Rod Butterss

{{Short description|Australian businessman and sports administrator}}

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Roderick "Rod" Butterss is an Australian investor, with stakes in property development and the recruiting industry.

During the late 1970s, Butterss played in the St Kilda Football Club reserves side, but never made it to senior level. He developed a long association with the club, and became president of the club in 2000, and resigned in 2007 due to a serious challenge from another party led by Greg Westaway. The entire St Kilda board followed Butterss and resigned the same day.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/saints-return-fire-at-butterss/story-e6frey09-1111117796098|title=Saints return fire at Rod Butterss |last=Harris|first=Amelia|date=20 August 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|accessdate=1 February 2010}}

Butterss founded information technology head-hunter firm Icon Recruitment in 1989 before selling the successful business to United States recruitment giant Adecco for a substantial sum in 1997. Five years after the sale he bought half of his brother's technology recruitment firm Ises, which has a turnover in excess of $100 million per annum.

In 2006, he sold his Brighton home for $11.6 million.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/butterss-mansion-sells-for-115m/2006/10/11/1160246197080.html|title=Butterss mansion sells for $11.5m|date=12 October 2006|work=The Age|accessdate=1 February 2010}}

During his St Kilda presidency, he was best known for his association with one-time close friend and neighbour Grant Thomas, whom he met in the St Kilda reserves in the late 1970s. The friendship cooled and in 2006 Thomas was sacked.

He was married to socialite Susie McLean in February 2009 but separated in July 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,26051404-5014675,00.html|title=Sail-away Saint Rod Butterss won't be at the grand final|last=Stevens|first=Mark|date=9 September 2009|work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide|accessdate=1 February 2010}}

On 23 May 2013 Adaps announced that Rod joined the IT Recruitment specialist as chief executive officer.{{cite web|url=http://www.adaps.com.au/it-recruitment-entrepreneur-joins-adaps-as-ceo/|title=IT Recruitment Entrepreneur joins Adaps as CEO|date=23 May 2013|publisher=Adaps|accessdate=23 May 2013}}