Tim Roberts is now the boss of the Essendon Football Club. He is the Chief Executive Officer. This means he is, in charge of the club. The change happens before the 2026 season starts for the Australian Football League club, the Essendon Football Club.
Roberts joined Essendon as a director on their Board in 2022. He became the Vice President of Essendon in September 2025. Now Roberts will start his job as the CEO of Essendon on 16 February 2026. The people, in charge of Essendon looked at a lot of people for this job. They also looked at what was going on inside Essendon before they chose Roberts for the CEO role of Essendon.
Roberts has been working in the business world and construction for a long time over 30 years. He used to work at WT Partnership where he was in charge of complicated projects in many places like Australia and the Middle East and North America and Asia. Now Roberts is in a role and he is bringing strong skills to the table skills that will help him make good decisions and do business well these skills are very important for his new role, at Roberts new job.
Essendon President Andrew Welsh said that Roberts is the person for the job. He knows the club well because he was on the board and was a vice president. Roberts can make the club a better place. He has a good plan for the team to do well on the field and for the club to make more money off the field. Essendon President Andrew Welsh thinks that Roberts has a lot of ideas, for Essendon.
Roberts has done a lot of things for the club while he was on the board. He was involved in how the club made money programs for the community and making sure everything lined up with the football strategy. The Essendon club also kept Craig Vozzo, the CEO in a different leadership role. Craig Vozzo is now focusing on managing the list of players and recruiting ones. This means the Essendon club will have continuity in the areas of football like list management and recruiting. Roberts and the club want to make sure the football strategy is strong. The Essendon club is working hard to make sure everything is in place, for the football team.
The Essendon club is getting a CEO and this is the fourth time they are doing this in three years. This is a change for the Essendon club. The Essendon club is trying to make itself better so it can be in the finals every year. The Essendon club wants to be close, to its supporters and the community and the people who help them with money the partners of the Essendon club.
Roberts said he was honoured to lead Essendon into its next chapter and expressed a strong commitment to building on the foundations laid by his predecessors, focusing on performance excellence and the club’s proud traditions.
