The chief executive officer of the Canterbury Bulldogs has been locked in as the next keynote speaker at The Illawarra Connection.
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Originally from Wagga Wagga before moving to New Zealand as a child Raelene Castle became the first female chief executive in the NRL in Australia when she was appointed in 2013. The previous six years she led Netball New Zealand and the Silver Ferns. She was also director of the International Netball Federation.
She was based in the UK from 2011 to 2015.
She also represented Auckland in netball and tennis.
After completing a degree majoring in marketing and production operations management Ms Castle launched her corporate career as a marketing and communications executive with Fuji Xerox NZ.
She then moved into more senior roles such as head of business marketing for Telecom NZ. She was appointed CEO of Netball New Zealand in 2007.
She was recognised with a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award in 2011 and was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2015.
Ms Castle topic at The Illawarra Connection on August 1 at the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach is leadership in sport on both sides of the Tasman.