He probably should have got into law school, but he missed that. But Toorak, Melbourne's most prestigious suburb, can seem a long way from Coburg. Andrew Demetriou and family pose with La Trobe deputy chancellor Dr Philip Moors AO (left) and vice-chancellor Professor John Dewar (right). Demetriou's negotiating skills have gained almost mythological status. Symone and Andrew Demetriou, expecting their fourth child and partners in a babywear business. Demetriou appears to have a knack of finding common ground. "), Andrew Demetriou, 49, sits in his modest, shiny office, meditating upon world domination. The mistake was made in production. "About time! He suffered heartbreak a decade ago when his first wife, the academic and historian Jan Bassett, died of cancer, but today Andrew Demetriou's life seems very much on an even keel. To many league supporters, it was the defection of top players Israel Folau and Karmichael Hunt - both State of Origin and international stars - that made what had been a largely theoretical idea of an 18-team AFL suddenly intensely personal. Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. But, yeah, he's always on call. ", "But it's completely unacceptable today. If you'd said I was going to be working in football 20 years later, I'd have thought you were mad.". I want the best for those who work with me. "I did have those conversations. In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. By the time we've got two teams there the Swans will have been playing in Sydney for 31 years. If you asked him what his future with the AFL is, he would say, 'Oh, I'll do it for five years and then I'll retire to Lake Como.' "He has all the qualities of a good politician," says Don Watson, who, as Prime Minister Paul Keating's speech writer, should know. Jennifer husband is now married to news anchor Amy Robach and is co-parenting Robach two daughter together. he says. I just know it won't be politics." But on the advice of medical experts he incorporated a three-strikes policy that puts player welfare ahead of the urge to "name and shame" offenders, and subsequently got belted by political leaders who reckoned it was lax.He doesn't care. "I don't think the AFL has the slightest interest in the community of western Sydney," says Roy Masters. They're all different. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25: AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. I want to be part of the best team possible. He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. [citation needed], Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. But Demetriou became close to tears when referring to the football family and the people in the game. Just quietly: Andrew Demetriou has lost another gig. But we are where we are based on this unbelievable industry, and the fact is we've got 10 teams in Melbourne that 10 years ago had 200,000 members and now have 400,000. "He's quite immune to status and reputation and the thuggery that tends to go with it. I'm very optimistic about what's going to happen in greater western Sydney, very optimistic. The day of our interview, he leaves work early to go to his four-year-old daughter's birthday party "at one of those Japanese restaurants where they throw things in the air". "With a chuckle, he continues: "I have to say, that board meeting takes longer than the meetings of other boards that I've been on they're talking about different designs, the manufacturers in India, what colours we should do. Jennifer bodymeasurement and social media presence. She would have been 14 at the time of his most cherished football moment, but by then had jumped onto the bandwagon of the team that would go back-to-back that year, Essendon. Collect, curate and comment on your files. Its leafy luxury contrasts sharply with the suburban landscape of postcode 3058. Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. "A bit different from the rest of us, all putting the Gold Coast and AC/DC.". Were working to restore it. "He really stood out," says Unglik. "Our role is minimal. Andrew Demetriou's net worth Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. . There will be a bit of talk about the next season. Yes," says his head of communications, Brian Walsh, grinning. This is true for the AFL Commission as a whole, and for Demetriou personally. But Demetriou, the negotiator, has talked them around. So he was really pointing out missed opportunities. "I'm forever reading for work, reports and documents and whatever. "Demetriou's values were sewn into his very fabric by his humble upbringing, by the work ethic and sacrifice of parents hell-bent on building a life for their children in a new land. He is from Australian. Put it this way, says footy's head honcho of his current circumstances, "I've learnt more about baby wear than I thought I ever would. "I think - and I'm sure Andrew knows this - that GWS is the biggest challenge by far that the AFL has ever bitten off. Likewise, his partner, Emma, wore a white strapless mermaid wedding gown. They now have four children, Alexandra, Francesca, Mattea and Sacha and they were at the media conference with Symone as well as other family members. "It's true," he says now. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old? "I can't see another 10 years here," he says, looking around his office. [citation needed], In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. noted some who passed including his first wife Jan and heaped love on his wife and four kids. Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. He later would be involved in another business, the Baxter Group, which he took from a market capitalisation of $40 million in 2003 to a sale in 2006 for $260 million. Andrew J. Demetriou | Corporate Attorney | Los Angeles | Husch Blackwell Andrew J. Demetriou Senior Counsel Los Angeles phone: 213.356.2949 fax: 213.337.6551 email: andrew.demetriou@huschblackwell.com Overview Experience Thought Leadership Outside the Office Community Leadership Download Bio Download vCard Overview Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? It's a ridiculous expectation. You've got to make sure that you leave the game in better shape than when you borrowed it." Symone will have brought home Who or New Weekly and the next thing I'm reading about who Lindsay Lohan's slept with and whatever. McLachlan also played the pivotal role in negotiations which saw the redevelopment of Adelaide Oval as an AFL venue - an achievement which will see the season launched there on Wednesday and which Demetriou