Mr Anter Isaac (Chair)
Anter Isaac was elected to the Football Australia Board in November 2022 and was elected as Chair at the Board meeting held immediately following the 2023 Annual General Meeting on 22 November 2023 and re-elected as Chair on 28 May 2026.
Isaac has been involved in Australian football for more than 30 years, commencing his career with the national governing body in 1996. During his 12 years with Football Australia (formerly Soccer Australia), he held a range of senior finance, governance, technology and football administration roles, including Head of Finance, Company Secretary, National Soccer League (NSL) and A-League Finance Manager, and various appointments within National Teams’ management.
In 2007, Isaac established Kleinmann Wang, a specialist sports strategy, governance, and management consultancy. Through the firm, he has advised and supported projects in more than 120 countries, working with organisations including FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), FIBA, the International Cricket Council (ICC), national associations, professional leagues, clubs, governments, and major sporting events.
Mr Isaac has extensive experience in governance, strategic planning, organisational transformation, financial management and institutional development. He has worked with sporting organisations throughout Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America on matters relating to governance reform, competition development, organisational design, leadership capability, and long-term strategic planning.
Most recently, Isaac served as President of Football NSW, where he was also a Director between 2013 and 2021. He has previously served as a Director of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and continues to serve on the Board of the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Anter Isaac is an Elected Director whose current term of office on the Football Australia Board runs through to the conclusion of the 2028 Annual General Meeting.
Ms Rachel Wiseman (Deputy Chair)
Rachel Wiseman was appointed to the Football Australia Board at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on 23 April 2026 and elected as Deputy Chair at the Board meeting held immediately following the 2026 Annual General Meeting on 28 May 2026.
Wiseman is a highly experienced executive and board director with more than 20 years’ experience leading transformation and innovation in major organisations across the tourism, technology, media and entertainment sectors in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Having been at NRMA since 2016, Wiseman was most recently Chief Executive Officer Member Capital, overseeing multiple operating businesses, investments, and mergers & acquisitions while leading the strategy to diversify the business from motoring services into tourism and transport services. Wiseman previously worked as General Manager, Commercial Development – International at Tabcorp Holdings Limited and prior to that was Director of Business Affairs for Fox Sports Australia from 2007-2014, where she formulated the content strategy and negotiated agreements to broadcast key sports rights.
Before holding executive roles, Wiseman had an extensive career as a lawyer. She holds an MBA, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, and is currently a Non‑Executive Director of Web Travel Group Limited (ASX:WEB).
Rachel Wiseman is an Appointed Director whose current term of office on the Football Australia Board runs through to 30 November 2027.
Mr Paul Bittar (Director)
Paul Bittar was appointed to the Football Australia Board at the 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 28 May 2026.
Bittar has worked in the global racing and betting industries for more than 20 years. A qualified accountant before being involved in racing, Mr Bittar held various senior executive and Board roles across a range of territories including Chief Strategy Officer of Racing Victoria, CEO of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing and CEO and Board member of British Horseracing.
He was General Manager, Sports Partnerships at Sportsbet for four years, where he led the engagement and commercial development across key sport and racing partners. Bittar also led Sportsbet’s corporate development related to media rights and major betting licence transactions including the Western Australian TAB, Victorian Wagering Licence and partnering opportunities with TAB NZ.
In 2019, he established AP2 specialising in work (corporate strategy, growth initiatives, leading of numerous mergers & acquisitions and due diligence processes, sports integrity and media and commercial rights deals) across the betting, media rights, racing and sport sectors, with clients both in Australia and internationally.
Paul Bittar is an Elected Director whose current term of office on the Football Australia Board runs through to the conclusion of the 2029 Annual General Meeting.
Mr Joseph Carrozzi AM (Director)
Joseph Carrozzi was elected to the Football Australia Board in November 2018 and re-elected in 2021 and 2024.
Carrozzi is a renowned business advisor, with experience in infrastructure assets and highly regulated sectors of the economy. He serves as Chair on a range of ASX, private and government entities. Prior to his Board roles, Carrozzi was a Senior Partner and Managing Partner for several professional services firms (EY & PwC) over a 30-year career.
He is the President of the NSW Chamber of Commerce (Business NSW), and a Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). He also Chairs ASX listed entities, HealthCo and DigiCo, in addition to AKG Group, a global employment, health and training business.
Carrozzi was appointed by the NSW Government to the board of the Australia Day Council of NSW. He is the Honorary Consul for Luxembourg in Australia and an Honorary Fellow of Western Sydney University.
With a passion for sport and communities, he has held prior board roles at NSWIS, Athletics Australia and the GWS Giants. In football, Carrozzi served on the Board of the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015™. He was co-chair of the Local Organising Committee for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026™.
He currently serves on the Football Australia Finance, Risk & Audit Committee and the Nominations Committee. Carrozzi is also a member of the Legal Committee of the FIFA Council.
His contribution to the community was recognised in 2021 when he was inducted as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, for significant service to business and to the community, through a range of multicultural and not-for-profit organisations.
Joseph Carrozzi is an Elected Director whose current term of office on the Football Australia Board runs through to the conclusion of the 2027 Annual General Meeting.
Ms Angela Mentis (Director)
Angela Mentis was appointed to the Football Australia Board at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on 23 April 2026.
Mentis has more than 30 years' experience as an executive in the financial services industry across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, United Kingdom and the United States of America. She brings strategic experience in customer and culture transformations, with a focus on digital, data, technology, innovation, people and culture.
Over the course of 17 years (2006-2023), her senior leadership roles while at the National Australia Bank (NAB) included Group Executive, Chief Digital, Data, Analytics, Innovation & Partnerships leading a division of 900 people across Australia, Vietnam and India. Ms Mentis also became the first female Chief Executive Officer at the Bank of New Zealand in 160 years when she held the position from 2018-2021.
Mentis is currently a Non-Executive Director for the Reece Group, FirstCape (New Zealand) and TAL Group while sitting on Advisory Boards and Panels for Famille Capital and Maxme.
Angela Mentis is an Elected Director whose current term of office on the Football Australia Board runs through to the conclusion of the 2027 Annual General Meeting.
Stuart Corbishley – Company Secretary
Stuart Corbishley was General Counsel & Secretary for AFC Asian Cup 2015 Ltd and for FA’s successful bid for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and has also acted as General Counsel & Secretary for Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, Invictus Games Sydney 2018 and the 2022 UCI Road World Championships.
He has also advised Cricket Australia on the establishment of the Men’s and Women’s Big Bash Leagues, Netball Australia on the establishment of the Super Netball League, Hockey Australia on the establishment of Hockey League One and Athletics Australia on the establishment of Nitro Athletics.
Corbishley was a Director of Triathlon Australia for 9 years (2 years as Vice President). Currently, he acts as the Company Secretary for Invictus Australia, Netball NSW and Basketball SA.