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The Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS) is the primary sport policy advisory body in the Commonwealth.

Established by the Commonwealth Heads of Government at their meeting in Abuja in 2003, and endorsed by the Commonwealth Sport Ministers in Athens in 2004, CABOS reports to the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meetings and, through the Commonwealth Secretariat, to member governments and key sport policy stakeholders.

Since its inception CABOS has been an ardent, evidence-based advocate for Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) and the need to protect the integrity of sport. In doing so CABOS has become a clearing-house for

research, submissions to ministers and examples of ‘good practice’.

The advice and guidance of CABOS has been influential in framing policy direction in the Commonwealth and more broadly.

CABOS call for greater recognition of ‘sport as a powerful tool for developing people, teams, and whole communities’,1 and subsequent policy advice, has contributed to the Commonwealth being recognised as leader in the SDP field and the inclusion of SDP in the Commonwealth’s Secretariat 2013-17 Strategic Plan.2

The policy guidance of CABOS to Commonwealth governments on protecting the integrity of sport,3 and production of associated policy

templates, 4 has contributed to a commitment from Sports Ministers and commonwealth organisations to enhance Commonwealth cooperation to address growing threats to the integrity of sport.5

CABOS members are appointed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General. CABOS membership is drawn from every region of the Commonwealth and includes government representatives, Commonwealth organisations and experts from the sports movement, youth leaders and academics.

Find out more about CABOS

Overview of the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport

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Governments

Expert Members and Institutions

Commonwealth Organisations

CABOS Membership 2017-18

Australia

Dr

Mr

Ms

Wendy SOUTHERN PSM

Andrew GODKIN

Narelle SMITH

Deputy Secretary

National Sport Integrity Advisor

Ass. Secretary - Officer for Sport

Department of Health

Canada Mr Alan ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Policy and Planning Sport Canada

Cameroon Mrs Rosaline AFOR AMBA KWENDE Deputy Director (PE) Ministry of Sport and Physical Education

FijiMrs

Mr

Alison BURCHELL

Peter MAZEY

Permanent Secretary

Executive Chair

Ministry of Youth and Sports

Fiji Sports CouncilMalta Mr Mark CUTAJAR CEO Sport Malta

NigeriaMr

Dr

Chinyecka OHAA

Ademola ARE

Permanent Secretary

Director, Grassroots SportsMinistry of Youth and Sports

Sierra Leone Mr Michael MUSTAPHA Deputy Director Ministry of Sport

Mrs

Mr

Louise MARTIN CBE

David GREVEMBERG

President

Chief Executive OfficerCGF

Ms Janine THORNHILL Chair CYSDP

Sir Hilary BECKLES Vice-Chancellor University of West Indies

Mr Deryck MURRAY Past Chair Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute

Mr David RUTHERFORD Chief Commissioner New Zealand Human Rights CommissionProf Selina KHOO Associate Professor University of Malaya

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Member Profiles

Australia

Primary member Dr Wendy Southern PSM

Deputy SecretaryDepartment of Health

Wendy joined the Department of Health in February 2015. She is responsible for national delivery of population health (including sport), indigenous health, and health workforce programmes and initiatives and is Chair of the People, Values and Capability Committee.

Wendy joined the Department following her role as Deputy Secretary at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, leading the development and delivery of policy advice and programme management across the Department.

Wendy has also previously worked for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

Before joining the Australian Public Service, Wendy worked in various research, teaching and consultancy positions at the Australian National University, Monash University and the University of the South Pacific.

Alternate members

Mr Andrew Godkin

National Sport Integrity Advisor Department of HealthAustralia

Ms Narelle Smith

Assistant Secretary - Office for Sport Department of HealthAustralia

Government members

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Canada

Primary member Mr Alan Zimmerman

Senior Director (Policy and Planning)Sport Canada

Alan Zimmermann has close to 40 years of experience in Canadian sport at local, provincial, national and international levels with a particular emphasis on policy development – both for sport and culture.

