Grant joins Equestrian Australia (EA) with over fifteen years experience in sports administration. He started his career at the Palm Beach (Qld.) Surf Life Saving Club, having been Australian Surf Life Saving Champion in three consecutive years, and then moved to Sydney to join Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). There he held various positions, interlaced with sport management assignments at Commonwealth Games and World Swimming Championships.  Grant’s current position is that of General Manager Surf Sport with SLSA, where he controls a budget of $4.9 million and is responsible for the management of Surf Sports national partnerships worth in excess of $3 million per annum.

“We look forward to working closely with Grant. He will bring valuable experience and a different perspective to our administration.  Grant is committed to enacting the vision of EA and we are very fortunate to have him joining the team,” said Mr. Paul Cargill, President of Equestrian Australia.

‘We are equally sorry to see Franz vacate the position and thank him for his great contribution over the past eight years.  Franz will, of course, assist Grant in the weeks after his appointment to make the transition as smooth as possible.  I will say more about Franz closer to his retirement.”

Equestrian Australia warmly welcomes Grant, who will commence his new role on Wednesday, 14 April 2010.