Executive General Manager of Events & Operations | Cricket Australia
Learn how Joel Morrison progressed his way through the AFL to then become the Cricket NT CEO at just 29, before working up to an Executive General Manager role at Cricket Australia.
Reuben Williams
December 08, 2025
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#338: From the AFL, to Cricket NT CEO at 29, to Executive General Manager at Cricket Australia
Meet Joel Morrison, the Executive General Manager of Events and General Operations at Cricket Australia.
In this episode, we follow Joel’s journey and his leadership experiences where he became the CEO of Northern Territory Cricket at only 29 years old.
We breakdown his move from Darwin to Melbourne to pursue more opportunities where he got his first full-time gig at the AFL, working with the commercial team at the Big Bash Leagues and then making the move up into more leadership roles within Cricket.
If you want to meet Joel and here more from him, he’s going to be speaking at the SportsGrad Adelaide Meetup on December 16, the night before Day 1 of the Adelaide Test match, so come along for that if you’re in town.
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