Gabrielle Trainor

Gabrielle Trainor is a former lawyer, journalist, public sector executive and consultant in public policy, government relations and issues management. She has more than 25 years’ experience as a non-executive director in entities operating in urban development, major projects, transport and infrastructure. Her current directorships include Zurich Australia, Infrastructure Australia, the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (Vic) and listed investment company WAM Global. She chairs the National Film and Sound Archive. She is a commissioner of the Australian Sports Commission (Sport Australia) and a trustee of the Charlie Perkins Trust and of Western Sydney University. Trainor was appointed as an inaugural Director of the Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club in 2011 and chaired the Giants’ Integrity Committee. She has lifelong experience in football, from volunteering for the Willoughby Wildcats in the Sydney AFL juniors’ competition to sitting on the AFL Commission NSW/ACT for 10 years, where she championed the movement to better integrate the Sydney Women’s AFL with the Commission. Her grandfather, Frank, and father, Tony, were presidents of North Melbourne for a total of 22 years. Appointed to the AFL Commission in March 2016.