Board

The Cricket ACT Board work collectively in the national interest of cricket in the Australian Capital

Cricket ACT is governed by a Board of Directors and administered by a team of staff led by the Chief Executive Officer.

As an Associate Member of Cricket Australia, we share in the custodianship of Australian Cricket and its vision to remain Australia’s favourite sport.

  • Greg Boorer

    Chair

    Greg founded CDC Data Centres in 2007 and has held the role of CEO ever since. Over that time CDC has grown to become a multi-billion Australian success story. Greg is a generous philanthropist supporting many Canberra charities and sporting organisations including being the major sponsor of CACT.

  • Chris Body

    Director

    Geospatial consultant and Chair of Standards Australia Geographic Information committee. Chris was awarded Life Membership of ACT Cricket Association in 2006, elected to the Board in 2009 and awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

  • Narelle Smith

    Director

    Narelle is a member of the Senior Executive Service of the Australian Government and has over ten years experience as a lawyer. As head of the Office for Sport (Australian Government) she was involved in the successful delivery of the 2015 Asian Football Cup, 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Narelle is passionate about increasing junior cricket participation. Her weekends are spent on the side of the cricket field as she has a son and daughter who are both involved in junior and Premier cricket competitions in Canberra as well as the ACT Cricket High Performance Pathways.

  • Greg Badcock

    Director

    Greg has nearly 40 years' experience as a cricket player and administrator and has been a member of the ANU Cricket Club and its committee for the last 10 of those. Prior to his election to the board, Greg had sat on the Premier Cricket Committee for over 5 years. Greg is also a lawyer working in private practice in Canberra, for a range of Commonwealth and corporate clients.

  • Sean Michelle

    Director

    A partner of Bellchambers Barrett Chartered Accountants, Sean has been a member of the board since 2012. He is the former Deputy Chair of Radford College and played cricket locally with Western District Cricket Club.

  • Cindie Deeker

    Director

    Cindie is a Principal at Duffy Primary and volunteers with several community groups. She is an active committee member of the Ginninderra Cricket Club. Cindie understands player performance and coaching/mentoring through experience at a rep level and coaching at a divisional level. She was involved with School Sport Aus through national events and ACT School Sport as part of the management team.

  • Michael Thomson

    Director

    Michael Thomson is a senior executive with a proven track record of delivering results for both elite and grassroots sport. His passion for sport comes from decades of professional and personal experience across a number of sporting codes. Michael has played competitively in rugby union, cricket, indoor cricket, indoor soccer, squash, basketball, pennant tennis, representative golf and touch football.

Principal Partner

Platinum Partner

Cricket ACT acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and ancestors of the land we live and meet on, the Ngunnawal people. Cricket ACT acknowledges that other people and families also have a traditional connection to the lands of the ACT and region and we respect this connection to country. We honour and pay respect to the Elders in our local communities, both past and present.

We celebrate the participation of First Nations peoples, families and communities, and recognise their individual and collective shared connection and history with cricket. We are committed to listening and learning about how we as people, an organisation and community advocate for equitable outcomes and positive futures with all First Nations peoples.

First Nations Artwork with thanks to Wiradjuri woman Kalara Gilbert.