As Senior Director, Policy and Planning of Sport Canada since November 2013, his main focus is in leading the conceptualisation and development of Sport Canada’s Strategic, Program and Intergovernmental (F-P/T) policies.

While Director of the Sport Development Division within Sport Canada between August 2010 and November 2013, he was responsible for leading the Sport Support Program which at approximately Can$150 million per year is the largest of Sport Canada’s three funding programmes supporting development of the Canadian sport system.

Previously, Alan also led Sport Canada’s involvement in international relations as Director of Major Games and International Relations.

His educational background includes a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Physical Education Degrees both from the University of Alberta, as well as numerous professional development courses.

He is also the recipient of several awards including the Canada 125 Anniversary Medal for contribution to Canadian society; the Alberta 75th Anniversary Award for contribution to the provincial community; and the Alberta Achievement Award for Athletics.

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Cameroon

Primary member Mrs Rosaline Afor Amba Kwende

Deputy Director (Physical Education)Ministry of Sport and Physical Education

Rosaline Afor Amba Kwende is from the North West Region of the Republic of Cameroon. She works at the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education as Deputy Director for the Teaching of Physical Education.

She studied at the National Institute of Youth and Sports Yaounde and did a Masters Degree on Technics and Science in Physical and Sports Activities at the University of Tunisia where she specialised in sports for people with disabilities. Rosaline worked with secondary and high schools as a sports instructor and acted as a pioneer member in the creation of the Sports Federation for People with Disabilities in Cameroon.

Rosaline pursued further studies in Georgia State University and obtained a diploma on Experts in Sports for People with Disabilities. This gave an opening to work in collaboration with International Alliance for Youth Sports. She is the nominated Ambassador for Cameroon and has participated in numerous meetings and events of international

importance on the promotion and development of sports activities in Africa, Europe and America.

Rosaline was a member of the executive board of the National University Sports Federation in Cameroon, excelling as Deputy Director for Standards and Sports Regulations and Monitoring of Sports Organizations in Cameroon.

She is the holder of The Executive Masters in Management of Sports Organisation (MEMOS 2012) and was recently admitted in the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sports (CABOS).

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Fiji

Primary member Mrs Alison Burchell

Permanent Secretary Ministry of Youth and Sports

Alison Burchell was born in Iran, studied in the United Kingdom and went on to study Economics and Industrial Sociology at the University of Cape Town (UCT). While working at UCT, Alison began her association with sport as a volunteer, establishing a new non-racial squash organisation in the Western Cape.

Following this, Alison was elected to a number of volunteer posts in national sport in South Africa: in squash; the National Sports Council; the SA Commonwealth Games Association; and the South African Sports Commission.

When Cape Town were bidding to host the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Alison was responsible for working with sport, sports events and the Paralympic Games, so has a long association with disability sport.

Thereafter, she worked for the National Paralympic Committee of SA, Disability Sport SA and was involved again as a volunteer internationally with Para Table Tennis, and the International Paralympic Committee’s Sports Council and Development Committee.

Alison was also given the opportunity to work in an international federation in Switzerland and then a company using IT to help sports organisations become more efficient.

She was also appointed a director of Goalball UK. She now works as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Fiji.

Alternate member

Mr Peter Mazey

Executive Chair Fiji Sports Council

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Malta

Primary member Mr Mark Cutajar

CEOSport Malta

Mark Cutajar has a degree in Mathematics and played football at amateur level for ten years. He then moved on to journalism where he presented various programmes on local television including coverage of the Football World Cup in 1998.

He was a Team Manager for a premier league football club, president of a water polo club, communications officer of the Aquatic Sport Association, and as from 2008, Director of Sport, and presently as Deputy President of NOC Malta.

In his term at the Olympic Committee, he participated in two Olympic Games and was Head of Delegation at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

As from 2013 he was appointed advisory to the Minister of Education and from 2014 he took the leading role to transform the national sport entity Sport Malta where he is currently Chief Executive Officer.

