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Commonwealth
Advisory Body on Sport
in the Commonwealth
2017-18 Membership
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Overview of the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport
The Commonwealth Advisory Body
on Sport (CABOS) is the primary
sport policy advisory body in the
Commonwealth.
Established by the Commonwealth
Heads of Government at their meeting
in Abuja in 2003, and endorsed by
the Commonwealth Sport Ministers
in Athens in 2004, CABOS reports
to the Commonwealth SecretaryGeneral, Commonwealth Sports
Ministers Meetings and, through
the Commonwealth Secretariat, to
member governments and key sport
policy stakeholders.
Since its inception CABOS has been
an ardent, evidence-based advocate
for Sport for Development and Peace
(SDP) and the need to protect the
integrity of sport. In doing so CABOS
has become a clearing-house for
research, submissions to ministers and
examples of ‘good practice’.
The advice and guidance of CABOS
has been influential in framing policy
direction in the Commonwealth and
more broadly.
CABOS call for greater recognition
of ‘sport as a powerful tool for
developing people, teams, and whole
communities’,1 and subsequent
policy advice, has contributed
to the Commonwealth being
recognised as leader in the SDP
field and the inclusion of SDP in the
Commonwealth’s Secretariat 2013-17
Strategic Plan.2
The policy guidance of CABOS to
Commonwealth governments on
protecting the integrity of sport,3
and production of associated policy
templates, 4 has contributed to a
commitment from Sports Ministers
and commonwealth organisations to
enhance Commonwealth cooperation
to address growing threats to the
integrity of sport.5
CABOS members are appointed by the
Commonwealth Secretary-General.
CABOS membership is drawn from
every region of the Commonwealth
and includes government
representatives, Commonwealth
organisations and experts from the
sports movement, youth leaders and
academics.
Find out more about CABOS
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CABOS Membership 2017-18
Governments
Dr
Wendy SOUTHERN PSM
Deputy Secretary
Mr
Andrew GODKIN
National Sport Integrity Advisor
Ms
Narelle SMITH
Canada
Mr
Alan ZIMMERMAN
Ass. Secretary - Officer for Sport
Senior Director, Policy and Planning Sport Canada
Cameroon
Mrs
Mrs
Rosaline AFOR AMBA KWENDE
Alison BURCHELL
Deputy Director (PE)
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Sport and Physical Education
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Mr
Mr
Mr
Peter MAZEY
Mark CUTAJAR
Chinyecka OHAA
Executive Chair
CEO
Permanent Secretary
Fiji Sports Council
Sport Malta
Dr
Mr
Ademola ARE
Michael MUSTAPHA
Director, Grassroots Sports
Deputy Director
Australia
Fiji
Malta
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Department of Health
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Ministry of Sport
Commonwealth Organisations
Mrs
Louise MARTIN CBE
President
Mr
Ms
David GREVEMBERG
Janine THORNHILL
Chief Executive Officer
Chair
CGF
CYSDP
Expert Members and Institutions
Sir
Hilary BECKLES
Vice-Chancellor
University of West Indies
Mr
Deryck MURRAY
Past Chair
Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute
Mr
Prof
David RUTHERFORD
Selina KHOO
Chief Commissioner
Associate Professor
New Zealand Human Rights Commission
University of Malaya
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Member Profiles
Government members
Australia
Primary member
Dr Wendy Southern PSM
Deputy Secretary
Department of Health Wendy joined the Department of Health in
February 2015. She is responsible for national
delivery of population health (including sport),
indigenous health, and health workforce
programmes and initiatives and is Chair of the
People, Values and Capability Committee.
Wendy joined the Department following her
role as Deputy Secretary at the Department of
Immigration and Border Protection, leading
the development and delivery of policy advice
and programme management across the
Department.
Wendy has also previously worked for the
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
and the Department of Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs.
Before joining the Australian Public Service,
Wendy worked in various research, teaching
and consultancy positions at the Australian
National University, Monash University and the
University of the South Pacific.
Alternate members
Mr Andrew Godkin
National Sport Integrity Advisor
Department of Health
Australia
Ms Narelle Smith
Assistant Secretary - Office for Sport
Department of Health
Australia
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Canada
Primary member
Mr Alan Zimmerman
Senior Director (Policy and Planning)
Sport Canada
Alan Zimmermann has close to 40 years
of experience in Canadian sport at local,
provincial, national and international
levels with a particular emphasis on policy
development – both for sport and culture.
