Water Polo Australia welcomes new Australian Olympic Committee CEO

Water Polo Australia (WPA) welcomes the announcement that Mr Mark Arbib will become the next Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Olympic Committee. 

Mr Arbib brings to the role 30-years of high-profile leadership experience in sports administration, commercial strategy and governance. He has served at the highest level within a National Sporting Organisation, major professional sporting codes, the Federal Government, international integrity bodies, philanthropic ventures and within the Olympic Movement itself.

WPA CEO Tim Welsford expects Mr Arbib to have an immediate and positive impact on the Olympic movement in Australia.  

“Water Polo Australia congratulates Mark Arbib on his appointment as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Olympic Committee,” Welsford said.  

“Mark is a highly regarded individual in sport, both globally and locally and is well placed to harness opportunities for national sporting organisations on the runway to Brisbane 2032 and beyond. 

"We look forward to continuing our cooperative and collaborative working relationship with the AOC under Mark's leadership." Welsford said. 

Mr Arbib has served on the AOC’s Executive Committee since 2016 and chairs the AOC’s Brisbane 32 Legacy and Impact Committee. He also served six years (2015-2021) as President of Athletics Australia where he drove governance reforms, high performance strategies and established an athlete’s voice on the board. Notably, Mr Arbib was the Federal Minister for Sport from 2010-2012 which saw him create the National Anti-Match-Fixing policy (later Sport Integrity Australia) and his appointment to the board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Read the full AOC announcement here.