Andrew Demetriou

Andrew Demetriou
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Demetriou
Date of birth	(1961-04-14) 14 April 1961 (age 55)
Original team(s)	Pascoe Vale
Height / weight	182 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–1987	North Melbourne	103 (47)
1988	Hawthorn	003 0(1)
Total		106 (48)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. Demetriou played 103 games for the North Melbourne Football Club between 1981 and 1987, finishing his playing career with a three-game stint for Hawthorn in 1988. Chairing several companies after his retirement from playing, he was appointed CEO of the AFL Players Association in 1998, and was responsible for negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players. Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he was responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals.

Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s.

He was educated at La Trobe University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 and a Diploma of Education in 1984. He was awarded the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009 and a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) in 2015 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to sport management and to Australian society through his leadership and support of important social issues, and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor.