Archie Fraser
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Career
Fraser played professional Football for Greenock Morton before moving to Australia in 1980 to play in BrisbaneBrisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
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His business experience has included major corporations covering national and international responsibilities with Inchcape PLC, Fuji Xerox
Fuji Xerox
is a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fuji Photo Film Co. and the American document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacific region...
, Adecco
Adecco
Adecco S.A. is a human resources company, based in Glattbrugg near Zurich, Switzerland. Adecco employs 700,000 temporary workers and contractors who are supplied to business clients, and has over 32,000 employees and 5,500 offices in 60 countries and territories around the world...
and Cendant Mobility.
From 1996 to 1999 Fraser was a senior executive with global recruitment company Adecco
Adecco
Adecco S.A. is a human resources company, based in Glattbrugg near Zurich, Switzerland. Adecco employs 700,000 temporary workers and contractors who are supplied to business clients, and has over 32,000 employees and 5,500 offices in 60 countries and territories around the world...
as A & NZ CEO. In 1999 he joined as a partner & CEO of Melbourne based HR consulting practice Hamilton Watts International (HWI) with operations in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Malaysia and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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In July 2000 the NYSE listed Cendant Corporation acquired HWI. Following the acquisition, Fraser joined Cendant Mobility as Managing Director Asia Pacific, reporting to the US as Australian director.
Fraser was appointed to the executive of AFL Club St Kilda FC in 2005 and appointed as the Saints CEO in early 2006 where he led the Club through a period of significant restructure, improvement and change, including the appointment of Senior Coach Ross Lyon and the transition to the Greg Westaway leadership and Footy First Board. Both events have proven to be significant milestones in the stability and direction of the Saints both on and off the field.
In February 2009 Fraser was approached by the FFA and appointed as Head of the Hyundai A-League. The Saints went on to play in the next 3 AFL Grand Final including the 2010 drawn AFL Grand Final before going down in a replay.
In April 2010 Fraser announced his resignation as Head of the Hyundai A-League to move back into his consulting business a leadership practice with a focus on Coaching and Strategy.
Fraser is a member of Thought Leaders and has a practice in high level Coaching and Strategy Consulting. Clients include Public Companies and Elite Sporting business.
He guest lectures at Bond University on Sports Management.
A keen road cyclist, each year he takes part in a major charity bike ride (www.chain-reaction.org.au) this year 36 senior corporate leaders cycled the 1000km route from Foster NSW to Brisbane raising more than $600,000 for the Starlight Foundation & Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.
St Kilda Football Club=
Fraser joined the St Kilda Football Club in 2005 after consulting assignments with the club over the previous four years before being appointed CEO on 1 July 2006.
Despite speculation linking Fraser with a move back to the Gold Coast, as the new CEO of the AFL Club GC17, he repeatedly stated his loyalty to St Kilda.
Since his appointment Fraser, along with the club's new board, have undertaken a number of initiatives with a vision of continually improving the operation of club and building the Club as an AFL powerhouse, including:
- Announced the club's move to Belvedere Park, FrankstonFrankston, VictoriaFrankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...
, in 2010/11 along with the development of a state-of-the-art training and administration facility. - Announced major sponsor JELD-WENJELD-WENJeld-Wen is a corporation with over 150 divisions and 20,000 employees worldwide. The business manufactures building products, including windows, interior and exterior doors, and garage doors. Jeld-Wen owns several distribution facilities and operates several resort properties...
who signed with the club for three years. - Announced other new sponsors including UD TrucksUD TrucksUD Trucks Corporation is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacture and sales of light, medium and heavy duty diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. The company is owned 100% by the Volvo Group since 2007. Formerly known as Nissan Diesel, the company...
, ISC, Parks VictoriaParks Victoria-Department:Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority, reporting to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The Parks Victoria Act 1998 makes Parks Victoria responsible for managing national parks, reserves and other land under the control of the state,...
, Maximum Capital, Marshall Batteries and 2XU as well as re-signing MusashiMusashiMusashi may refer to:* Japanese corvette Musashi * Japanese battleship Musashi* Musashi , a 1935 novel by Eiji Yoshikawa* Musashi's, a Japanese feline musical group* Brave Fencer Musashi, a 1998 Playstation video game...
, Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
, Linen House and Jayco. - Key football appointments including Coach Ross Lyon, Matthew Drain as General Manager of Football, David Misson as General Manager of Strength and Conditioning, Dr Tim Barber as the club doctor, Paul Montgomery as head of sport science and Andrew Wallis as Head physiotherapists all joined under Frasers time as CEO.
- Launched the 'Saints in the Community' program including a partnership with Parks VictoriaParks Victoria-Department:Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority, reporting to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The Parks Victoria Act 1998 makes Parks Victoria responsible for managing national parks, reserves and other land under the control of the state,...
and 'Keep The Bay Clean' initiative. - Launched the 'Saints Central' website.
- Moved the VFLVFLVFL can refer to:Sport* Victorian Football League, an Australian rules football league formerly known as the Victorian Football Association prior to 1996....
affiliate club from Casey to Sandringham which brought St Kilda back to its heartland, cementing the Saints as the Bayside club. The move also opened up the southern corridor to Frankston.
Frankston
One of Fraser's legacies at the Saints has been steering the Club's move of their training and administration facilities to Frankston.
This development with the elite training facility will be completed during the 2010/11 season. When complete the fully funded $11m facility will feature a MCG
McG
Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
sized oval, gymnasium, rehabilitation pool, meeting rooms, lecture theatre and an indoor sports hall. These facilities will also be made available to local schools, health providers and sporting associations. The Belvedere Park centre will be St Kilda's training and administration base. The Club will continue to play their home games at the Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
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