Governance

Aligned Leisure has a robust governance model, led by an experienced Board of Directors who provide our leadership with strategic insight, guidance and direction.

TINA DE YOUNG

CHAIRPERSON

Tina was appointed to the board in
December 2018.

Tina has her own consulting business, assisting companies with acquisitions, divestments and other business initiatives.

SHANE DUNNE

DIRECTOR

Shane Dunne was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond Football Club in late August, 2024.

Shane was previously the CEO of Aligned Leisure, which since its inception in 2016, had grown from an organisation of 100 employees to having 1800.

SCOTT NATHAN

DIRECTOR

Scott is a director of Aligned Leisure. He is an experienced International Business Manager and Executive Team member with a demonstrated history of working in the health wellness and fitness industry.

MARY PADBURY

DIRECTOR

Mary Padbury is an intellectual property and trade practices lawyer with over 40 years of international legal, governance and technology experience. Mary is a past chair of Ashurst Australia and vice-chair of the global firm and is currently chair of the Burnet Institute.

JOE POWELL

DIRECTOR

Joe has extensive experience managing and operating multinational businesses in the technology sector.

Joe is the Group CEO of alffie.com and Open Colleges Australia, as well as an advisor with Hume Partners.

ANDREW SLOMAN

DIRECTOR

Andrew is a Risk and Compliance expert that joined the Aligned Leisure Board in 2024.

Andrew has significant experience working in the public and private health sectors, local government, sports, sports infrastructure, education, and public infrastructure.

Edward Bostock

DIRECTOR

Bostock has more than 20 years of executive, investment, and Board experience in Australia and has had a successful career in private equity working with leading domestic and international firms.

TINA DE YOUNG

CHAIRPERSON

Tina was appointed to the board in December 2018.

Tina has her own consulting business, assisting companies with acquisitions, divestments and other business initiatives. Prior to this Tina worked at the boutique corporate advisory firm, Grant Samuel, for 12 years. In this role, Tina worked closely with boards and senior managers of clients operating in a range of industries, including banking and finance, resources, health, agriculture and infrastructure in implementing their strategic objectives.

Prior to Grant Samuel, Tina worked in London at Morgan Stanley Investment Management as a buy side research analyst on the Global Equities team. Tina completed her CFA while in London.

Tina is also on the board of the Victorian Institute of Sport.

SHANE DUNNE

DIRECTOR

Shane Dunne was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond Football Club in late August, 2024.

Shane was previously the CEO of Aligned Leisure, which since its inception in 2016, had grown from an organisation of 100 employees to having 1800.

A member of the Club’s executive team, Shane had also overseen Richmond’s education arm, namely the successful Richmond Institute, the pioneering sports education program delivered in collaboration with Swinburne University of Technology that has helped over 1,000 graduates enter the sports industry or tertiary studies.

Shane has been employed by the Richmond Football Club for the past 10 years. He previously worked at YMCA Victoria for 14 years and was a Board Member with Life Saving Victoria for a maximum term between 2018 and 2024.

The experienced sports administrator was the Event Services Deputy Manager for the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Shane has a Master of Business Administration, and completed a Negotiation program at Harvard Law School.

SCOTT NATHAN

DIRECTOR

Scott is a director of Aligned Leisure. He is an experienced International Business Manager and Executive Team member with a demonstrated history of working in the health wellness and fitness industry.

Scott currently manages Business Performance at Body Fit Training supporting 300+ studios across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, USA & UK.

Scott is skilled in Strategy, Negotiation, Sales, Business Development, and Operational Management. He has obtained an MBA at Monash Business School and completed academic executive training at leading business schools in Koblenz Germany, Shanghai China & Seoul Korea.

MARY PADBURY

DIRECTOR

Mary Padbury is an intellectual property and trade practices lawyer with over 40 years of international legal, governance and technology experience.

Mary is a past chair of Ashurst Australia and vice-chair of the global firm and is currently chair of the Burnet Institute and a non-executive director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Brandenburg Ensemble Limited, which trades as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.

JOE POWELL

DIRECTOR

Joe has extensive experience managing and operating multinational businesses in the technology sector.

Joe is the Group CEO of alffie.com (who is a leading provider of online training and compliance solutions to Employment Service Providers in Australia) and Open Colleges Australia (who is an online vocational education organisation based in Australia) and an advisor with Hume Partners.

Prior to this, Joe was the Chief Executive Officer of publicly listed, global sports technology leader – Catapult Sports for 2.5 years. Prior to Catapult, Joe spent 10 years with SEEK Ltd as a Managing Director of both SEEK Education and SEEK Employment. Joe also spent 11 years at Optus in various management roles, after starting his career as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Joe also has significant board experience with Online Education Services and IDP Education and is a current director of Tellus Holdings Ltd and The Scanlon Foundation.

Joe Powell was appointed to the Richmond Board in February 2017 and as a Director of Aligned Leisure from March 2017.

ANDREW SLOMAN

DIRECTOR

Andrew is a Risk and Compliance expert that joined the Board in 2024.

Andrew has significant experience working in the public and private health sectors, local government, sports, sports infrastructure, education, and public infrastructure.

He is a Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (Australia) Fellow Previously and has held Partner positions at BDO New Zealand, Deloitte Australia, and BDO Melbourne.

EDWARD BOSTOCK

DIRECTOR

Bostock has more than 20 years of executive, investment, and Board experience in Australia and has had a successful career in private equity working with leading domestic and international firms.
 
Bostock is currently Managing Partner at Anchorage Capital Partners and has previously been Chief Financial Officer at Wesfarmers Health and, for 10 years, a Director at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR).
 
He is also a Non-Executive Director at The Kids Research Institute Australia.