CEO - Shane Richardson

twentyforty said:
That’s the one thing that worries me about the reviews they’ve undertaken, never seems to be a strong focus on policy and procedure. The reviews on the surface seem to be witch hunts?
Lee knew of his fait well before the review started.😂

How many job titles did Sheens have in his short time?
Fulton was there overnight and had a couple of different job titles. 😂
The idea that the new recruit is hired, then the employer goes looking for a job for that new recruit, which can change multiple times, could indicate that the employer wasn’t necessarily fully aware of the new guy’s skills positives and negatives?
Im all in on finding jobs for people rather than the reverse, but WT seem to take it to extremes?

I kinda like the old style of recruitment, whereby all the talk is about expectations of a particular position, not a focus on the people in those positions.
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The morning of his sacking Lee was on his last Brydens sponsored SEN appearance for the year with Vossy and he clearly had no clue he was being sacked at that time - even talked about he and Justin exploring avenues to join the NRL Vegas junket...

Demonstrating his arrogance and inability to read the room!!

He even falsely crowed to the media about being re-elected as Chairman just days before and while the review was still under way...

He was delusional until the end - and still is while actively white-anting the club.

www.smh.com.au

Civil war erupts at Wests Tigers as axe hovers over chairman Lee Hagipantelis

Tigers powerbrokers have discussed the possibility of bringing the likes of former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell, as well as former AOC president John Coates, onto the board.
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A civil war is set to erupt at the Wests Tigers with chairman Lee Hagipantelis on the brink of being overthrown after rejecting an invitation from the club’s majority shareholder to stand down from his position just days after being re-appointed.

The Herald can also reveal that Tigers powerbrokers have discussed the possibility of bringing the likes of former NSW premier and ex-Tigers chairman Barry O’Farrell, as well as former Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, onto the board in some capacity.

It comes in the midst of an external governance and culture review into the under-siege club that will place both Hagipantelis and chief executive Justin Pascoe under the microscope following the Tigers’ 12th consecutive season without a finals appearance.
The review has been called by the Holman Barnes Group, the 60 per cent majority shareholder of the club that also runs Wests Ashfield Leagues Club.

Sources talking under the condition of anonymity told this masthead that Tigers board member Tony Andreacchio, speaking on behalf of the Holman Barnes Group, recently contacted Hagipantelis to invite him to stand down as chairman.

Andreacchio also informed Hagipantelis that his tenure was only extended as an independent director and not as chairman despite News Corp last month reporting that Hagipantelis was re-elected as chairman of the Wests Tigers until November 2025.

The move could put the club’s near $1,000,000 a season major sponsorship deal with Hagipantelis’ company Bryden’s Lawyers in jeopardy.
Certain members of the board are now disputing the details around the motion that was passed at the meeting last month. The minutes of the meeting were taken by Tigers chief financial officer Mark Sawicki.

Hagipantelis is privately strongly refuting the notion that he was only extended as a director, and not as chairman.

“This review has been commissioned by the Holman Barnes group and all enquiries concerning the review should be directed to them”, Hagipantelis said when contacted for comment by this masthead.
Andreacchio did not want to be drawn into the specifics of his conversation with the chairman.

“At the moment we have an external review on the whole club,” he told this masthead. “It’s probably an inappropriate time to make any formal or informal comment at the moment. This review is very critical.
“The Holman Barnes Group is one of the major shareholders and are very much behind it. I think any comment doesn’t serve any purpose at the moment. Currently he is the chairman.”

The Wests Tigers constitution provides for up to nine directors to be appointed. At the moment there is only seven following the resignation of independent director James Myatt a month ago.

Sources talking under the condition of anonymity told this masthead that part of the reason the board moved to extend Hagipantelis’ tenure was to ensure the board remained validly constituted.

Under the constitution, the board has to have at least one independent director at all times. Hagipantelis is the only independent director currently on the board.
When asked if the Tigers wanted to bring O’Farrell or Coates on the board, Andreacchio insisted a decision wouldn’t be made until after the review.

“Independent directors are always open up to review to see who is available and who would like to come on,” he said. “It’s something we’re holding off on until the end of this review. Until then, there’ll be no further action. I don’t want to derail the review in any shape or form.”

The review is also a topic of great conjecture. Sources talking under the condition of anonymity have also questioned the independence of one of the two men appointed to undertake the review.

