Philip Saikaly is Lead Director Community Sports Infrastructure, Sport and Recreation Victoria, Victorian Government, Australia. Philip has almost 25 years’ experience in planning and delivering community sports infrastructure, mostly with Sport and Recreation Victoria in the Victorian Government and has overseen infrastructure investment of over AUD 1.5 billion over the past decade, in partnership with local governments and sporting organisations. He is nationally recognised for driving world-leading public policy to ensure more people secure the health, social and economic benefits of participation, particularly in socio-economic disadvantaged communities and for groups that participate less.