Liz Ellis played 122 Netball Tests for Australia which made her the most capped Australian international player of all time. Liz was a long-standing Captain of Australia winning three World Championships.

As one of Australia’s highest profile elite athletes and most successful netballers ever. Until her retirement in 2007, Liz was Captain of the Australian Netball Team and Sydney TAB Swifts. She surpassed the record for most test matches played for Australia. Liz’s career highlights include 3 World Championships, 2 Commonwealth Games Gold Medals and 4 National Premierships, as well as being named Aust’s Most Valuable Player on 4 occasions.  

Liz is highly regarded in the business sector and currently holds number of board positions, such the Australian Sports Commission, the Sydney Olympic Parks Authority and the NSW Institute of Sport. Liz has also previously sat on the boards of the Australian Sports Drug Agency, the Institute of Sport Management and NSW Major Events. She has been consulted by government about sporting regulations and is often asked by other governing bodies for her expertise in the area of sport in Australia and on a worldwide scale.  

In 2009, Liz became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day Honours for “services to netball and the encouragement of women in sport, and to the community through support for a range of charitable organizations”.  

Liz is also a highly successful and experienced broadcaster. She appears on television and radio as a presenter as well as a sports commentator and can be seen on Channel 10 during the netball season. Liz has also enjoyed broadcasting for ABC Local radio on 702 Sydney and for national shifts. Liz has appeared on Channel Seven’s “Sportsworld”, “Sunrise”, “110% Tony Squires” and coverage of The 2003 Rugby World Cup, as well as ABC TV’s “The Fat” and “The Glasshouse”. She also presented a weekly sports segment on Triple J with Adam Spencer & Wil Anderson.  

Liz has an Arts/Law degree from Macquarie University and is on the board of various organizations including NSW Institute of Sport and Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. She put her legal career on hold to concentrate on netball, her business commitments and media projects.