{"id":16407,"date":"2021-03-26T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=16407"},"modified":"2021-06-02T09:10:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T01:10:53","slug":"tennis-west-announces-appointment-of-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2021\/03\/26\/tennis-west-announces-appointment-of-new-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Tennis West announces appointment of new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the Board, Tennis West is pleased to announce the appointment of <strong>Brett Patten<\/strong> as the organisation\u2019s new <strong>Chief Executive Officer<\/strong> (CEO) and <strong>General Manager, ATP Cup<\/strong> (Perth).<\/p>\n<p>Serving on the Tennis West Board since 2018, Patten will step down from his two-year tenure as the Boards Vice President, ahead of his commencement as the Tennis West CEO on <strong>Monday 12 April<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a graduate of Edith Cowan University, Patten holds both a Graduate Diploma of Business and a Masters of Business Administration. Holding leadership roles across a number of organisations, Patten\u2019s most recent role as the State Manager WA\/SA of ASX listed 5G Networks Ltd. further supports his notable business acumen including strategic planning, policy development, partner alliance, business development and business operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Board are thrilled to appoint Brett Patten as the new CEO of Tennis West,\u2019 <strong>Tennis West President Jan Truscott<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Having spent the last three years serving on the Board firstly as a Director and then as Vice-President, Brett has a clear understanding of the Board\u2019s forward focussed strategy, priorities and future direction,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As a long-time supporter and advocate of tennis in WA, I am heavily invested in the delivery and growth of tennis across the state,\u2019 newly appointed Tennis West CEO Brett Patten said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My appointment as the new CEO of the state governing body of tennis in Western Australia comes with great pride,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018I have a personal connection to the sport\u2019s dynamic and far-reaching impact on the wider community. Teamed with my experience in business leadership, I look forward to working alongside key stakeholders and all levels of government in continuing to grow the sport of tennis in WA,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Understanding that sport is a key driver to improving the social capital, economic growth and health and well-being of all West Australians, I look forward to driving the continued growth of thriving tennis communities across both metropolitan and regional WA,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Grassroots impact aside, I look forward to supporting the Board\u2019s priority in working with key stakeholders with regard to the redevelopment of Western Australia\u2019s premier tennis venue, the State Tennis Centre,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Developing a passion for tennis from his days as a junior player from regional WA, Patten has played representative tennis for WA at both junior and open events including the Tennis Senior ITF World and Oceania Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Patten has previously served on the Tennis Seniors WA Board and as a Tennis West State Selector, in addition to tenures on the Tennis West Disciplinary Committee and State League Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the Board, Tennis West is pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Patten as the organisation\u2019s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager, ATP Cup (Perth). Serving on the Tennis West Board since 2018, Patten will step down from his two-year tenure as the Boards Vice President, ahead of his commencement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6203,"featured_media":16410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}