Carlton CEO Graham Wright and AFL Senior Coach Michael Voss and give an insight into what Blues fan can expect from new General Manager of Football Chris Davies as a leader and a person.
Wright on Davies: "He's a Carlton supporter, (who) certainly saw that coming here to a big Melbourne club, one as strong as Carlton, was advantageous for him as well, and the right time for him and his family. He's a really strong leader. I've worked with him on a number of working parties with the AFL across the years and have a good knowledge of his work. He's strong, fair, has a really good knowledge and understanding of the AFL industry. Great relationships with stakeholders, great relationships with players and people and player managers, and I think he'll be a great asset to our club.
"A strong leader, but he's empathetic, great values, it fits our value set as a football club, humble, hardworking and as I said quite smart and diligent. I feel overall he'll add an enormous amount to to what we're doing, hopefully complement the good people we've already got in our football department.
Voss on Davies: "I worked with Chris for six or seven years at Port Adelaide. Very measured. He’s very experienced and well-regarded within the industry, and because he’s quite measured and pragmatic in the way he sees things, he’ll be a really important sounding board and a critical leader - as GMs of Football are for football clubs. He brings that wealth of experience.
"What I’ve always loved about Chris is he always brings that sense of urgency to get it done now, but has a great way to still provide that support and care for his people. That’s pretty hard to do. He is a guy that you feel like ‘I want to do well for you, I don’t want to let you down’. He has that feel about him as a person or as a leader that you just don’t want to let Chris Davies down. You want to do well for him and you always feel like he’s got your back. That was really important and he’ll be a really significant announcement for our club."
