James "Jim" Stynes OAM is a well known Irish Australian, a former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008. He was twice named Victorian of the Year (2001 and 2003) and has been honoured by the Queen with the Medal of the Order of Australia in (2007) and Melburnian of the Year (2010), continuing his work despite being diagnosed with cancer.