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Nigeria

Primary member Mr Chinyeaka Ohaa

Permanent SecretaryFederal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development

Alternate member

Dr Ademola Are

Director, Grassroots Sports Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development

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Sierra Leone

Primary member Mr Michael Mustapha

Deputy-DirectorMinistry of Sport

Michael, born 2nd February 1980, was appointed traditional leader by his clansmen in the Peje West Chiefdom, Kailahun District. He was appointed Head of Development in the chiefdom and one of his milestones is the role he played towards the reconstruction of the Bunumbu Teachers College that was vandalised during the war in the mid 90s.

Michael is now the Deputy Director of Sports in Sierra Leone. He has extensive experience providing advice and training for SDP groups and sporting organisations in Sierra Leone and Australia over the last decade.

In 2014, he was recognised for his effort in using sport to address social issues in Sierra Leone. He was appointed Sport Ambassador for Sierra Leone with special responsibilities such as representing at UNOSDP, and liaising with the Commonwealth Secretariat on SDP, as well as advocating for the Government to implement policies that will support SDP initiatives. This he achieved, as funds to support SDP work have been included in the

National Budget and prioritised at the Ministry of Sports in Sierra Leone.

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Commonwealth Games Federation

Primary member Mrs Louise Martin CBE

PresidentCommonwealth Games Federation

Louise Martin is President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) elected at the General Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2015, and the first female to hold this office in the history of the Commonwealth Sports Movement.

She has a long and distinguished association with the Games; as an Athlete, Team Manager, Administrator and Honorary Secretary, and was the first female elected to the CGF Executive Board.

She played a lead role in bringing the Commonwealth Games to Glasgow during the Bid, served as Vice Chair of the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee, and was formerly chair of SportScotland from 2008 to 2015, and Commonwealth Games Scotland from 1999 until 2007.

In 2008, she joined the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport, which she has chaired for the past four years and is currently in her second term.

In 2003. Louise was awarded the CBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to the Commonwealth Games.

Alternate member

Mr David Grevemberg CBE

Chief Executive Officer Commonwealth Games Federation

Commonwealth Organisations and Networks

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Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Network

Primary member Ms Janine Thornhill

Chair Commonwealth Youth SDP Network

Janine is from Trinidad and Tobago and is a former competitive swimmer holding a Masters in Sport, Leisure and Tourism Management and a Bachelors in Sports Studies. She currently works in the office of Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Housing and Urban Development.

An avid sports fan, Janine channels her passion for sport and youth through volunteerism. She volunteered at the 2010 FIFA Under 17 Women’s World Cup and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

In 2014, she joined the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Working Group (CYSDP) working group where she continues to contribute to the group’s mission to advocate, educate and demonstrate the power of sport towards youth development. She also assisted in the publication of the CYSDP Youth Advocacy Toolkit.

During 2012- 2013, she completed an internship at the Irish Hockey Association, where she worked on their Facility Strategy.

While Janine continues to search for avenues to widen her understanding, Janine is committed to advancing SDP knowledge and practice through advocacy and research.

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Sir Hilary Beckles

Vice-ChancellorUniversity of West Indies

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is the Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies. Sir Hilary has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Degree in Economic and Social History from Hull University, and a PhD. He has lectured in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, and has published over 100 peer reviewed essays and 14 scholarly books and monographs on subjects ranging from Atlantic and Caribbean History, gender relations in the Caribbean, sport development and popular culture. As Professor of Economic and Social history, he won the first Vice Chancellor’s Award for excellence in the field of research.

He is a founding member of Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Science Advisory Board on sustainable development, and has been an advisor to UNESCO’s Cities for Peace Global Program. He has served as an advisor to the UN World Culture Report, and is the Vice President of UNESCO’s Slave Route Project.

In 2015 Sir Hilary was honoured by the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, for “extraordinary achievement, outstanding

leadership, and contribution to the community”. He received in 2015 the Second Global Community Healer Award for humanitarian work from the Community Healer Network, Washington DC, following the legendary Maya Angelou. In 2007 he was awarded a Commander Knight of St Andrew (KA), the highest national honour of his country, “in recognition of his distinguished service in the fields of Education, Sports and the Arts”.

