ABOUT
Nick Marvin is a keynote speaker, management consultant and non-executive director with over 20 years of experience, specialising in organisational transformation through high-performing teams.
Under Jack Bendat, he led the resurgence of the Perth Wildcats (PDF) in 2009, the demerger and privatisation of the National Basketball League (PDF) in 2013 and the re-launch of the Perth Lynx (the first team in Australia to pay female athletes a full-time wage | PDF) in 2015. In 2017, Andrew Forrest appointed him CEO of the Western Force and World Series Rugby.
Director, marvinHR. marvinScout, Bendat Family Foundation.
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IN THE NEWS
How the Perth Wildcats became one of the most successful franchises in Australian sport // 01 MAR 2019
Minderoo begins global search for World Series Rugby CEO ahead of expanded 2019 competition // 04 SEP 2018 // IMAGE
The Western Force are back on the park and determined to make up for lost time // 11 MAY 2018
Marvin a force for change // 09 APR 2018
Outsider Nick Marvin has Force to reignite the game // 16 MAR 2018
Nick Marvin sees big picture at Western Force after crossing from Perth Wildcats // 16 MAR 2018
Call to end alcohol sponsorship of sport in Australia // 27 SEP 2017
Perth Wildcats boss Nick Marvin seeks new challenge after 11 years with NBL Club //
23 APR 2017
Profile Interview on 6PR Radio // 19 OCT 2015
Bible Society – Live Light Article // 28 SEP 2015
Graeme Wade appointed to chair NBL through exciting road ahead // 15 JAN 2015
New NBL Chairman Graeme Wade…Nick Marvin stepping down // 16 JAN 2015
Fans flock to Wildcats – The West Australian on Wildcats // 24 NOV 2014
Home cooked meals and family dinners – Sunday Times Perth // 15 NOV 2015
Sport tsars brace for change – The West Australian on sport // 20 OCT 2014 |
NBL Shoots for profitability – AFR article on NBL // 13 Oct 2014
Wildcats launch new prayer room – The West Australian on Perth Wildcats // 08 OCT 2014
Toronto Raptors Deandre Daniels eyesight story // 07 OCT 2014
Wildcats Boss favours homeschooling – Sunday Times Perth // 15 SEP 2012
Australian Institute of Management WA – Inspirational Leaders
27 June 2017, Perth, Western Australia
Inspiring Stories
Tim McMillan delves into the inspiring stories of Western Australian identities from all walks of life.
One of WA’s leading sports administrators and the man who brought the Perth Wildcats back from the brink of shutting their doors to another period of success by making them the ‘Wiggles’ of sport.
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ABOUT
SPORTS MANAGEMENT
Served as chairman, managing director or CEO for some of Australia’s leading sporting icons.
Chairman National Basketball League
As non-executive director, led the privatisation of the National Basketball League in Australia and served as founding chairman until August 2015. Oversaw the re-negotiation of the league’s broadcast rights agreement with Network 10, provided corporate and management guidance assistance to NBL franchise clubs and the sale of the Illawarra Hawks licence.
Managing Director – Perth Wildcats
Appointed CEO and managing director of the Perth Wildcats in 2009. Turnaround of the organisation from sustained losses and almost a decade without a championship to its most successful era. Winning four national championships in eight years whilst posting consecutive profits. In 2011, the Wildcats moved from a 4,200 seat stadium to a 13,500 seat Arena which it regularly fills to capacity. It boasts the best attendances and television viewership in the country.
CEO World Series Rugby and Western Force
Appointed by Andrew Forrest to lead the establishment of a new Asia-Pacific Rugby Competition and the resurrection of the Western Force Rugby team in Western Australia in 2018.
In it’s inaugural year WSR has presented a new style of rugby with unprecedented match-day entertainment attracting the highest attendances for the sport in the country and free-to-air terrestrial and digital broadcasts.
Managing Director – Perth Lynx
Pioneered the acquisition of the Perth Lynx, making them the first professional women’s team in Australia to employ their players as full-time athletes. Under new management, the team made its first post-season appearance since 2000 by qualifying for the Grand Final.
Effort Book
In 2015, Nick Marvin published his first children’s book – EFFORT
The illustrated story is about a young basketball player who overcomes a perceived lack of talent and athletic ability and becomes an unlikely hero through sheer effort and hard work.
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