MAJOR EVENTS PANEL CANDIDATE BROCHURE UK SPORT
UK Sport is the UK government’s high- performance sports agency, responsible for inspiring the nation through Olympic and Paralympic success. Since UK Sport was founded by Royal Charter in 1997 we have taken GB from 36th in the Olympic medal table at Atlanta to second in the Olympic and Paralympic medal table at Rio 2016.
We know the power that sport has; we want to deliver extraordinary sporting moments that reach, inspire and unite people through:
Success at the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The staging of major international sporting events in the UK
Our work to have a strong voice internationally
Working with stakeholders to deliver meaningful social impact
Ensuring sports are run with world-leading standards of culture, governance, equality and integrity MAJOR EVENTS INVESTMENT
The Major Events team at UK Sport We strive for all major events manages Exchequer and National to embed the brand values that Lottery funding into major sporting demonstrate how the UK is a events that take place right across world-class host: the UK in Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth and other sports. Quality UK Sport is likely to invest almost Utilising our sound and strong £30m of National Lottery funding system of venues and expertise between 2017-2025 into two to deliver each event to a world- investment programmes: class standard.
Prestige Pinnacle Programme Every year the UK demonstrates enables the most important its ability to deliver classic global events in each sport to be international events with a modern hosted in the UK to world leading event experience. standards that promote UK brand values as a host nation. Passion We are an inclusive sporting nation, excited to fill venues Performance Programme and support events and athletes enables Games qualification, across Olympic, Paralympic classification and preparation and professional sports. events to be hosted in the UK to functional standards focused Innovation on athlete services. We are driven to improve event delivery and the spectator experience to benefit the event, sport and the industry as a whole. THE ROLE THE MAJOR EVENTS PANEL
The Major Events Panel is a combination of existing UK Sport board members and independent experts from the events sector. The current panel members are;
WHAT YOU’LL DO WHO YOU ARE COMMITMENT Nicky Roche CBE Annie Panter Dave Gordon OBE Chair (UK Sport board member) (UK Sport board member) The Major Events Panel has Someone with experience of The UK Sport Major Events Panel Dave was Head of Major Events two roles: delivering events large scale usually meets 4-6 times a year. Nicky Roche was a career civil Annie is a former athlete who at BBC Sport from 2001 to 2013 events, either from a strategic or servant with role including Director competed in the Beijing and and led the teams delivering BBC Making investment operation perspective A term of office is usually 2-3 years. of Sport at DCMS and Director London Olympic Games winning Sport’s coverage of the London recommendations to the of Operations in the Government a bronze medal in 2012 with the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. UK Sport Board OR Olympic Executive for the London GB women’s hockey team. Since He subsequently received the WHERE WE ARE BASED 2012 Games. After leaving the civil retiring from hockey Annie has prestigious Lifetime Achievement The Panel considers applications Someone with experience of a service she was the Chief Executive pursued a career in finance with Award from the Royal Television for UK Sport financial support National Governing Body of Sport UK Sport is based in Bloomsbury of TdFHub2014Ltd, leading the Goldman Sachs, before recently Society at the 2012 Programme towards the bidding and staging of or the UK Sporting system. in central London. Currently co-ordination of the first three days joining TRM Partners in the Awards. strategically important major events meetings are being held virtually. of the 2014 Tour de France from commercial sports sector. to be hosted in the UK. The main Previous board experience is Yorkshire to London. In summer He is now working as a Sports focus of the Panel’s discussion not essential as we are keen to 2017, she chaired the independent Broadcasting Consultant; work is to scrutinise the logistical and hear from people with current REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES panel supporting DCMS in Michelle Dite which has taken him to the Olympic financial feasibility, plus the value experience of delivering major assessing English city bids to host Winter Games in Sochi, Olympic for money of the proposed budget events in the UK. Training and UK Sport will offer to reimburse the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Michelle is Operations Director Summer Games in Rio, the and business plan before making mentoring can be provided. panel members for the for the All England Lawn Tennis Commonwealth Games in Glasgow an investment recommendation to performance of their services Nicky recently retired as Director Club. Previously she managed the and Australia, and the inaugural the UK Sport Board. The UK Sport Major Events Panel of £218 per day, plus travel of Strategy at Sporting Assets, a event planning and delivery for UK European Games in Baku. is keen to become more diverse. and expenses where appropriate. social enterprise which works with Athletics’ major televised events Thus, we are particularly focused communities to use sport for wider for 12 years then transferred her Monitoring investments on on achieving better representation social benefit such as employment, event knowledge and experience behalf of the UK Sport Board of people with disabilities, people health and education. She has to other sports and events from Black, Asian or minority ethnic been a UK Sport board member throughout her career. Highlights The Panel has been asked by backgrounds and people from the since 2014. include the inception, feasibility the UK Sport Board to review the LGBTQ+ community. and operational delivery of multi- progress and provide assurance sport events including the inaugural relating to events which have Sally Bolton OBE Invictus Games, British University received a financial award of (UK Sport board member) Championships, Paralympic World more than £2m. The aim of this Cup, School Games and National assurance review is to provide Sally is CEO at the All England Paralympic Day. oversight, challenge and support Lawn Tennis Club, having joined to ensure that those events are the Club in 2016 and holding roles delivered successfully, as well as as Strategic Planning & Operations Jon Dutton to protect both public investment Director and Head of Corporate and the UK’s hosting reputation. Affairs. Prior to this Sally spent Jon is the Chief Executive of two years as Managing Director of the Rugby League World Cup the organising committee for the 2021. Jon commenced his role London double header of World in February 2018 leaving his post Athletics Championships in 2017. as RFL Director of Projects and People. Jon led the successful bid Sally assumed this role having led for the tournament including the team that delivered a highly a significant funding award from successful Rugby League World HM Government. Cup in 2013, a role for which she was recognised with the award of an OBE. THE PROCESS
Application Deadline: Successful candidates will be Panel Dates - the successful Thursday 10 December 2020 taken to the UK Sport Board candidate would then be invited for approval on: to join panels on: Interview Dates - interviews will Thursday 4 February 2021 Wednesday 13 January be conducted virtually on: Wednesday 3 March Wednesday 6 January 2021 Wednesday 14 April Wednesday 16 June Wednesday 15 September Wednesday 3 November