Jack Ralston - Gold Elite Speaker
Jack Ralston describes himself as “part trainer, part motivator, agitator and initiator... and a Futurist” – one who prepares for the future before you have to.
He has over 12 years experience directing national and international events in a wide variety of sports, including track and field, rugby, cycling, soccer, golf, basketball and tennis. He led negotiations with key national and local government officials, sponsors and sports federations. Jack has also developed business plans and strategies which involved considerable change and were very successful for all involved.
He has trained world champions to Olympic, Commonwealth Games and World Championship level and in 1994/95 was named as the Triathlon NZ coach of the year.
Jack was Asia Pacific Director for NIKE International, creating a major sports business message that saw billion dollar growth. He led the creation of Nike Sports Entertainment, working with sporting greats like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Carl Lewis in events all over the world.
For two years Jack worked with the NZ Rugby Union as Director of Commercial and Marketing, securing the game’s future through millions of dollars in sponsorship. Most recently he worked as the NZRU's Director of People, ensuring players have a well-balanced lifestyle and life skills during and after their playing career.
Jack is currently director of his own sports marketing company and the CEO of Gymnastics NZ.
Jack’s exciting presentations are built on a lifetime of coaching others to win and leave a lasting impression.
Testimonials
The audience's reaction to Jack was very positive. He linked into the content/business deliverables for the day and was very professional. We would definitely use him again.—Insight Consultants
Fantastic success. Wonderful. Exactly what the doctor ordered. [We had] Questions and Answers for ages.
Met the brief perfectly. Lovely man, very easy to work with.—Agent 86' Events
Favourite quotes
Beating the competition is relatively easy; beating yourself is a never-ending commitment.
Perfect practice makes perfect performance.
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