His educational background includes a Master
of Arts and a Bachelor of Physical Education
Degrees both from the University of Alberta,
as well as numerous professional development
courses.
As Senior Director, Policy and Planning of
Sport Canada since November 2013, his main
focus is in leading the conceptualisation and
development of Sport Canada’s Strategic,
Program and Intergovernmental (F-P/T)
policies.
He is also the recipient of several awards
including the Canada 125 Anniversary
Medal for contribution to Canadian society;
the Alberta 75th Anniversary Award for
contribution to the provincial community; and
the Alberta Achievement Award for Athletics.
While Director of the Sport Development
Division within Sport Canada between August
2010 and November 2013, he was responsible
for leading the Sport Support Program which
at approximately Can$150 million per year is
the largest of Sport Canada’s three funding
programmes supporting development of the
Canadian sport system.
Previously, Alan also led Sport Canada’s
involvement in international relations as
Director of Major Games and International
Relations.
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Cameroon
Primary member
Mrs Rosaline Afor Amba Kwende
Deputy Director (Physical Education)
Ministry of Sport and Physical Education
Rosaline Afor Amba Kwende is from the North
importance on the promotion and
West Region of the Republic of Cameroon. She
works at the Ministry of Sports and Physical
Education as Deputy Director for the Teaching
of Physical Education.
development of sports activities in Africa,
Europe and America.
She studied at the National Institute of Youth
and Sports Yaounde and did a Masters Degree
on Technics and Science in Physical and Sports
Activities at the University of Tunisia where
she specialised in sports for people with
disabilities. Rosaline worked with secondary
and high schools as a sports instructor and
acted as a pioneer member in the creation
of the Sports Federation for People with
Disabilities in Cameroon.
Rosaline pursued further studies in Georgia
State University and obtained a diploma on
Experts in Sports for People with Disabilities.
This gave an opening to work in collaboration
with International Alliance for Youth Sports.
She is the nominated Ambassador for
Cameroon and has participated in numerous
meetings and events of international
Rosaline was a member of the executive
board of the National University Sports
Federation in Cameroon, excelling as Deputy
Director for Standards and Sports Regulations
and Monitoring of Sports Organizations in
Cameroon.
She is the holder of The Executive Masters
in Management of Sports Organisation
(MEMOS 2012) and was recently admitted in
the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sports
(CABOS).
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Fiji
Primary member
Mrs Alison Burchell
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Alison Burchell was born in Iran, studied in
the United Kingdom and went on to study
Economics and Industrial Sociology at the
University of Cape Town (UCT). While working
at UCT, Alison began her association with sport
as a volunteer, establishing a new non-racial
squash organisation in the Western Cape.
Following this, Alison was elected to a number
of volunteer posts in national sport in South
Africa: in squash; the National Sports Council;
the SA Commonwealth Games Association;
and the South African Sports Commission.
When Cape Town were bidding to host the
2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Alison
was responsible for working with sport, sports
events and the Paralympic Games, so has a
long association with disability sport.
Thereafter, she worked for the National
Paralympic Committee of SA, Disability Sport
SA and was involved again as a volunteer
internationally with Para Table Tennis, and the
International Paralympic Committee’s Sports
Council and Development Committee.
Alison was also given the opportunity to work
in an international federation in Switzerland
and then a company using IT to help sports
organisations become more efficient.
She was also appointed a director of Goalball
UK. She now works as Permanent Secretary in
the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Fiji.
Alternate member
Mr Peter Mazey
Executive Chair
Fiji Sports Council
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Malta
Primary member
Mr Mark Cutajar
CEO
Sport Malta
Mark Cutajar has a degree in Mathematics
and played football at amateur level for ten
years. He then moved on to journalism where
he presented various programmes on local
television including coverage of the Football
World Cup in 1998.
He was a Team Manager for a premier league
football club, president of a water polo club,
communications officer of the Aquatic Sport
Association, and as from 2008, Director of
Sport, and presently as Deputy President of
NOC Malta.
In his term at the Olympic Committee, he
participated in two Olympic Games and
was Head of Delegation at the Glasgow
Commonwealth Games.
As from 2013 he was appointed advisory to the
Minister of Education and from 2014 he took
the leading role to transform the national sport
entity Sport Malta where he is currently Chief
Executive Officer.
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Nigeria
Primary member
Mr Chinyeaka Ohaa
Permanent Secretary
Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports
Development
Alternate member
Dr Ademola Are
Director, Grassroots Sports
Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports
Development
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Sierra Leone
Primary member
Mr Michael Mustapha
Deputy-Director
Ministry of Sport
Michael, born 2nd February 1980, was
appointed traditional leader by his clansmen
in the Peje West Chiefdom, Kailahun District.
He was appointed Head of Development in
the chiefdom and one of his milestones is the
role he played towards the reconstruction
of the Bunumbu Teachers College that was
vandalised during the war in the mid 90s.
Michael is now the Deputy Director of Sports
in Sierra Leone. He has extensive experience
providing advice and training for SDP groups
and sporting organisations in Sierra Leone and
Australia over the last decade.
In 2014, he was recognised for his effort in
using sport to address social issues in Sierra
Leone. He was appointed Sport Ambassador
for Sierra Leone with special responsibilities
such as representing at UNOSDP, and liaising
with the Commonwealth Secretariat on SDP,
as well as advocating for the Government
to implement policies that will support SDP
initiatives. This he achieved, as funds to
support SDP work have been included in the
National Budget and prioritised at the Ministry
of Sports in Sierra Leone.
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Commonwealth Organisations
and Networks
Commonwealth Games Federation
Primary member
Mrs Louise Martin CBE
President
Commonwealth Games Federation
Louise Martin is President of the
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
elected at the General Assembly in Auckland,
New Zealand in September 2015, and the first
female to hold this office in the history of the
Commonwealth Sports Movement.
In 2003. Louise was awarded the CBE in the
New Year’s Honours List for services to the
Commonwealth Games.
She has a long and distinguished association
with the Games; as an Athlete, Team Manager,
Administrator and Honorary Secretary,
and was the first female elected to the CGF
Executive Board.
Mr David Grevemberg CBE
She played a lead role in bringing the
Commonwealth Games to Glasgow during
the Bid, served as Vice Chair of the Glasgow
2014 Organising Committee, and was formerly
chair of SportScotland from 2008 to 2015, and
Commonwealth Games Scotland from 1999
until 2007.
In 2008, she joined the Commonwealth
Advisory Body on Sport, which she has chaired
for the past four years and is currently in her
second term.
Alternate member
Chief Executive Officer
Commonwealth Games Federation
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Commonwealth Youth Sport for
Development and Peace Network
Primary member
Ms Janine Thornhill
Chair
Commonwealth Youth SDP Network
Janine is from Trinidad and Tobago and is
a former competitive swimmer holding
a Masters in Sport, Leisure and Tourism
Management and a Bachelors in Sports
Studies. She currently works in the office of
Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Housing and
Urban Development.
An avid sports fan, Janine channels her passion
for sport and youth through volunteerism.
She volunteered at the 2010 FIFA Under 17
Women’s World Cup and the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games.
In 2014, she joined the Commonwealth Youth
Sport for Development and Peace Working
Group (CYSDP) working group where she
continues to contribute to the group’s mission
to advocate, educate and demonstrate the
power of sport towards youth development.
She also assisted in the publication of the
CYSDP Youth Advocacy Toolkit.
During 2012- 2013, she completed an
internship at the Irish Hockey Association,
where she worked on their Facility Strategy.
While Janine continues to search for avenues
to widen her understanding, Janine is
committed to advancing SDP knowledge and
practice through advocacy and research.
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Expert Members
Sir Hilary Beckles
Vice-Chancellor
University of West Indies
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is the Vice
Chancellor of the University of the West
Indies. Sir Hilary has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Degree in Economic and Social History from
Hull University, and a PhD. He has lectured
in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, and
has published over 100 peer reviewed essays
and 14 scholarly books and monographs on
subjects ranging from Atlantic and Caribbean
History, gender relations in the Caribbean,
sport development and popular culture. As
Professor of Economic and Social history,
he won the first Vice Chancellor’s Award for
excellence in the field of research.
He is a founding member of Secretary-General
Ban Ki-Moon’s Science Advisory Board on
sustainable development, and has been an
advisor to UNESCO’s Cities for Peace Global
Program. He has served as an advisor to the UN
World Culture Report, and is the Vice President
of UNESCO’s Slave Route Project.
In 2015 Sir Hilary was honoured by the
Borough of Brooklyn, New York, for
“extraordinary achievement, outstanding
leadership, and contribution to the
community”. He received in 2015 the
Second Global Community Healer Award
for humanitarian work from the Community
Healer Network, Washington DC, following
the legendary Maya Angelou. In 2007 he was
awarded a Commander Knight of St Andrew
(KA), the highest national honour of his
country, “in recognition of his distinguished
service in the fields of Education, Sports and
the Arts”.
