Board & Committees

Angelo was born and has always lived in Canberra. Outside of football Angelo is a director of multiple companies, but predominantly spends his time working in the Club Lime business which has moved from a family business that started in 2004 to now an ASX Listed company as of 2019 (VIVA Leisure ASX: VVA).  Club Lime is a health club business has grown to 150 clubs with over 150,000 members, along with a Franchised division of nearly 200 clubs and growing.  The company now has over 1500 employees based Australia wide.

Angelo hopes to be able to provide his knowledge/experience as a current player and company director operating multiple businesses to assist Capital Football to grow in the region and is excited about the opportunity.

She believes in and is committed to contributing to the local community and particularly to the development of football in Canberra. In 2010, she was awarded Life Membership of Weston Creek Soccer Club in recognition of her contribution to the women’s game. Her roles to promote football for woman and girls includes chairing the Capital Football Women’s Standing Advisory Committee from 2009-2013 and being elected as a member of the Football Australia inaugural Women’s Football Council from 2018-2020.

Fran had an extensive career in the Australian Government working in a variety of areas including customer service, corporate and property management, information technology and Ministerial and Parliamentary services.

As a Director, Fran uses her leadership, service delivery and governance credentials and experience gained as a senior executive in the Australian Public Service to enhance the strategic direction of Capital Football as well as strengthen the financial and risk management areas of the organisation.

Fran served as the Chair of Capital Football from 2019 to 2022 and is currently the Deputy Chair.

Having worked in high-performance environments and at a high level of sport administration, Gary is aiming to use his extensive experience to develop the relationship between Capital Football and different stakeholder groups to improve the sport in Canberra and the surrounding region.

A National Premier Leagues referee, Gary is highly regarded by his peers and the football community and intends on utilising his relationships with stakeholders to achieve the goals of the Board. Gary plans to ensure the safety and enjoyment of participants at all levels of Football through his work as a Director at Capital Football.

Kim has also worked with Australian Girls National teams. As the parent of two keen footballers, Kim brings a focus on supporting robust grassroots competitions. She is passionate about enhancing participation for women and girls and optimising player development pathways with an effective, transparent and pragmatic approach to governance.

In this role he has been supporting National Sporting Organisations to build financial capability and capacity, focus on financial sustainability, as well as promoting better practice financial risk management and robust evidenced-based decision making; skills which he intends to carry over to his role with Capital Football.

Andrew has been a Chartered Accountant (Scotland) for over 18 years and is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Prior to his role at the ASC he worked in Big 4 accounting firms in London and Sydney for over 14 years, predominantly in restructuring, where he advised and helped turnaround organisations experiencing financial distress.

Andrew has always had a passion for football having played at a young age and has travelled extensively to attend major tournaments.

Andrew joined the Board as an elected director in late September 2022.

Sarah is a Barrister at the ACT Bar, accepting briefs in criminal, family, and public law matters, and appearing in ACT, NSW and Federal courts.

Sarah also has a passion for community sport, not only playing, but contributing to administration roles particularly on legal and governance matters.

She has played football in Canberra for over a decade across a number of different clubs.

Frank is well known around Canberra as both a commentator on NPL matches and arguably Canberra’s most successful senior coach in the past decade. Frank joins the board having secured a treble for Monaro Panthers in 2023 adding to his 3 league championships, 2 FFA Cup qualifying wins, 2 grand final wins and 2 charity shield victories as head coach of Canberra Olympic. Still, he is perhaps best known for guiding Olympic through to a place in the semi-finals of the FFA Cup to play Graham Arnold’s Sydney FC, the furthest any team from the ACT has progressed. Outside of football, Frank is a strategic communications professional and business analyst specialising in information design.

Elizabeth (Libby) Hovasapian is a CPA, CA, Registered Company Auditor and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has run her own Public Practice Accounting firm and Audit firm, both as sole trader and in partnership in the Canberra region for nearly 20 years. Libby has been involved in the Football Community, both as a former volunteer on Club committees and has played as a Masters Player.