described as his greatest professional effort given the degree of difficulty involving the South Australian football body, the cricket association and the state government. And the heads of other codes - Buckley, the NRL's David Gallop and the ARU's John O'Neill - have all maintained upbeat public attitudes towards expansion. Ben Buckley, his teammate at North Melbourne, later his No. "Sometimes in the exercise of that power, feathers get ruffled. This month marks a great high point in Demetriou's power. "It's impossible for me to answer that, other than the fact that when you're dealing with terminal illness, and you've got a very limited time, you change your perspective on many things. Demetriou's lasting impression was of his parents' deep commitment and love for their family, but also the pain for them of distance and separation. Her son was knocked out by Leigh Matthews and carried off. His best memory was the elation of a come-from-behind triumph over Carlton in the elimination final of 1985. Either way, Purebaby seems the perfect antidote to Demetriou's pressure-cooker life running the national league, perhaps the most heavily scrutinised public role in this town and state alongside that of Premier. The expansion has been planned and supported by Demetriou's AFL at its streamlined, spin-savvy best, with a massive fighting fund, an aggressive recruiting policy and a much-denied-but-hard-to-escape determination to become the dominant football code in Australia. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images ", "Andrew Demetriou," wrote Bassett, "has taught me much about life.". Aghast, she never went back. [4], In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. He's convinced them that a truly national competition will benefit everyone in the long term, by bringing in more fans, giving sponsors a bigger platform, and making media rights more desirable and profitable. These are good qualities. The game will need all the money it can get. She was his tutor, several years older than him and a noted academic. When he told his children on Sunday night he was stepping down their first question was whether they could still go to the football. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. "We've got players telling our doctors 'thank God, you saved me'. The commission has not guaranteed McLachlan the job and appointed an executive search team to test the market for Demetrious successor long before he told Fitzpatrick at the 2014 Super Bowl that he would officially resign in early March. Correction: CLARIFICATION A profile of AFL boss Andrew Demetriou published yesterday in The Age (Melbourne) Magazine referred to the 1998 AFL players' deal as the first collective agreement struck on their behalf. "There is tremendous power vested in Andrew's position," says Brendon Gale, former head of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) and CEO of Richmond Football Club. "But that boyfriend Scott. There'd be trees to sit under, and coffee to drink, and papers to read. Nor does she recall easily his number. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers "She's all right.". He'd had one great relationship in his life; that was all anyone could expect. Jennifer Hageney is the first wife of Andrew Shue, an American actor with whom she has three children named Nathaniel Shue, Aiden Shue and Wyatt Shue. Demetriou, in fact, was better at most things than most people. There has been much talk of the $200-million war chest that will fund the expansion, and those on the inside say it will take all this and more. Ex-AFL boss Andrew Demetriou makes humiliating exit from Crown board along with the CEO as James Packer's embattled gaming empire makes desperate bid to reverse ban on opening its new Sydney. There's been speculation before, most famously when the now-defunct Bulletin magazine declared in late 2007 that he was about to pull the pin to spend more time with his family, even retreat to a holiday home on Italy's Lake Como. The Kim Williams appointment to the commission would seem good for McLachlan who does not yet boast its unanimous support. We're changing people's lives. "Was it four years?" "Except, perhaps, the meta-narcissism of some of the best political leaders. Even Demetrious fellow commissioners enjoyed his press conferences - despite the odd misstep - as much as anything and they would not have been disappointed by his first farewell performance on Monday morning at AFL headquarters. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement.Credit:Penny Stephens. In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. It's a great escape. Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement. Date of Birth: 14 April 1961. . And they are relishing the prospect of a fourth child, due in November. Demetriou became emotional when he talked about those loved ones and colleagues he had lost during his time in the games administration - his first wife Jan Bassett, mother Chrysi, former AFL chairman Ron Evans, ground operations boss Jill Lindsay and Jim Stynes. ", "He's exceptionally adept with figures," adds James Demetriou. "Andy Demetriou" redirects here. "He looks at numbers and they sort of sing to him, if you like; he has the ability to pick trends and assess things very quickly. As head of the AFL Players' Association, the footballers' union, Demetriou had played hard ball on the way to achieving his coup de grace - the first collective agreement (involving him) for the competition's 600-plus professional players, which gave them a massive pay rise, justly recognising them as the real stars of the show. He lacks fanaticism. Bit like Lindsay Lohan.". In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son. She has $200 thousand as her net worth from her career as professional florist. So they never saw their mothers again. He seems to be content with running a very large, fractious, tending-to-testosterone-soaked organisation in a civilised and imaginative way and looking after his family.". She and Andrew married soon afterwards (friends recall him saying he wished he'd done it earlier), and Bassett fought the illness for three years. About expanding into new territories. "Every time we expand, we grow," says Demetriou. "He was absolutely a source of help and advice.". "Another call. "He likes to present himself as not ambitious. We're changing people's behaviour. I played golf once three or four years ago, and when I got home after six hours " - he pauses, smiling - "no, no. 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