Peter Merritt, President of Yachting Victoria, today announced the appointment of Ross Kilborn as the new Chief Executive Officer of Yachting Victoria.

In his announcement Peter said ‘ We are very pleased to have Ross join us, he has an excellent career to date in business and organisation development and has succeeded in what was a rigorous and demanding selection process.'

Ross’s business background includes an initial ten years in financial management roles, before moving to general management in several medium size companies. Most recently he was general manager of a consumer marketing consultancy company which he established seven years ago, and which developed to be the leader in its field in Australia.

Ross has been involved in yachting in Victoria for nearly 30 years. He has sailed off the beach, trailable and keel boats. He is currently an active catamaran sailor at Port Melbourne Yacht Club, where he is also Principal of the Sailing School.

Ross commenced at the office today, and said ' I am very much looking forward to this opportunity to work with the Executive and staff of Yachting Victoria and our member clubs in developing an exciting future for yachting in Victoria, and in particular all members.'.