Commonwealth Games Canada have announced new Board members and individual members ©CGC

Martha Deacon, Simon Farbrother and Karen Hacker have been elected as members of the Board of Directors at Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC).

The trio were elected to the positions at the CGC’s Annual General Meeting, which took place in Edmonton, Alberta.

Deacon is a well-known Canadian sports leader and acted as Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, as well as being involved as a coach or team leader at five editions of the Games and the Olympics.

The Canadian Olympic Committee Executive Board member has a background in badminton and is currently consulting in organisational excellence.

She is joined by Farbrother, who in his former role at the City of Edmonton was involved in attracting high profile sporting events.

This included the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Olympic qualifiers, while he was also the vice-chair of Edmonton’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, before falling oil prices brought an end to the effort.

Hacker was the third member elected to the board, with the lawyer coming fresh from spending five years working on the Toronto 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games Organising Committee.

While the three officials have joined the Board, current members Bruce Wilkie and Linda Cuthbert have retired from the organisation.

Martha Deacon, Simon Farbrother and Karen Hacker have become Commonwealth Games Canada Board members ©CGC
Martha Deacon, Simon Farbrother and Karen Hacker have become Commonwealth Games Canada Board members ©CGC

"I am pleased to welcome our new Board and individual members to Commonwealth Games Canada," said Richard Powers, CGC President.

"With 18 months to go until the 2018 Games in Gold Coast, Australia, things are certainly ramping up for our athletes and sport partners.

"These new members bring significant expertise and experience to our organisation, which will assist us in our mandate to build a better Commonwealth through sport, as well as maintaining our reputation as a global leader within the Commonwealth sport movement."

The individual members elected were Holly Abraham, Bill Dowbiggin, Ralph Hutton, Rene Leblanc, Greg Maychak, Wayne Parro and Sabrina Razack.

The CGC offered their appreciation to Rachel Bedingfield, Lauren Couture, Lori Johnstone, Allan Prazsky and Mike Sutton, who have retired from their posts as individual members.

Each of the individual members are residents of Canada and support the mandate and programmes run by the CGC.