International Netball Federation Hires Clare Briegal as CEO

Clare Briegal has been permanently appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the International Netball Federation (INF).

Clare has been the INF’s Interim CEO for the past four months following the departure of previous CEO, arthritis Urvasi Naidoo, and prior to that for a further nine months whilst covering maternity leave.

Clare has a commercial background working for international companies such as ICI Acrylics and Twyford Bathrooms in senior sales and marketing roles, and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Biochemistry from Bryn Mawr College, USA.

Clare commented:  “I am looking forward to the challenge of driving netball forward, building its profile and welcoming new partners and sponsors to further strengthen our sport.  With our innovative grassroots development programme and our finest teams and players competing atthe Commonwealth Games this year in Glasgow, and the Netball World Cup in Sydney in 2015, there has never been a better time to be involved with the world’s number one women’s team sport.”

INF President, Hon Molly Rhone OJ, CD, added: “We are delighted that Clare has accepted this role.  She has proved herself a strong leader and the right person to take international netball to the next level.  These are exciting times for netball and we have every confidence that Clare will build on our success and create new and innovative opportunities to grow and showcase netball on the world stage.”