UK Sport Board Member Declaration of Interests Jan 2020 – March 2021
British Rowing Retired athlete
Scottish Rowing Honorary President
BBC Occasional expert commentator
Oxford Brookes University (tenure ended June 2020) Chancellor
University of Glasgow (tenure commenced June 2020) Chancellor
Dame Katherine Youth Sport Trust Trustee Grainger Netball Scotland Patron
Aberlour Children’s Charity Patron
National Coastwatch Institution Patron
Alpine View Ltd Sole Director (for past 15 years approximately)
British Olympic Association Member of Athlete’s Commission
Chair (and voting member of the National Paralympic UK Boccia Federation Ltd Committee) (expired 2019)
John Dowson Indirect – UK Boccia Federation is a member of the BPA British Paralympic Association (expired 2019)
Leadership mentoring and coaching role for 2020 with Wheelchair Basketball the NGB’s Performance Director. Sport England Chair
Consultant - Provides legal services to various clients Armstrong Teasdale including UEFA, RFU and Wimbledon
London Marathon Events Ltd Chief Executive - provides funding for UK Athletics. Nick Bitel Major Event Organisers Association Board Member
Development Commission of World Athletics Member
Bitel LLP Partner
Wimbledon Foundation Trustee
sportscotland Chair
Mel Young Homeless World Cup President
Homeless World Cup Foundation Chair
Sally Bolton London 2017 (employed by UK Athletics) Managing Director (stood down in 2016)
Athlete (expired) and Athlete’s Commission member GB Hockey / England Hockey (expired 2018)
International Hockey Federation Chair of Athlete’s Committee (expired)
TRM Partners Employee – working with UEFA
Annie Panter Two Circles Employee (from November 2020)
London Youth Rowing Partner is a Director
The FA Partner is an employee
British Rowing Partner an athlete (expired) Henley Royal Regatta Partner is a Director
AFC Wimbledon Foundation Partner is a Director
FISA Partner is a Athlete’s Commission member (expired)
Martyn Worsley N/A
British Showjumping Board Member (2013 – 2016)
British Riding Clubs Member (Expired)
British Horse Society Member
British Athletics Supporters Club Member
TdFHub2014 Ltd CEO and Board Member (2013 – 2015)
• In receipt of Civil Service pension • Occasional Independent Panel Member for DCMS public appointments • Former employee of DCMS 2004-13 including DCMS Nicola Roche Director of Sport 2004-2007. • Chair of the DCMS appointed independent Assessment Panel for English city bids for Commonwealth Games 2022 (Expired) Volunteer through their alumni programme as a speaker, mentor and in supporting their hardship fund. The University of York University has been a partner in hosting conferences for a charity of which Nicky was a trustee Board Member and Charity Trustee (both expiring in April 2020). Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Also, a company limited by guarantee where she is a non-executive director (2017 onwards)
Employee (expired April 2020) / shareholder (until June Sporting Assets 2020). Sporting Assets primarily advises on sport for social impact focused on community sport and facilities. Clients include Sport England, NGBs (including currently British Gymnastics, RFL and British Cycling; and British Canoeing in 2016/17), Local Authorities (including Birmingham and Leeds both in 2016/17), charities and community organisations. Also work with some England only NGBs (including England Athletics and England Hockey) and the FA and LTA. Has previously worked for a Government Department (not DCMS). Sporting Assets operates a facilities investment fund for British Gymnastics- Amateur British Gymnastics Investments Ltd - and one of the directors of Sporting Assets is a director of that company.
Consultancy for Sporting Assets and others, including Self Employed Concerto and a talk at Manchester Met University (2015 – 2017)
Live Nation Lushington in Hong Kong and Singapore Immediate family member is Managing Director (expired)
Lushington Entertainments in Singapore and Hong Kong Immediate family member is Managing Director
Blue Sky Events Immediate family is an Executive Director
Stage Production Live Pte Ltd Immediate family is a Director
Singapore GP Pte Ltd: Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix Immediate family member is Executive Director
Lawrence Conway N/A
George Lucas N/A
Company Secretary (from 2004) and Company Director Firestarter Marketing Solutions Ltd (from 2017)
Chris Pilling Musgrave Group plc NED (from April 2017 to present)
Barclays Bank UK ltd NED (from January 2018 to present) Capita Business Services Director (2019 to present)
Ismail Amla UEL Board of Governors
Network Rail NED on Board (commences April 2021)
Anna Deignan (Observer until N/A Dec 2020)
Owner and Director - has provided coaching, mentoring Unforgiving Minute Ltd and leadership consultancy to leaders in sport (e.g. British Shooting, Chelsea FC)
English Institute of Sport Chair
John Steele Occasional leadership consultancy work Including some sporting bodies such as England Hockey (Observer until Dec 2020) Loughborough University Executive Director of Sport
England Hockey Consultancy work
Commonwealth England Consultancy work