” said Vaughan. “I’ve been a player, coach and administrator, and I share Squash Australia’s vision of squash as a sport for all. Australia has a great Squash history and we want to win medals on the world stage, but we also want to increase participation at all levels – junior, club and masters - and increase understanding and recognition amongst the general public. Since the introduction of squash to the Commonwealth Games in 1998, Australia and England have fought for the majority of medals, and Australia was the leading squash nation at Glasgow last year. I hope to build on that success, and make Squash Australia a leading force in Australian sport.”

 

David Mandel acknowledged the successful search completed by Sportspeople – experts in this space - that generated over fifty local and overseas applicants, many of whom were highly qualified. Mr Mandel and all the Board of Squash Australia thanked outgoing CEO Gary O’Donnell for bringing Squash Australia to its present position, and he said that they were looking forward to Richard Vaughan using his skills and experience to take Australian Squash to the next level of Performance, Participation and Profile.

Richard Vaughan June 2015 Smaller


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