One of Australia’s premier hosts, Hamish McLachlan is synonymous with some of the biggest events on the sporting calendar.

Hamish originally cut his broadcasting teeth in equestrian sports, specifically polo – a sport where his role as a player and administrator led to opportunities to call games locally and then, in time, at tournaments such as the Cartier International in England and International Tests throughout Europe and Asia.

Knowing the hard work needed to be done abroad to get an opportunity at home, he spent three summers in Europe hosting sporting and charity events as well as calling matches to hone his skills behind the microphone in the hope he would get an opportunity domestically.

Returning to Australia in 2008, Hamish got his break with Channel 7, first appearing as the host of Sunday morning footy fix AFL Game Day, balancing informed opinion and light-hearted banter with some of the game’s past and present greats.

During that time, Hamish hosted Triple M’s award-winning Spring Racing coverage, which subsequently led to the opportunity to call AFL matches. He has also hosted breakfast radio on SEN and written for the Heral Sun newspaper.

Following the success of AFL Game Day, Hamish was asked to become involved in the hosting of the Spring Racing broadcast and calling tennis for the World Feed broadcast of the Australian Open with Channel 7.

Over time, Hamish has cemented himself as one of Australia’s premier big-event hosts, having fronted events such as the Melbourne Cup Spring Racing coverage, Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Rio 2020 Olympic Games and entertainment action series Australian Spartan.

A highly sought after master of ceremonies, Hamish had the honour of hosting the 2019 Brownlow Medal Count Coverage. The following year, he presented the popular AFL digital series ‘The Last Time I Cried’.

He is an active supporter of various causes including Captain Courageous, where he is a Board Member, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, where he is an ambassador, and Cool Australia. He is also a proud partner of AIA Vitality.

Hamish lives in Melbourne with wife Sophie and three children.