Call for Expressions of Interest (EoI)
Independent Chair
Boxing Australia Nominations Committee

Background
Boxing Australia (BA) is the governing body responsible for providing the community with the opportunity to participate in boxing from junior levels through to elite competition.

Boxing Australia 2023-2025 Strategic Plan is the key instrument driving the direction for boxing in this country.

To support the execution of key strategic priorities, BA is committed to securing and maintaining a balanced, skilled and diverse Board to represent the Members, the boxing community and their interests.

About the Nominations Committee
BA operates a Nominations Committee which is a formal sub-committee of the Board with the purpose to ensure that there is a robust approach to Board governance matters, identify and assess candidates to fill Director vacancies (full details in the Terms of Reference/Charter) and manage aspects of the election/recruitment process.

 
The role of the Chair

The Independent Chair is responsible for leadership of the Nominations Committee, including: 

·       Facilitating proper information flow to the Board and the effective functioning of the Nominations Committee, including managing the conduct, frequency and length of committee meetings

·       Developing systems that records/tracks board skills, expertise, experience, diversity and personal attributes, and end to end processes from call for nominations to appointment (including communication to stakeholders)

To be considered independent, the Chair must be free, in the opinion of the Board, of any interest, position, association or relationship that might influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, in a material respect their capacity to bring an independent judgment to bear on issues before the Nominations Committee.

 
How to Apply

Persons interested in the role are invited to complete:

1.       Nominee EoI Form

2.       Nominee Cover Letter (max one page) and CV

 Please submit your documentation to Dinah Glykidis at hr@boxing.org.au.

Applications close – 5.00pm AEDT Monday 6^th January 2025.

Call for Nominations
Election of Three (3) Director of Boxing Australia Limited
Interested persons should read this document in full.

Following the motion passed by members to defer the election of directors at the recent AGM held on Friday 22^nd November 2024 for a period of at least 60 business days. Boxing Australia’s members will elect three (3) person to its Board of Directors at a Special General Meeting and is seeking nominations for three (3) Director positions on its Board.  

The Board positions previously held by Mr Brad Hore for a two (2) year term and currently held by, Mr Phillip Goodes and Mr Nic Tsioulos for a three (3) year term of election to the Board are open for nomination.

Mr Phillip Goodes and Mr Nic Tsioulos have advised they will be standing for re-election to the Board.

INTRODUCTION

BAL is the national federation for amateur boxing in Australia. Boxing Australia administers Australia’s Olympic representative boxers and develops the sport through Australia. We are recognised as the National Sporting Organisation for Boxing by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) and World Boxing.

BAL operates from an office on the AIS campus in Canberra. The President and other Directors need to be able to regularly communicate electronically as well as attend Board meetings from time to time in whichever form and location the Board determines most appropriate.

Applicants may wish to look at BAL's website at www.boxing.org.au for further information about BAL including a copy of BAL’s Constitution.

Under BAL’s Constitution the day-to-day management of the sport is vested in the Board of Directors. All BAL Board of Directors undertake their BAL duties in honorary capacities as BAL is not in a position to fix any fees for Directors. 

ELIGIBILITY
Previous experience with boxing is not a prerequisite for nomination. For a person to be nominated for election as a Director of the BAL Board the accompanying Nomination Form must be sent by email to the Chief Executive Officer of BAL and must be received no later than 5pm (AEDT), Friday 17 January 2025.

Any individual aged eighteen years or older may be nominated providing he or she:

1. Is not of unsound mind and/or a person whose estate is being dealt with under a law relating to mental health;

2. Possesses an Australian Passport, has Australia as their principal Country of residence and is not a member, office-bearer or representative of any boxing association in another country of which that person is also a national. 

3. Must have an ASIC Director Identification Number which is to be provided part of the nomination.

An officer of a BAL State Association cannot take up a position as a Director on the BAL Board until he or she has resigned as an officer of the State Association. Where a State Association Delegate to BAL’s Annual General Meeting is elected to the BAL Board, he or she ceases to be a Delegate.

TERM OF OFFICE

The appointment of Directors to the positions will become effective from election at the 2025 BAL Special General Meeting. The below appointments will end at the Annual General Meeting of BAL to be held in the period July – November (inclusive) for that year:

• One (1) appointment – 2026
• Two (2) appointments - 2027

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance of BAL and its strategic development and growth. Key functions are delegated to Board Committees and the CEO; however, the Board has final responsibility for the governance of the organisation. In doing so it strives to achieve best practice principles. For further information regarding the BAL Board Responsibilities please refer to the Boxing Australia’s website – Governance section.

The President and the other BAL Directors share equal responsibility for the financial integrity of BAL and for monitoring the financial health of the organisation. They share a common ‘fiduciary’ duty, being responsible to the stakeholders for the achievement of appropriate outcomes, and the administrative integrity and financial security of BAL.

NOMINATION INFORMATION (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY) 

Papers to be submitted:
To allow each State Association and its Delegate to gain some information about the person nominated, please submit in addition to the below a brief Résumé/CV of the nominated person (2-page max) and a brief Commitment Statement (one page) from that person setting out how he/she would like to contribute to the progress of boxing in Australia as a member of the BAL Board of Directors.

LODGEMENT OF NOMINATION

For a Nomination to be valid, the nominee must submit the following as part of their nomination.

• The person nominated must be eligible for election to BAL’s Board of Directors.
• Must have an ASIC Director Identification Number at time of submitting their nomination.
• Must hold a working with vulnerable people registration or state/territory equivalent.
• Must submit a current National Police Check.
• The Nomination Form must be received by the Chief Executive Officer of BAL by email no later than 5pm (AEDT), Friday 17 January 2025. Late and incomplete nominations will not be accepted.
• Nomination Form - To comply with a BAL constitutional requirement a person seeking to be elected to the BAL Board must be nominated by another person.

The address for lodgement of the Nomination form and above information to be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer of BAL at hr@boxing.org.au. The CEO will acknowledge receipt of the Nomination via return email.

Nomination Form