Paul Meadoperates a sports consultancy that focuses on Northern Australia and into Asia. Paul is passionate about redefining sporting pathways, sport alliances and community participation to achieve success. He provides a unique insight to the sport sector around the opportunities for the development of sports organisations in a commercial context, whilst achieving community based outcomes.

Paul provides the strategic focus and Indonesian context for the “Diamonds in the Rough” program, which uses baseball to show Indonesian girls and women that they have choices beyond what society dictates. The program, funded through DFAT, has made three trip to Indonesia in 2016, taking anAustralianSquad to act as mentors and coaches to the Indonesian‘Diamonds’. On the last trip, the Program visitedBandung, Jakarta and Bali. Paul is an integral part of these trips, supportingthe strategic intent with the operational delivery, whilst building diplomatic andbilateralrelationships.