15 15 During the past six months the ASC has focused on a newly drafted strategy and organisation design, NSP consultation, a strategic asset management review, the reform of the National Institute Network (NIN), investigation of a national sports lottery, launch of the next stages of the physical literacy standard and an important piece of work around child protection. Our Stepping In program, which provides intensive targeted leadership development opportunities for future women leaders, has been a fantastic success, with places oversubscribed and positive feedback. Similarly, the AIS Centre for Performance Coaching and Leadership continues to deliver world-best approaches to learning and development for coaches and performance leaders. We also welcomed the National Basketball Association (NBA) Global Academy on site, an elite training centre for Australian and international male and female basketball prospects. The sector has a collective challenge and opportunity and we will be measured on the quality of execution and our ability to remain focused on ‘game changers’. Some of the key initiatives are review of the investment model, freeing up resources to increase investment in sport outcomes, evolution of the highly valued Sporting Schools program and promoting the critical role sport and physical activity plays in the development of children. We will work on building capability of NSOs through their workforce and digital transformation and maximise the use and utility of the AIS site to deliver the AIS high performance strategy. We will seek greater clarity and real purpose around our leadership role and how we work in partnership, and across the sector, to strengthen sport. Thank you to Chair John Wylie am and all Commissioners for their support and clear direction. We are fortunate to have a Board with strong expertise and skills to lead the organisation. Thank you also to the ASC staff members, who looked at me, smiled and rolled up their sleeves when I said that we are going to set our sights on transforming the organisation. Thank you to my fellow CEOs who work so hard to grow their sport and for your contribution to the system and to my colleagues in each of the State and Territory Departments and SIS/SAS who I look forward to working closely with on our shared outcomes across the system. Kate Palmer Chief Executive Officer Australian Sports Commission