Todd Greenberg

{{short description|Australian rugby league administrator (born 1971)}}

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Todd Greenberg (born 2 July 1971) is an Australian sports administrator who served as chief executive officer of the NRL between March 2016 and April 2020. In January 2021 he was appointed as chief executive officer of the Australian Cricketers' Association.

Background

Greenberg was born in 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is Jewish.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-boss-todd-greenberg-people-tell-me-how-to-do-my-job-better-20180816-p4zxs8.html |title=NRL boss Todd Greenberg: 'People tell me how to do my job better'|work=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=6 April 2020}} He went to high school at Sydney Tech. His grandfather, Dr Les Greenberg, was the first medical officer to the New South Wales Rugby League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-boss-todd-greenberg-people-tell-me-how-to-do-my-job-better-20180816-p4zxs8.html|title=NRL boss Todd Greenberg: 'People tell me how to do my job better'|last=Dapin|first=Mark|date=2018-08-17|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}}

Career

Greenberg represented Australia in cricket at two editions of the Maccabiah Games, an international multi-sport event for Jewish athletes.{{cite news |url=https://www.jewishnews.net.au/greenberg-embraces-tough-nrl-challenges/33549 |title=Greenberg embraces tough NRL challenges |work=The Australian Jewish News |date=25 December 2013 |access-date=12 August 2016 }}

Greenberg completed a sports science degree at the University of New South Wales{{cite web |url=https://www.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors/view/?id=273 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301043836/http://www.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors/view/?id=273 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-03-01 |title=Todd Greenberg |work=NSW Ambassadors |publisher=National Australia Day Council |date=2017 |access-date=21 June 2017 }} and a part-time master's degree at University of Technology Sydney.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/game-changer-20130527-2n6ft.html|title=Game changer|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 May 2013 |access-date=4 August 2016}}

Between 1993 and 1998, Greenberg worked for Cricket NSW as Events & Promotions Manager.{{cite web|url=http://www.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors/view/?id=273|title=Todd Greenberg (New South Wales)|publisher=Australia Day|date=2016-08-14|access-date=2016-08-04}} Greenberg joined the NRL club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2001 as Operations and Events Manager. He then left in 2001 to become the General Manager of Stadium Australia. In 2008, he returned to Canterbury-Bankstown, taking on the position of CEO, a role he held with the Belmore club until 2013;{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-new-nrl-ceo-todd-greenberg/news-story/ff4b96359d862c55dcc2555058500bee|title=Five things you need to know about new NRL CEO Todd Greenberg|work=Daily Telegraph|date=2016-03-15|access-date=2016-08-04}} when he was appointed the Head of Football for the NRL.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/raelene-castle-and-todd-greenberg-in-contention-to-become-new-nrl-chief-executive-20160119-gm9cd0.html|title=Raelene Castle and Todd Greenberg in contention to become new NRL chief executive|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2016-01-19|access-date=2016-08-04}}

In March 2016, Greenberg was appointed chief executive officer of the NRL, succeeding David Smith.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/todd-greenberg-appointed-nrl-ceo/tabid/10874/newsid/93922/default.aspx|title=Todd Greenberg appointed NRL CEO|publisher=NRL|date=2016-03-18|access-date=2016-08-04}}{{cite web|url=http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/dave-smith-quits-as-nrl-boss/6868306|title=Dave Smith quits as NRL chief despite broadcast rights deal incomplete|work=ABC News |location=Australia|date=2015-10-20|access-date=2016-08-04}} Greenberg stepped down as CEO on April 20, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2020-coronavirus-todd-greenberg-pay-cut-contracts-season/news-story/ee34ae7f2d990054dd77847a882d732e |title=I’m no ‘dead man walking’: NRL boss Greenberg says he can cop the criticism|work=Foxsports |access-date=6 April 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-20/nrl-ceo-todd-greenberg-stands-down-immediately/12165926 |title=NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg steps down as league faces coronavirus test |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=20 April 2020 |access-date=20 April 2020 }}

In January 2021, it was announced that Greenberg had been appointed as chief executive officer of the Australian Cricketers' Association, succeeding Alistair Nicholson in the role.{{cite web|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/former-nrl-boss-todd-greenberg-named-ceo-of-the-australian-cricketers-association/3d875b97-f95e-4659-988b-fcf068bf1513 |title=Former NRL boss Todd Greenberg named CEO of the Australian Cricketers' Association |work=Wide World of Sports |date=2021-01-21|access-date=2023-04-07}}