Sir Hilary is the Chairman of the University of the West Indies Press, and served as a director of the West Indies Cricket Board, and was a director of West Indies Cricket World Cup Inc.

He is founder and director of the CLR James Centre for Cricket Research, and was founding director of the Sagicor West Indies Cricket Academy. Sir Hilary is Chairman of the Caribbean Examination Council, Chairman of the Caribbean Commission on Reparations, and is a member of the United Nations Development Program Advisory Panel for the Caribbean Human Development Report.

Expert Members

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Mr Deryck Murray

Past ChairTrinidad & Tobago Transparency Institute Transparency International

Deryck Murray was first selected for the West Indies Cricket team while still at Queen’s Royal College. He went on to represent the West Indies in 62 Test matches. He first played for Trinidad and Tobago at the age of 17 and was captain of Trinidad and Tobago for five years. He was also Vice-Captain when the West Indies won the first two Cricket World Cups.

In 1963 and 1975 he was chosen as the Trinidad and Tobago Sportsman of the Year Award and he was honoured in 1975 with the Chaconia Gold Medal for his many outstanding achievements.

Deryck graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Industrial Economics and read Economics and History at Cambridge University where he was awarded a cricket Blue and was captain of Cambridge University.

He served as the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) and as a Director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in the period 2005 - 2009. Deryck also served as Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago

Transparency Institute (the local chapter of the global coalition against corruption) from 2012 to September 2016. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and he is the current President of the Queen’s Park Cricket Club.

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Mr David Rutherford

Chief CommissionerNew Zealand Human Rights Commission NZ Human Rights Commission

David Rutherford is the Chief Human Rights Commissioner and before this he was the managing director of Special Olympics Asia Pacific.

He has held senior executive roles in building materials and agribusiness businesses operating in New Zealand and Australia, has been Chief Executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union and has worked as a corporate, securities and commercial lawyer in New Zealand and Canada.

David has lectured in sports law at Victoria University and has been a volunteer board member in rugby union, netball, Paralympics New Zealand, Special Olympics New Zealand, Special Olympics International and for the Attitude Trust.

David is a member of the Ministry of Education Bullying Prevention Advisory Group, which he worked to help establish. He is advocating for the inclusion of disadvantaged New Zealanders particularly in education, housing and health particularly people who were

affected by the Canterbury earthquake. He is currently leading the work on the reporting to the UN Committees for the Convention against Torture and to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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Professor Selina Khoo

Associate Professor University of Malaya

Associate Professor Dr Selina Khoo is currently the Deputy Director at the Sports Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Her research interests are related to participation of sports and physical activity. She serves on national and international committees and was recently appointed to be the Global Observatory for Physical Activity’s country contact for Malaysia.

Selina is also a National Course Director for the Olympic Council of Malaysia and facilitates Olympic Solidarity Sport Administrators courses. She has been invited to present her research at national and international conferences, including the International Forum on Children with Special Needs, IOC World Sport for All Congress, and Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children.

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Mr Oliver DudfieldHead of Sport for Development and PeaceYouth Division Commonwealth SecretariatTel: +44 20 7747 6457 Email: o.dudfield@commonwealth.int

Ms Tikwiza SilubondeSport for Development and Peace SectionYouth DivisionCommonwealth Secretariat Tel: +44 20 7747 6457 Email: t.silubonde@commonwealth.int

CABOS Secretariat

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1. Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (2006) Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport: Report January 2006, Commonwealth Secretariat, London.

2. Commonwealth Secretariat (2013), Commonwealth Secretariat Strategic Plan 2013/14–2016/17, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 27.

3. Commonwealth Secretariat (2016) Policy Guidance for Commonwealth Governments on Protecting the Integrity of Sport, Commonwealth Secretariat, London.

4. Commonwealth Secretariat and Government of Australia (2014) Template Policies Against the Manipulation of Sporting Competitions, Online.

5. 8th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting Communique, August 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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