The AFL has announced its changes to its Executive structure and a reallocation of duties after completing a review on the back of Ben Buckley's departure.Gillon McLachlan, formerly in charge of Commerical Operations, will take up the new position of Chief Broadcasting and Commercial Officer, while Andrew Catterall, who was the league's Manager of Strategic Planning, has been promoted to the executive position of General Manager of Strategy and Club Support.Catterall, who re-joined the AFL in 2004, previously worked in strategic planning roles at the AFL while working as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group.A new position of General Manager of Corporate Development and Industry Relations has also been created within the AFL Executive.This position, which focuses on strategy, major projects and the AFL's relationships with important clientele, will be advertised in this week's newspapers."The AFL has had many significant successes in 2006 in a really busy year but we also need to focus on the future and enacting the Next Generation strategy. We need to hit the ground running in 2007," said AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Demetriou."Our Executive team has done a fantastic job and we now have an opportunity to both expand our team and also to reallocate some of the responsibilities."In addition, some of the titles of the AFL Executive have been changed to give a more accurate description of the current nature of their roles.Ian Anderson's new title will be Chief Financial Officer; Colin McLeod's new title will be General Manager of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs; and David Matthews' new title will be General Manager of National and International Development.The roles of the other executive members have not changed.