Mr Anter Isaac (Chair)
Mr Isaac was elected to the FA Board in November 2022 and was elected as Chair at the Board meeting held immediately after the 2023 AGM on 22 November 2023. Mr Isaac has been involved in Australian football for over 27 years, starting as an Assistant Accountant with the national governing body in 1996 and where he worked for 12 years until 2007. During his time at the national governing body, Mr Isaac held the roles of Head of Finance, Company Secretary, NSL and A-League Finance Manager, and various roles in National Teams Management.
In 2007, Mr Isaac established a sports strategy consulting firm, Kleinmann Wang, which has since consulted to and supported projects to improve governance and leadership systems in federations, develop professional leagues and clubs, and design and deliver strategy in more than 120 countries with FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation, the Oceania Football Confederation, FIBA and the International Cricket Council. Most recently, Mr Isaac was the President of Football NSW, where he was also a director between 2013 and 2021. Mr Isaac has been a director of the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL and continues to serve on the board of the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Mr Stuart Corbishley (Company Secretary)
Mr 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. Mr Corbishley was a Director of Triathlon Australia for 9 years (2 years as VicePresident). Currently, Mr Corbishley acts as the Company Secretary for Invictus Australia, Netball NSW and Basketball SA
Mr Joseph Carrozzi AM (Director)
Mr Carrozzi AM was first elected to the FA Board in November 2018 and is the Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee and the Football Congress Finance and Risk Committee.
Mr Carrozzi AM is a business advisor and board member on a number of public and private sector boards. He is the President of Business NSW, the Chair of listed healthcare REIT, HealthCo (ASX:HCW), the Chair of listed data centre business DigiCo Infrastructure REIT (ASX:DGT), the Chair of an employment services business Angus Knight Group, and the Chair of the Centenary Institute for Medical Research. Mr Carrozzi AM is admitted as a barrister in the Supreme Court of NSW and has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (UNSW). He has worked in the professional services sector for over 30 years, including 15 years as a Managing Partner. Mr Carrozzi AM is a Fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia (FTI) and a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Mr Carrozzi AM has had an involvement in sports governance for over 20 years with roles on the boards of NSWIS, Athletics Australia, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and the GWS Giants AFL club.
Mr Sam Ciccarello (Director)
Mr Ciccarello was elected to the FA Board in November 2023 and brings more than 35 years’ experience in football, from junior coaching to senior executive and board roles. His career spans major events, professional and community football, including leadership roles with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Football Tournament, Adelaide United FC (founding GM and later CEO), and Football South Australia (Director,
Chair and President).
He has contributed to key FA reform initiatives including member of FA’s Congress Review Working Group, and of FA’s New Leagues Working Group (unbundling of the professional football leagues from FA); and, since 2024, serves on the Local Organising Committee for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026.
Mr Ciccarello has also held senior roles across media, events and sport, including General Manager at Southern Cross Austereo (SA), CEO of Australian Major Events, and Marketing Director and CEO of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.He has served on multiple boards and as a long-term judge for the Telstra Business Awards
Ms Angela Mentis (Director)
Ms Angela Mentis was appointed to the Board in April 2026.
Ms 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.
Ms 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.
Ms Mentis will fill the Elected Director casual vacancy that arose at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the period from 25 April 2026 to the conclusion of the 2027 AGM.
Ms Catriona Noble (Director)
Ms Noble was first appointed to the FA Board in September 2021. Ms Noble was most recently the Executive General Manager Retail at Australia Post and her career has seen her lead significant growth and major restructures at some of Australia’s largest organisations including ANZ Bank and McDonald’s Australia. During her time with ANZ, Ms Noble was responsible for key Retail Distribution channels to customers including the Australian Branch Network.
Ms Noble’s 20-year career with McDonald’s Australia saw her play an integral role in the transformation of the McDonald’s brand in Australia, holding various positions including CEO and Managing Director for McDonald’s Australia and Chair of Ronald McDonald House Charities. Ms Noble has completed the AMP (Advanced Management Programme) at INSEAD business school, Fontainebleau, MGSM (Macquarie Graduate Schoolof Management) Strategy & Business, MIT Boston Digital Business Transformation Programme and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Spiro Pappas (Director)
Mr Pappas was first appointed to the FA Board in June 2022 and is a senior executive with over 30 years of international business experience. He is currently the Chair of Atlas Iron and Open Learning (ASX listed), and a non-executive director of Cognian Technologies. Prior to his current board roles, Mr Pappas had a long career in banking. He served at NAB in a number of senior leadership roles, including CEO of Asia (based in Singapore) and was responsible for all of NAB’s International Operations and their Global Institutional Bank.
Prior to NAB, Mr Pappas worked for Deutsche Bank in London and New York, and then with ABN AMRO Bank in London. Mr Pappas has participated in a number of G20 forums as a member of the Australian B20 Taskforce. He was a corporate board member of the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee and the European Australian Business Council. Mr Pappas also served as part of an Australian Federal Government Digital Taskforce.
Ms Rachel Wiseman (Director)
Ms Rachel Wiseman was appointed to the Board in April 2026.
Ms 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, Ms 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. Ms 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, Ms 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).
Ms Wiseman officially commences her role as an Appointed Director on the Football Australia Board from 25 April 2026 through to 30 November 2027.