Steven Cummins

Competed professionally across Australia, France, South Africa, the U.K and Japan over a 15-year career.

Key achievements:

• Led and operated within high-performance environments across multiple countries and cultures.

• Developed strong stakeholder management skills through interaction with coaches, executives, sponsors, media and commercial partners.

• Demonstrated resilience, adaptability and consistent performance under pressure.

• Served in leadership positions responsible for communication, team alignment and performance standards.

• Developed conversational and professional working proficiency in French, enabling effective communication with coaches, teammates, management and support staff within a high-performance professional sporting environment.

• Built and maintained extensive professional networks across sport, business and international markets.

• Managed contractual negotiations and career planning across multiple jurisdictions.

• Supported advisers and paraplanners in the delivery of retirement, pension and investment advice to private clients and businesses.

• Developed understanding of financial planning processes, pension structures, client servicing and regulatory requirements.

• Worked closely with senior advisers and support teams to deliver high-quality client outcomes in a regulated financial services environment.

• Assisted with client relationship management, research, administration and advice implementation activities.

• Developed strong attention to detail, communication skills and client-centric approach.

• Undertook further education and gained exposure to UK retail financial advice standards (R0 pathway).

Elected representative on the WRPA Player Executive Board, advocating for over 160 professional players and contributing to organisational governance, strategic planning, and welfare initiatives.

Key Contributions:

• Partnered with the CEO, legal counsel and union stakeholders to shape player-welfare policy, contract frameworks and dispute-resolution processes.
  
• Participated in strategic decisions on financial wellbeing programmes and post-career transition pathways for members.
  
• Acted as liaison between playing group and executive leadership, strengthening stakeholder engagement and communication.
  
• Gained experience in negotiation, governance and change management while balancing elite-sport performance commitments.

• Leveraged professional sporting network to identify and onboard new business partners for a sports-tech platform.
  
• Led client presentations, gathered and synthesised user feedback, and collaborated with leadership on strategic growth initiatives.
  
• Developed experience in relationship management and sales pipeline development.