AFL CFO tipped for Australian Grand Prix top job

The Australian Football League’s (AFL) Chief Financial Officer and Manager of Broadcasting, Clubs and Fixtures, Travis Auld, is being touted around Melbourne as the preferred replacement for Andrew Westacott as the CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC).

Auld missed out on the job as the CEO of the AFL, and both The Age and The Herald-Sun in Melbourne are reporting that Auld has come out on top through an extensive recruitment process, and the AGPC is now going through the motions to make it happen.

Under the terms of the Australian Grands Prix Act 1994, the Victorian government must approve the appointment, and this is seen as a formality in this case.

Auld has been with the AFL since 2014 after stints running the Gold Coast Suns and the Essendon Football Club and has a background in accounting and business administration. The terms of his contract with the AGPC are still being finalised, and the AFL has not confirmed a departure date for one of its top administrators.

Auld is highly respected in sporting circles, and his potential appointment is being well received.

Westacott’s contract with the AGPC expired on June 30 after more than 12 years at the helm, and the AGPC will be keen to get Auld’s feet under the table quickly.

The crowd gather for podium ceremony, including Andrew Westacott (AUS) Australian GP CEO during the 2023 Australian GP at Melbourne, Grand Prix Circuit. (Photo by Mark Sutton / LAT Images)

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation appointed an interim chief executive, The Australian Grand Prix Corporation’s legal and general counsel manager Dale Nardella.

Formula 1 has released the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar and has confirmed the Australian Grand Prix will be the third GP of the year and will run over March 22-24th 2024.

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