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NEWS - KTF'S BOARD MEMBERS
| Victoria - Published on December 4‚ 2007 |
Paul McNamee is Founder (1983) and Chairman of Kids Tennis Foundation. He is also Co-Founder and Tournament Director of the Hopman Cup (1988-).
Paul was a professional tennis player from 1977-1987. During this time he was ranked No.1 in Australia in singles and No.1 in the world in doubles, was Wimbledon doubles champion with Peter McNamara, mixed doubles champion with Martina Navratilova, and Over 35’s Doubles and Over 45’s doubles champion and was Australian Open doubles champion in 1983 and 1986. Paul was a member of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 1980-86, which included victories in 1983 and 1986.
Paul has a BSc (Statistics/Law) from Monash University. He has received many awards and accolades, including a Full Blue (Tennis) from Monash University in 1976, the Order of Australia (AM) in 1989, ATP Tour Humanitarian of the Year in 1994, Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996 and Committee for Melbourne Achiever award in 2003.
Paul is currently Executive Chairman, Australian Opens, Golf Australia (2006-) and prior to this was Australian Open (Tennis) Tournament Director (1995-2006) and Chief Executive (1999-2006).
He is married to Lesley and has a son, Rowan.
Eric Campbell has been a social tennis player all his life. During the early 1980’s he was a member of a committee at his local club, but it was his capacity as a franchisee of McDonald’s stores in the Frankston area that Eric became hooked on tennis from an administrative perspective.
Eric was the driving force in the initial McDonald’s sponsorship of Australian tennis which commenced in 1985. In the late 1980’s Eric served on the Victorian MJTA Player Development Board as the nominated McDonald’s state representative.
Eric was on the Tennis Victoria Development Board from 1989-1996 and in the early 1990’s was co-opted to the Tennis Victoria Board of Management, on which he served for many years.
Eric was recently awarded the Victorian Centenary of Tennis Award – an award that was introduced in order to commemorate the 100 years of the Victorian Open in 1981 and recognizes a player or administrator’s significant contribution to tennis.
Eric joined the Board of KTF in 2000 and has been President since 2002.
Victor Eke was an international touring professional tennis player. He is a Tennis Australia Elite Coach and has coached all levels from beginners to touring professionals.
When his good friend, Paul McNamee, discussed the possibility of establishing a charity to provide tennis coaching for disadvantaged children, Victor jumped at the chance to help and so has been on the Board of Kids Tennis Foundation since it’s inception in 1983, many of these years as President.
Victor currently runs his own coaching business, TOTAL TENNIS, and coaches students in the Malvern area.
Damian Grave joined the Board of Kids Tennis Foundation in 2000. He has been a keen tennis player, administrator and tennis coach over many years.
He is a partner at Freehills lawyers based in Melbourne. He is married to Cathie and they have three young children.
Joshua Frydenberg is currently a Director of Global Banking at Deutsche Bank.
He was formerly Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister, John Howard (2003-4) and Senior Adviser to the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer (1999-2003). Prior to working in Canberra, Joshua completed his articles of clerkship at Mallesons Stephens Jacques.
He has a LLB (Hons) and BEc (Hons) from Monash University, a Masters in International Relations (MPhil) from Oxford University and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University.
He is a keen tennis player having represented Australia at the World University Games in Sheffield, UK (1991) and at Buffalo, USA (1993).
Joshua joined the Board of Kids Tennis Foundation in 2003.
Helen Pryor joined the Board of Kids Tennis Foundation in May 2005. However, her involvement with KTF in fact spans more than eight years. As National Sales Manager at Ego Pharmaceuticals, Helen played a key role in helping KTF secure Sunsense as Principal Sponsor 1999-2004 (inclusive).
Helen believes that the KTF programs offer many underprivileged children a unique opportunity to experience tennis participation in a fun environment – an opportunity they would not have without KTF.
Helen is now retired after more than 30 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, mostly in marketing and sales management roles. She is married with four adult children, lives in inner city Melbourne and enjoys all the delights of this great city. Helen is also on another charity board and assists with another children’s charity. She believes that children in primary school should have a happy and healthy environment in which to grow.
Mike Strauss is a marketing and communications consultant with 40 years’ experience in the advertising industry.
Mike was Founder of the Singleton Palmer Strauss and McAllum (SPASM) Agency, Chairman of Foote Cone & Belding (Australia) after their merger with SPASM in 1980, and in 1986 was appointed Managing Director of Foote Cone & Belding (London).
Upon his return to Australia in 1989, Mike was appointed Chairman and CEO of Darcy Masius Benton & Bowles (Asia Pacific), where he held positions on numerous industry bodies including founder member and inaugural Chairman of The Advertising Federation of Australia.
Mike has also won numerous industry awards and until his retirement in 2000 he contributed to numerous marketing successes for leading Australian companies including Just Jeans and Brashs. He has also lectured widely in industry matters.
More recently Mike has been a member of a number of Boards including Australian Retails Solutions Group Limited, Ayers Rock Resort Corporation, Alice Springs Pacific Resort and Fresh Cosmetics P/L.
In 2003 Mike was elected Executive Director of CEPA, a non-profit charitable trust created by Australian Olympic champion, Ron Clarke.
Mike Strauss is KTF’s newest Board member, elected in July 2007. |
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