OUR PEOPLE
Australian Football International (AFI) is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
We are extremely proud to be working with talented people from all over the world, all of whom are passionate about growing our great game internationally.
AFI BOARD
Corina Dutlow
Corina was born in Australia to European and Asian parents. She has volunteered and worked with the Filipino community as well as other multicultural communities for more than 10 years. She is currently serving the Australian-Filipino community in Victoria in a Senior Management position of a Filipino community service agency.
Corina is passionate about working with communities to celebrate cultural identity and working together on common challenges faced by people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Corina established the first AFL Philippines team in Australia as one of the AFI community teams, and is eager to grow the love for footy among Australian-Filipinos and other multicultural communities.
Brian Clarke
Brian was born in Amsterdam to Dutch and New Zealand parents. His family lived in the Netherlands and New Zealand before moving to Australia.
A law graduate, his business background includes law and the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT). Brian was also based in London for 5 years.
Brian has been involved in international football for 25 years, as a player, coach, umpire and administrator. He has been responsible for the creation of such concepts as the AFL International Cup, Harmony Cup, EU Cup and Footy 9s. Brian is the current CEO of Australian Football International.
Colin Tincknell
Colin Tincknell was a young English migrant in 1955 when he arrived in Australia. However it was always footy for Colin, he went on to play a massive 496 senior games – winning 7 premierships along the way as coach and player. He also played league footy in the WAFL for Claremont in the 70s and 80s and successfully captained his state of WA against the big V in 1980.
He worked for the WAFC and the AFL as CEO of AFL New Zealand, hence his love of International football. He looks forward to the day that we have an AFL side based overseas – maybe NZ? These days he is a senior external affairs executive with 20 years experience and management in corporate social responsibility (CSR), communications and media specialising in stakeholder engagement, public relations and cultural/indigenous affairs.
Vale Ron Barassi
AFI is proud to acknowledge the great support of Ron Barassi, who for many years was an active member of the AFI Board.
He was a legend for many reasons – an incredible player, revolutionary coach and enduring media personality. For more than 50 years he was one of the most influential people in the game.
Barassi won a staggering 10 premierships as a player and coach. As a player he helped Melbourne win 6 flags, winning the team’s best-and-fairest award in 1961 and 1964. His coaching career began at Carlton, guiding them to flags in 1968 and 1970. At North Melbourne he coached the Kangaroos to premierships in 1975 and 1977.
Barassi returned to the Demons in 1981, laying the foundations for what would become a revitalised Melbourne side. He returned to coaching in 1993, taking over the rock-bottom Sydney Swans. His status as an AFL legend, savvy media ability and unparalleled coaching record made him uniquely qualified to carve out a space in the rugby heartland. In his three seasons in Sydney, he helped put both AFL football and the Sydney Swans on the map in the Harbour City.
Barassi had a lifelong involvement in football. He was passionate about the development and expansion of Australian Football, whether at junior, regional or international level. He is greatly missed.
REGIONS
AFI is currently in the process of setting up Commissions for each of the following Regions – Europe, Pacific, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the USA.
The role of each Commission is to provide strategic advice and direction for the development of the sport in each Region.