The Future of the NBL: Australia’s Basketball Ambition with CEO David Stevenson

About this episode

David Stevenson discusses the future of the NBL and his vision for Australian basketball.

Australia’s basketball is on the rise — and at the heart of it is David Stevenson, CEO of the National Basketball League (NBL). 🏀 With a career spanning some of the world’s biggest sporting organisations — from 17 years at Nike leading global markets, to senior leadership at the AFL where he helped launch the groundbreaking Gather Round — David now leads the NBL into its boldest era yet. Under his leadership, the league has launched innovative formats like the Ignite Cup, explored expansion...

People in this episode

Host: Tatjana Pandurevic

Guest: David Stevenson

Topics covered

• basketball
• leadership
• sports innovation
• NBL
• Australia
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• NBL
• David Stevenson
• basketball
• sports leadership
• Nike
• AFL
• Ignite Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Basketball League, Nike, AFL

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