TFA Board of Management

With over thirty years of participation in Touch Football and twenty years of strategy development and execution in leadership and executive roles - Christian has dedicated a large portion of his life to the development of Touch Football. Christian's contribution to the sport ranges from player, referee, administrator, and coach – he successfully coached NSW at Opens level as well representing the Australian Emus at Opens and Masters level, captaining his country at both the 2011 and 2015 Touch World Cups.

Christian brings over twenty years of experience in consulting and internal strategy development & execution to the Board. He has held executive and senior-level roles, including leading the establishment of a function in a start-up environment at the national broadband network, transforming a function in a media conglomerate going through disruption and most recently as a member of Ventia’s Executive Leadership Team delivering value to shareholders following the acquisition and integration in the infrastructure industry. His ability to build productive relationships to achieve current and future strategies translates to Touch Football as he brings strong experience in governance to the Board.

Craig has a longstanding association with Touch Football across both sides of the Tasman spanning decades as a player, referee, selector, and administrator. Craig is also an accomplished coach having achieved success across several junior divisions in NSW with Manly Touch and the Sydney Scorpions, as well as national NYC and NTLs titles. Craig couples his voluntary contributions in our sport with a passion for diversity, and inclusion, and proudly leads our NRL All Stars touch engagement. Craig has over twenty-five years of commercial business experience - currently working with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand as a General Manager in Account Management & Member Engagement. In this role, Craig demonstrates strong governance, people leadership, and relationship management as well as leading and developing strategic plans. Prior to this role, he was with First Data Australia and New Zealand in executive leadership and client engagement and brings to the Board a wealth of experience in member engagement, strategy, finance, governance and culture development.

John Mouawad brings with him over twenty-five years of involvement with Touch Football as a player and coach. Mouawad demonstrated leadership as a Partner at KordaMentha, one of Australia’s largest independent corporate restructuring firms – overlooking financial, commercial, and operational sectors. His extensive governance experiences extend as a non-executive director to the Masters Home Improvement Group (appointed by Woolworths Group Limited), Chair for Flinders Power Partnership Board, and Chair of the ASX-listed Tubi Limited.

Kate Jones has more than twenty years of experience in senior government and leadership positions. Kate served as a Minister in the Queensland Government for more than eight years in a range of portfolios including State Development, Education, Tourism and Major Events and Innovation and Climate Change. Kate was also the Minister for the Commonwealth Games working closely with key industry partners and all levels of government to successfully deliver Queensland’s largest-ever event, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kate has also served as a member of the Cabinet Budget Review Committee developing and implementing Queensland’s state budget and overarching economic strategy for the state. Kate has a Masters in Environmental Law (ANU) and a Bachelor of Arts, Journalism Major (QUT).