Catherine Clark

Catherine Clark was an Australian sport administrator. She has held several chief executive officer positions with state and national sports organisations.

Early years

Clark attended Caboolture State High School from 1991 to 1995, where she represented Queensland in hockey. Injury ended her elite hockey career. CEO of Gymnastics Australia (2010–2012) and CEO of Netball Queensland (2015–2021). Under her leadership with Netball Queensland, the Queensland Firebirds won two ANZ Championships and Netball Queensland built the new $46M state-of-the art Queensland State Netball Centre. Under Clark's leadership in 2021, relations between Netball Queensland and Ipswich Netball Association soured, ending in a lengthy legal battle. The Queensland Supreme Court ruled that Netball Queensland's decision to not renew Ipswich Netball Association's affiliation was not authorised and therefore invalid.

By 2021, Clark was an accredited Australian Institute of Company Director and had been a director of Hockey Queensland, Australian University Sport, Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Queensland Division), and Shooting Australia.

In 2021, she was the chief executive officer of Paralympics Australia from January 2022 to July 2024. In what was given to be a 'mystery absence before shock resignation', after 2.5 years with PA, Clark resigned eight weeks prior to the start of the Paralympic Games in Paris.

Integrity administration

On 12 September 2024, Clark was announced as the new commissioner of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission. The embattled QRIC, formed in July 2016, has duties including overviewing horse and greyhound racing.

Recognition 2016 – Queensland's Sport Administrator of the Year 2019 – Australian Financial Review's 100 Most Influential Women for 2019.