Sir Hilary is the Chairman of the University of
the West Indies Press, and served as a director
of the West Indies Cricket Board, and was a
director of West Indies Cricket World Cup Inc.
He is founder and director of the CLR James
Centre for Cricket Research, and was founding
director of the Sagicor West Indies Cricket
Academy. Sir Hilary is Chairman of the
Caribbean Examination Council, Chairman of
the Caribbean Commission on Reparations,
and is a member of the United Nations
Development Program Advisory Panel for the
Caribbean Human Development Report.
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Mr Deryck Murray
Past Chair
Trinidad & Tobago Transparency
Institute Transparency International
Deryck Murray was first selected for the West
Indies Cricket team while still at Queen’s Royal
College. He went on to represent the West
Indies in 62 Test matches. He first played for
Trinidad and Tobago at the age of 17 and was
captain of Trinidad and Tobago for five years.
He was also Vice-Captain when the West Indies
won the first two Cricket World Cups.
In 1963 and 1975 he was chosen as the
Trinidad and Tobago Sportsman of the Year
Award and he was honoured in 1975 with the
Chaconia Gold Medal for his many outstanding
achievements.
Deryck graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
in Industrial Economics and read Economics
and History at Cambridge University where he
was awarded a cricket Blue and was captain of
Cambridge University.
He served as the President of the Trinidad and
Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) and as a Director
of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in
the period 2005 - 2009. Deryck also served
as Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago
Transparency Institute (the local chapter of the
global coalition against corruption) from 2012
to September 2016. He is an Honorary Life
Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
and he is the current President of the Queen’s
Park Cricket Club.
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Mr David Rutherford
Chief Commissioner
New Zealand Human Rights
Commission
NZ Human Rights Commission
David Rutherford is the Chief Human Rights
Commissioner and before this he was the
managing director of Special Olympics Asia
Pacific.
He has held senior executive roles in building
materials and agribusiness businesses
operating in New Zealand and Australia, has
been Chief Executive of the New Zealand
Rugby Union and has worked as a corporate,
securities and commercial lawyer in New
Zealand and Canada.
David has lectured in sports law at Victoria
University and has been a volunteer board
member in rugby union, netball, Paralympics
New Zealand, Special Olympics New Zealand,
Special Olympics International and for the
Attitude Trust.
David is a member of the Ministry of Education
Bullying Prevention Advisory Group, which
he worked to help establish. He is advocating
for the inclusion of disadvantaged New
Zealanders particularly in education, housing
and health particularly people who were
affected by the Canterbury earthquake. He is
currently leading the work on the reporting to
the UN Committees for the Convention against
Torture and to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights.
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Professor Selina Khoo
Associate Professor
University of Malaya
Associate Professor Dr Selina Khoo is currently
the Deputy Director at the Sports Centre,
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Her research interests are related to
participation of sports and physical activity.
She serves on national and international
committees and was recently appointed to be
the Global Observatory for Physical Activity’s
country contact for Malaysia.
Selina is also a National Course Director for
the Olympic Council of Malaysia and facilitates
Olympic Solidarity Sport Administrators
courses. She has been invited to present
her research at national and international
conferences, including the International Forum
on Children with Special Needs, IOC World
Sport for All Congress, and Global Summit on
the Physical Activity of Children.
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CABOS Secretariat
Mr Oliver Dudfield
Head of Sport for Development
and Peace
Youth Division
Commonwealth Secretariat
Tel: +44 20 7747 6457
Email: [email protected]
Ms Tikwiza Silubonde
Sport for Development and
Peace Section
Youth Division
Commonwealth Secretariat
Tel: +44 20 7747 6457
Email: [email protected]
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Footnotes
1.
Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport
(2006) Commonwealth Advisory Body on
Sport: Report January 2006, Commonwealth
Secretariat, London.
3.
Commonwealth Secretariat (2013),
Commonwealth Secretariat Strategic Plan
2013/14–2016/17, Commonwealth Secretariat,
London, 27.
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2.
Commonwealth Secretariat (2016) Policy
Guidance for Commonwealth Governments
on Protecting the Integrity of Sport,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London.
Commonwealth Secretariat and Government
of Australia (2014) Template Policies Against
the Manipulation of Sporting Competitions,
Online.
8th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting
Communique, August 2016, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
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