Richard Freedman Joins AJC
Thursday, 14 February 2008:  | | Richard Freedman |
Freedman's anticipated appointment was announced today by AJC chief executive Norman Gillspie when he revealed his senior management team to carry the troubled club forward.
Freedman will take up the newly created position in March after he resigns from hos position as an on air co-host of radio station 2KY'S breakfast program.
He will also be required to relinquish his contract with Sky Channel.
Freedman is a younger brother of champion trainer and was part of the family training business for more than 20 years before embarking on a media career.
He is a director of turf management company Turnpoint, which the AJC employs to look after its tracks.
Gillespie said the new management team of seven will work with him to "rejuvenate and regenerate the Australian Jockey Club and its landmark properties, Royal Randwick and Warwick Farm".
"My aim is to maintain the balance between retaining the traditions that set thoroughbred racing apart, and ensuring that we are a contemporary, relevant and viable club for current and future members, as well as the general public," he said.
Freedman is the only new appointment from outside the AJC.
The other members of the AJC executive team are Livia Bartoletti (legal affairs), Joanne Tonks (business transformation), Tony Crawford (infrastructure and special projects), Elizabeth McIntyre (marketing and sales), Darren Pearce (finance and corporate services) and Lynell Peck (function and event operations).
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