In this CEO Series chat Sean Callanan interviews Netball New Zealand CEO Jennie Wyllie.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- How Jennie was drawn back to sports via the finance side of sports
- How sports funding currently works and why it needs to change
- Netball NZ's strategy on the future of it's sport and what other sports can learn from it
- The resilience of sports industry especially Netball to bounce back from COVID-19
- Sponsorship – how sports needs to adapt to changing needs of sponsors
- Importance of connecting grassroots with elite for the health of the sport

Listen to Jennie Wyllie on Sports Geek
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Resources from the podcast
- Connect with Jennie Wyllie on LinkedIn
- Follow Netball NZ across social media – Facebook, Twitter @NetballNZ and Instagram @NetballNewZealand
- Netball offers to help other codes recover
- Check out the Netball NZ Poipoia Strategy as discussed on the podcast
- Some Sports Geek episodes you might be interested in:
Return to courts in NZ
The ANZ Premiership will be back on court from Friday 19 June ✊
Full details here: https://t.co/NPJqx4itFY
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— ANZ Premiership (@ANZPremiership) May 11, 2020
One Slide – Two Minutes
What types of content do people want during COVID-19 lockdown? Sean discusses this slide from former podcast guest Simon Kemp