Education
Exeter College.
Exeter College.
Hollingsworth competed nationally and internationally for Australia in the 400 metres hurdles. He participated in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, the and World Athletics Championships. Hollingsworth holds the record at under 18 level in the 400m hurdles with a time of 50.45 seconds.
He was a Rhodes Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
He was an Executive Director in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet before being appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Sports Commission on 27 September 2011.
Hollingsworth is a member of the Athletes commission and has acted as chairperson of the Commission since 2000.