{{short description|Australian sports administrator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}} '''Cameron Schwab''' (born December 4, 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/156285/cameron-schwab-and-don-mclardy-media-conference?videoId=156285&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1365492266001|title=Cameron Schwab and Don McLardy media conference|publisher=Melbourne Football Club|date=9 April 2013|accessdate=17 October 2021|quote=In the video he says he started as a 17-year-old in 1981.}}</ref> is an Australian sports administrator.
Schwab became the youngest chief executive officer (CEO) of a club in Victorian Football League history when he joined Richmond in 1988.<ref name="Hero">{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=SAG100808SF4797EM3QT |title=Schwab is Dees' unsung hero|first=Caroline |last=Wilson|date=8 August 2010|work=The Sunday Age}}</ref> Early in the 1994 AFL season he resigned after some very poor performances by the Richmond team,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news940423_0154_2053 |title=The ire of the Tiger|first=Rohan |last=Connolly|date=23 April 1994|work=The Sunday Age}}</ref> before becoming a consultant to the new Fremantle Football Club's entry into the AFL. He then joined Melbourne where he worked as a recruiter, before becoming chief executive in 1997 under the presidency of Joseph Gutnick.<ref name="Fav">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/schwab-favourite-for-demons-role/story-e6frf39c-1111117109368 |title=Schwab favourite for Demons role|first=Greg |last=Denham|work=The Australian |date=5 August 2008}}</ref> He resigned in 1999 after a disagreement with Gutnick following a major salary cap breach.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news990809_0264_8749 |title=Gutnick and Lyon fall out|first= Misha|last=Ketchell|date=9 August 1999|work=The Age}}</ref>
In 2001 he joined Fremantle as chief executive officer, after the club had experienced their worst ever season, sacking their coach mid-year and winning only two games for the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE010831QCD5S2D19JA |title=AFL gaffe angers Freo|first=Caroline|last=Wilson|first2=Mark|last2=Duffield|date=31 August 2001|work=The Age}}</ref> He remained there for seven years, vastly improving the club's finances.<ref name="Fav"/>
Schwab returned to Melbourne, and in 2008 he was persuaded by club president Jim Stynes to return as chief executive officer. Whilst the club performed well off the field,<ref name="Hero"/> the club's on-field performances remained poor and the club was investigated for tanking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/schwab-on-thin-ice-as-sharks-circle-20130408-2hhez.html |title=Schwab on thin ice as sharks circle|date=9 April 2013 |first=Caroline |last=Wilson |location=Melbourne |work=The Age}}</ref> Schwab was on the verge of being sacked in mid-2011, but, in a surprise move, had his contract extended by twelve months on the same weekend the club suffered a near-record 186-point loss to {{AFL Gee}} in round 19. Then-president Jim Stynes said that the decision to retain Schwab was "coincidental and unrelated to the weekend's game".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-chief-executive-cameron-schwab-avoids-axe-for-a-year/news-story/71da0d2a9cf378f50b0f32857e0418be|title=Melbourne chief executive Cameron Schwab avoids axe for a year|publisher=Adelaide Now|first=Mark|last=Stevens|date=1 August 2011|accessdate=18 October 2021}}</ref>
Melbourne started the 2013 season very badly, losing its opening two matches by a total of 227 points, including a 148-point loss to Essendon in the second round. This put Schwab under even greater pressure. On 9 April 2013, Schwab was asked by the club president, Don McLardy, to resign as CEO, which he did.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-ceo-cameron-schwab-resigns-taking-responsibility-for-disastrous-start-to-season/story-e6frf9mf-1226615988486 Melbourne CEO Cameron Schwab resigns | Herald Sun 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013]</ref>
Schwab is the son of Alan Schwab, who was a prominent sports administrator and VFL commissioner, and the brother of Brendan Schwab, who is the chairman of FIFPro Asia and the former chief executive officer of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association.<ref name="quits">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/schwab-quits-players-union-20120417-1x5le.html |title=Schwab quits players' union|date=18 April 2012 |first=Michael |last=Lynch |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Twitter}} *[http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Cameron+Schwab Profile] at Demonwiki
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