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Path to Cats presidency goes through Boston Consulting Group

Critics have labelled Geelong a “boys’ club”. But the board of the Geelong Football Club has tended to draw from an even narrower pool.

Myriam RobinSenior writer

Jul 2, 2024 – 6.24pm

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When Boston Consulting Group’s Australian chief Grant McCabe was last month announced as the incoming president of the Geelong Football Club, the club’s long-serving deputy president quit in protest.

After no fewer than 14 years on the board, five as vice-president, Geelong lawyer Diana Taylor had hoped for the top job. But McCabe won out. Taylor resigned and told everyone why she did so, sparking a predictable debate about sexism in AFL clubs.

Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.