Matti Clements

About

For more than two decades, I’ve dedicated my career to shaping environments where people and performance thrive together. My work across elite and professional sport has centred on building cultures of high performance, wellbeing, and excellence-cultures that deliver sustained success while ensuring people feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. As the first female Director of the Australian Institute of Sport, I’ve led sector-wide reform, secured historic federal investment, and united stakeholders behind Australia’s first national high performance strategy (HP2032+). My leadership blends strategic clarity with deep people insight- a combination shaped by my background as a psychologist and my commitment to ethical, human-centred decision-making. Across board and committee appointments, I’ve contributed to governance, risk oversight, talent development, and athlete wellbeing at a national level. Whether chairing strategy groups, guiding remuneration and nominations processes, or championing athlete and stakeholder voices, I focus on aligning people, purpose, and performance to create long-term, system-wide impact. As a founder, executive, and advisor, I’ve built national frameworks, led major partnerships, and supported leaders across sport and government to navigate complexity with confidence. I’m energised by environments that demand collaboration, innovation, strategic foresight- and by the opportunity to help organisations deliver excellence in a way that is sustainable, inclusive, and future-ready.