Ian Wright and John Keogh will take charge of the men's and women's teams respectively, with the duo set to work alongside performance director Bernard Savage and deputy performance director Jaime Fernandez.

Wright will join Rowing Australia next month and be based in the capital, Canberra, the location of the men’s National Training Centre.

Providing technical leadership of the men’s rowing programme, Wright will be tasked with aiding the men’s senior and assistant coaches and with "driving the ongoing development of Australia’s elite male rowers".

The New Zealander was the head coach of the Swiss Rowing Federation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, as the country won gold in the lightweight men’s four.

Wright, himself an Olympic bronze medallist and a Commonwealth Games silver and bronze medallist, has already worked in Australia as head coach and director at Melbourne University Rowing Club from 2005 to 2009.

"I am looking forward to starting my role with Rowing Australia," he said.

"I am excited by the opportunities that lie ahead and hope to play an important role with the sport of rowing in Australia over the coming years."

Australian born Keogh has led the women’s programme at Rowing Canada for the past six years, holding the roles of women’s performance director and senior women’s coach.

During this time with Canada the country’s female rowers have won multiple medals, including the lightweight women’s double sculls silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the women’s eight silver at London 2012.

Prior to his role with Rowing Canada, Keogh was a high performance coach at leading rowing nation Great Britain, where he coached crews at various World Rowing Championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Raised in Tasmania, Keogh also represented Australia himself at two World Rowing Championships.

“I am excited to be returning to Australia to lead the Women’s National Training Centre," he said.

"I am looking forward to working with Australia’s elite female athletes, as well as the entire staff and coaching group as we work towards the common goal of being the world’s top rowing nation.

"I have been fortunate for the last 10 years to work overseas in successful programmes, alongside some of the leading coaches from around the world, and I look forward to bringing my knowledge to this exciting new direction for Rowing Australia."

The appointments come after Rowing Australia condemned the hacking group Fancy Bears after they leaked confidential medical data of two of its rowers following a cyber-attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which affected a number of athletes.

The documents leaked included details of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) granted to Kim Brennan and Alexander Belonogoff.

TUEs exist so that athletes who suffer from legitimate medical conditions can seek treatment and there is as such no suggestion of any wrongdoing.