Baroness Tanni is Britain’s best-known Paralympic athlete, having performed at every distance from 100m to the marathon. She won 16 Paralympic medals including 11 golds, and has won the London Marathon 6 times. She was awarded third place in the...
Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE (Commission Chair)
Dame Kelly Holmes DBE
Dame Kelly is best known for winning double gold at the 2004 Athens’ Olympics in the 800 and 1500 metres. She had reached her athletic goals after starting in the sport at the age of 12 when she joined Tonbridge Athletics Club.
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Chris Grant
Chris is a group facilitator, chairperson, mediator and organisational change consultant, whose experience spans a broad range of sectors and situations.
Current and recent assignments include chairing the UK Chip and PIN...
Barbara Slater
Barbara Slater took up her role as Director of Sport at the BBC in April 2009. Her responsibilities include working with governing bodies to retain a broad portfolio of broadcasting rights, maintaining...
Urvasi Naidoo
Urvasi brings a wealth of international experience to the Commission. She is currently the Chief Executive of the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA), and was previously Senior Counsel and Company Secretary at the...
Hope Powell OBE
Hope Powell was appointed as the first ever full-time National Coach of the women’s team in June 1998.
An experienced international with 66 caps for England and 35 goals she is the youngest ever England coach and the first female....
Jennie Price
Jennie is currently Chief Executive of Sport England, the organisation funded by the government to develop a world leading community sports system in England. Sport England are transforming the way that sport is funded in this country, with more...
Heather Rabbatts
Heather is currently Executive Deputy Chairman of both Millwall Holdings Plc and the Football Club. She is one of the very few women to hold a senior position in the nation’s favourite game.
She was Chief Executive of both Merton and...
Ed Smith
Ed is the former Global Assurance COO and Strategy Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He recently retired from a highly successful 30 year career with PwC where he held many leading Board and top client roles in the UK and globally as a...
Anne Watts
Anne Watts is currently the Chair of the Appointments Commission, which is an independent body providing a full recruitment service for chair and non-executive appointments to public bodies.
Anne was on the steering...
