Adam Bishop has had a long career in sport and became aware, very early in his career about the disparities and discrepancies in terms of access and profile of women and girls in sport in general. Rather than ‘admire the problem’ he decided to take action, whenever and wherever he could.   We discuss the matter of fairness, which can get overlooked in the dialogue about advancing women in sports as well as the role that leaders must play when they are in positions of authority and influence. Adam shares how he uses his relationships and plants seeds of thought in others' minds so that he can gain consensus from others about women participating and being more represented in senior roles in sports.   Adam also talks about the importance of the system of the sport getting behind gender equality. He calls out the work of Sport & Rec in South Australia as well as the work of the Office of Women Sport & Recreation here in Victoria to make changes to the system that enables sporting administrators to take action to close the gender gap in sport.   We also talk about how it takes courage and patience, and you have to use data really well to be an effective ally to women in sports. Adam is a humble leader, who isn’t comfortable being called an ally, but I can guarantee that he absolutely is!   About Adam Adam is a dynamic and entrepreneurial senior sports executive with an impressive track record of delivering successful outcomes across the areas of community participation and high-performance sport, and the events industry. Appointed to the CEO role at Athletics South Australia at the age of 25, Adam spent nearly a decade in this position, transforming and growing the business, before accepting an offer to take up the Interim High-Performance Director role at Athletics Australia in late 2017. Following athletics’ highly successful 2018 Commonwealth Games campaign, Adam moved to his current role as General Manager of Growth and Development at Athletics Australia, where he is responsible for overseeing and developing a range of programs to facilitate the growth of athletics in Australia. Adam is also an experienced Non-Executive Director, having served 3 years on the board of a community disability services organization during a period of significant organizational growth and governance reform.   Adam holds a Masters's degree in Sports Administration and a Bachelor of Education with majors in physical education and English and is a graduate Fellow of the renowned Governor's Leadership Foundation program.   Adam is also a competitive athlete, having won a National Junior 800m title before securing a college athletics scholarship in the USA and later going on to represent Australia at the World University Cross Country Championships.   Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adabish/
• Office of Women Sport & Recreation Victoria: https://sport.vic.gov.au/our-work/participation/women-and-girls-sport/office-women-sport-and-recreation
• Sport & Recreation South Australia: https://www.sportsa.org.au/about/

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