James Demetriou (born 7 June 1955) is a former

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player. He later worked as a lawyer and set up the charity Sports Without Borders Australian Sports Technologies Network.

Biography

Demetriou was born to Tony and Chrysi Demetriou in 1955. His father was an immigrant from

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who ran a

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shop. Demetriou is an experienced Senior Executive/ Director in Mergers and Acquisition /cross border investment , specialist advisor in Asian investment and listed and large private board governance advisor and has sat on many government, large private and listed company boards. He has been an Asset manager of various funds particularly around Sports/ Digital health, Clean Energy, Leisure and hospitality and been involved in many major company turnarounds. He has an extensive knowledge of technology that measures, evaluates and advises on performance of companies in the financial , education , real estate and sports sectors. He has represented the University of Melbourne, Australian Sports Technologies Network, the Victorian Government and Austrade at many Asian Conferences and trade missions as well as presenting to many international forums. He also is the Founding Chairman of Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) and he is one of the Australia’s leaders most respected leaders in Sports Business, Sports Governance and Sports Technology. James has played a major role in Australian sport over the past 40 years as a senior player at the Essendon Football Club (1975-1976), a Board Director of Essendon Football Club in the mid to late 90s. He was the founding Chair, Sports Without Borders ( 2006 to 2016. He holds a Master of International Business, University of Melbourne, Australia, •Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne, Australia Alumni of The Anderson School of Business, Global GAP program, UCLA, USA. Demetriou married Toni Demetriou ( Nee Ryan)> ( 1978- ) and has 3 children Thomas ( b.1979), Lauren ( b. 1981) and Tim ( b. 1984). He has 3 brothers George( b.1957) Phiv ( b.1958) and

Andrew Demetriou Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. Demetriou pl ...

( b. 1961) was

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of the

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(AFL).

Playing career

Demetriou played nine matches for in the

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(VFL) in 1975 and 1976. During a match against in 1976 he broke his leg after tripping on a sprinkler, ending his top level career.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demetriou, Jim 1955 births Essendon Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players Pascoe Vale Football Club players Australian people of Greek Cypriot descent Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Lawyers from Melbourne Living people People from Carlton, Victoria