Craig Phillips (sports administrator)

Phillips was employed by the New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation for eight years before joining the Australian Olympic Committee in 1990.^[3] Phillips held senior leadership positions at the Australian Olympic Committee including Technical Director & Director of Sport (1990-2004) and Secretary-General (2005-2014).^[4][2] During this period, Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics and he played a major role in the management of twelve Australian Summer and Winter Olympic Teams from Barcelona 1992 to Sochi 2014. This led him to being the most capped Auistralian Olympic official.^[1][2] In June 2015, Phillips was appointed the chief executive officer, Commonwealth Games Australia replacing Perry Crosswhite who held the position for more than 20 years.^[3][5] He was a Board Member of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation.^[2] In 2019, he was elected to the Commonwealth Games Federation Sports Committee.^[6]

• 2000 - Olympic Golden Rings Award for services to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games^[1]
• 2010- Alumnus of the Year Award at the Southern Cross University Graduate College of Management^[1]
• 2018 - Australian Institute of Sport Leadership Award^[7]
• 2021 - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For significant service to high-profile sporting organisations through executive roles.^[8]