Todd Greenberg (born 2 July 1971) is an Australian sports administrator who served as chief executive officer of the

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between March 2016 and April 2020. In January 2021 he was appointed as chief executive officer of the

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Background

Greenberg was born in 1971 in

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, Australia. He is

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. He went to high school at Sydney Tech. His grandfather, Dr Les Greenberg, was the first medical officer to the

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Career

Greenberg represented Australia in cricket at two editions of the

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, an international multi-sport event for Jewish athletes. Greenberg completed a sports science degree at the

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and a part-time master's degree at

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. Between 1993 and 1998, Greenberg worked for

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as Events & Promotions Manager. Greenberg joined the NRL club

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in 2001 as Operations and Events Manager. He then left in 2001 to become the General Manager of

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. In 2008, he returned to Canterbury-Bankstown, taking on the position of CEO, a role he held with the Belmore club until 2013; when he was appointed the Head of Football for the NRL. In March 2016, Greenberg was appointed chief executive officer of the NRL, succeeding David Smith. Greenberg stepped down as CEO on April 20, 2020. In January 2021, it was announced that Greenberg had been appointed as chief executive officer of the

, succeeding Alistair Nicholson in the role.

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