The Melbourne Storm have named long-time Essendon executive Justin Rodski as their new chief executive, the replacement for Dave Donaghy.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old spent 10 years with the Bombers in a number of positions, most recently as chief commercial and customer officer.<\/p>\n
MORE NRL NEWS: <\/strong>'A lot of gratitude': South Sydney Rabbitohs confirm one-year Benji Marshall deal<\/a><\/p>\n Donaghy became the Brisbane Broncos' chief executive late last year.<\/p>\n Ash Tucker will continue as the Storm's acting chief executive until Rodski begins work on February 15.<\/p>\n MORE AFL NEWS: <\/strong>Ben McEvoy keen to 'make amends' after being named Hawthorn's 37th club captain<\/a><\/p>\n Rodski has joined Melbourne on the back of a premiership season in crucial times, given the financial and logistical stress facing NRL clubs amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/storm\/status\/1354987644292263937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n "It is a great honour and privilege to be appointed Melbourne Storm CEO," Rodski said.<\/p>\n "Storm is one of the most respected, successful and prominent sporting organisations in the country.<\/p>\n "The challenge to build on this strong foundation and lead the club through its next period of growth and success is an incredibly exciting opportunity.<\/p>\n "The role comes with great responsibility. Storm has established a renowned and revered culture, both on and off the field, and I look forward to working closely with the board, staff, coaches, players, members and partners to continue developing that proud legacy into the future."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Melbourne Storm have named long-time Essendon executive Justin Rodski as their new chief executive, the replacement for Dave Donaghy. The 39-year-old spent 10 years […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28371,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28370\/revisions\/28371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}