Former NRL chief financial officer Tony Crawford and Gary Barnier are in charge of the review set to be completed by the end of the month.

The questioning of independence surrounds Barnier, who is one of 13 Wests Tigers Foundation members announced on the club’s website that have donated $100,000 to the club over a four-year period. The Barnier Family is also listed as one of the “Foundation 13” with another $100,000 donation to the club. So too is Hagipantelis and Coates.

The donation for this group is a tax-deductible $100,000 for a lifetime involvement — it can be made in pairs and payment plans up to four years.

Barnier strongly opposes suggestion that his financial contribution means he has a conflict of interest.
“I took the decision to provide money to the club through that Foundation 13, which meant I could contribute - because I can afford to contribute - but I get nothing in return for it,” Barnier told this masthead.

“It’s just like a super-high level of membership, I suppose. That’s the beginning and end of it. I’m not getting paid for this review.

“I’ve offered to do it because of my emotional connection and my family’s emotional connection with the club. That’s all it is. I can’t think of any possible conflict of interest.”
 
AmericanHistoryX said:
Someone preferably that can remember their name and not always fall over whilst walking
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Albo. DONE

Seriously though, Pascoe as US president... AmericanHistoryX What the hell are you trying to do here!

Oh, yea that would work.
"yea it's a game called NRL. No not NFL, NRL... We play it in Australia!... No it isn't part of the German league, AUSTRALIA, you have heard of it... good. Oh yea I know Mel Gibson, and Paul Hogan, sure.... You want to do WHAT to a Koala... Anyway I managed a club in the NRL, eeN, aRrr, eLl. for 6 years!"

"How did they do, mr President?"

Pascoe then bolts for the door! Honestly, I would probably do the same in his shoes.
 
Tiger Karen said:
As for your appeal to authority and lived experience @Mighty_Tiger, fair enough, yes, I’m a 2ic now.

And we put a lot of time into our staff on many different levels.

We want them at optimum, and like a footy side, some respond better to some stimulus than others.

Open door policy, no such thing as a stupid question. We don’t use fear, we use care.

We had to “let someone go” recently but not without multiple prior warnings.

Needless to say, from that persons perspective, it was all our fault!!

People can get very vindictive post release. Get very personal ( vengeance mode).

Relating it to footy, it was a bit like BJ hammering Madge!!

I’m sure you’ve experienced the wrath of the discarded. Just proves we were right.

At least Justin was philosophical about it. Madge wasn’t heard from was he?

And Timinator just slithered away. I expected something. Maybe his feelings were badly hurt?
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Full.payout for Tim Sheens.

Don't worry about him
 
Slothfield crusading against Richo now … didn’t take long .. he has only been back from holidays a week… but is going to town on this Rich Digital conflict of interest …

Apparently the signing of Faataape is very damaging to all the Campbelltown juniors … Tigers must be the only NRL team bringing in outside players …
 
Tom Shines said:
Slothfield crusading against Richo now … didn’t take long .. he has only been back from holidays a week… but is going to town on this Rich Digital conflict of interest …

Apparently the signing of Faataape is very damaging to all the Campbelltown juniors … Tigers must be the only NRL team bringing in outside players …
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How Rothfield hangs onto a job is absolutely astounding. Nothing story regarding Richo. Not a bloke I'd be picking an argument with.
 
batboy said:
Reckon you’ve got this arse about - Pascoe reported to the board, not recommended members for them.
The WA/WT board recruited Lee to tie his money to them long term… only reason I can see for it.
Saved them having to go and get another sponsor (or crawl back to Meriton)
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You might be right, going to be very interesting to see who sponsors us in 25. If Lee is as big a supporter as he claims it should still be him, but I just can't see him staying on after everything that's happened. Doubt his ego will allow it.
 
I’d like to tell a funny story. This is not to brag, just to share something I consider entertaining.

A few years ago I was trying to recruit a new staff member. I found the person I wanted, however she’d already signed a contract with a competitor but hadn’t started yet. This persons skill set was rare, and I felt she’d be a good fit, so I proceeded to convince to her join us. There was an ongoing battle between myself and the other employer to get this employee.

Ultimately she decided to reneg on the contract with the other company and join my team. It’s been over 2 years and she’s still with us doing a great job.

It wasn’t until recently that I realised who the other company was…it was Rich Digital, and that man was Shane Richardson. It was the first land last time I’ll ever get anything over the great man!!
 
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