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Esther Nicholls, Head of Major Events

With a passion for sport at all levels Esther has been involved with a huge range of sports events across the globe.

Esther graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in History before undertaking the sabbatical position as Athletic Union Officer at the university. In 2003 Esther joined Corporate Games as Sport Manager of their multi sports programme for the UK Games before progressing to working on their international expansion programme. Three years later Esther joined England Netball as Competition and Events Manger before joining UK Sport as an Events Consultant in April 2008.

In her time at UK Sport, Esther has worked with national governing bodies such as the British Canoe Union and British Triathlon to secure and stage major Championships for the UK, and was part of the team that secured the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships for Glasgow. Esther was appointed Head of Major Events in July 2011 to lead UK Sport’s Lottery funded world class events programme, which is designed to use London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 as catalysts to establishing the UK as a world leading host nation.
 

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