Former Olympic road cyclist Tracey Gaudry has been announced as the new CEO of Hawthorn Football Club.
The Age report that Gaudry will be the first female chief executive of an AFL club on a permanent basis.
"Tracey Gaudry is a highly-accomplished leader whose executive and non-executive career spans national and international roles in sport," the Hawks say in a statement.
"She is a former professional athlete, dual Olympian and currently the General Manager – Commercial and Growth at Athletics Australia, Vice President of the world governing body for the sport of cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and a contributor to the International Olympic Committee on gender inclusion."