Athletics Australia – News – Brian Roe to head new Ethics and Integrity Unit

Athletics Australia has confirmed the appointment of Athletics Tasmania President Brian Roe to manage its new Ethics and Integrity Unit.
 
Roe is one of Australian athletics’ most experienced and respected administrators, and has legal training as well as having been an IAAF official for many years. He will manage the Unit, which will include a pool of independent investigators who will be appointed on a case-by-case basis to ensure members of the sport correctly adhere to Athletics Australia’s overarching policies as well as looking into any matters which might threaten the overall integrity of the sport.
 
The formation of a new Ethics and Integrity Unit was agreed to by the Board of Athletics Australia on 30 January this year and was subsequently fast tracked following the release of the Australian Crime Commission’s recent ‘Organised Crime and Drugs in Sport’ report.
 
Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer Dallas O’Brien said Roe was the clearly the right candidate for the role of manager of the new unit.
 
“Amongst other duties, Athletics Australia’s new Ethics and Integrity Unit will oversee the application of our sport’s Member Protection, Illicit Drugs, Match Fixing and Anti-Doping Policies,” said O’Brien.  “Given Brian Roe was intimately involved in drafting those policies, and his long experience in both our sport and as a senior administrator and IAAF official, there simply is no one better qualified for this role.
 
“Brian will work in conjunction with myself as CEO and report to the Athletics Australia Board through Vice President David Grace QC whose legal specialty includes sports law. David has been an Arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport since 2000 and between he and Brian, we’re confident that the Ethics and Integrity Unit will be in the right hands to safeguard our sport.”
 
Roe will stand down as President of Athletics Tasmania in June after ten years in that role.

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