ADELAIDE 36ers APPOINT NEW CEO

The Adelaide 36ers today announced the appointment of Nic Barbato as CEO. 

Nic joins the Adelaide 36ers with over a decade of professional sporting experience, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer for Perth Glory in the A-League, and before that Sydney FC.

Prior to this he spent 11 years in Funds Management and Private Equity managing companies with exposure in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North America.

Nic is also only one of two Australians to have completed the MBA Football Industries at the University of Liverpool (UK) which saw him on a working tour of some of the largest sporting brands throughout Europe.

Chairman Grant Kelley welcomes Nic to the Adelaide 36ers family describing him as the ideal person for the Club’s future direction.

“After conducting a thorough national search, assisted by former Perth Wildcats’ Managing Director Nick Marvin, Nic was the standout candidate from an outstanding field. He has a proven track record of delivering strong financial and commercial results in elite sport.”

“The A-League mirrors the NBL in many ways, most especially its international orientation and growth trajectory among youth.  We believe his skills are very adaptable to creating a market-leading basketball organisation here in Adelaide”.

Adelaide-born and raised Barbato is very proud to be the new CEO of the Adelaide 36ers.

“Adelaide 36ers has a rich history and great fans and members, it is an organisation with significant growth ahead of it and I am excited to help achieve that.”

“Adelaide 36ers is a family club led by dedicated and passionate owner Grant Kelley.  With Grant’s vision for the organisation I am confident we are entering a new era of success for the Adelaide 36ers both on and off the court”.

Adam May who was the Club’s Interim CEO will be promoted to the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer, reporting in to Nic Barbato.  “We thank Adam for his stellar performance over the past three months as Interim CEO, and are proud of his promotion to COO.  He and Nic will be a great leadership team,” Grant commented.

Nic will officially start in the role late July.

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