Jon Bisset

Jon Bisset (born July 11, 1968) was born and raised in Melbourne and is the oldest of two children. He attended secondary school at St Leonard's College, Brighton and graduated from Victoria University, Australia in 1991 with a Batchelor of Applied Science. He is currently undertaking a Masters of Community Management at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Professional career

Bisset has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1988, since 1997 in senior executive roles. Previously he held roles as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Fundraising Institute Australia, as General Manager, Operations for Netball Australia and as the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Canoeing.

Bisset sits on The Benevolent Society’s Research Ethics Committee and is a Fellow of the Institute of Sport Management and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Fundraising Institute Australia.

In 2000 he was the recipient of an Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to sport.

Bisset was Competition Director and Technical Organiser for the World Canoe Polo Championships in Adelaide in 1996, Technical Organiser for the 1998 World Canoe Polo Championships in Portugal, Chief Official for the 2000 World Championships in Brazil and the 2004 World Championships in Japan and Chief Scrutineer for the 2002 World Championships in Germany. He was a member of the International Canoe Federation Canoe Polo Committee from 1996 to 2006.