Craig Phillips AM (born May 1960) is a leading Australian sports administrator. In 2015, he was appointed the chief executive officer at Australian Commonwealth Games Association (now known as Commonwealth Games Australia).
Phillips involvement in sport started at a young age and in 1979 he represented Australia at Modern Pentathlon Junior World Championships. [1] His educational qualifications include Diploma of Teaching at Australian College of Physical Education from 1978 to 1981 and Master of Business Administration from Southern Cross University from 1993 to 1999. [2]
Phillips was employed by the New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation for eight years before joining the Australian Olympic Committee in 1990. [3] Phillips held senior leadership positions at the Australian Olympic Committee including Technical Director & Director of Sport (1990-2004) and Secretary-General (2005-2014). [4] [2] During this period, Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics and he played a major role in the management of twelve Australian Summer and Winter Olympic Teams from Barcelona 1992 to Sochi 2014. This led him to being the most capped Auistralian Olympic official. [1] [2] In June 2015, Phillips was appointed the chief executive officer, Commonwealth Games Australia replacing Perry Crosswhite who held the position for more than 20 years. [3] [5] He was a Board Member of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. [2] In 2019, he was elected to the Commonwealth Games Federation Sports Committee. [6]