UK Sport's Board meets six times per year to provide strategic direction to the organisation, as well as considering and making decisions on those recommendations put forward by UK Sport's various panels.
UK Sport Board members are appointed for a fixed term of three years and may be reappointed thereafter as determined by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The four Chairmen of the Home Country Sports Councils automatically sit on UK Sport's Board.
UK Sport Panels, each chaired by a Board member, include other individuals of relevant expertise and experience who advise and make recommendations as appropriate.
Upcoming Board meeting dates
5 February 2020
25 March 2020
13 May 2020
25 June 2020
22 September 2020
16 December 2020
Board documents
Royal Charter
Amendment
UK Sport Management Agreement
UK Sport Board Terms of Reference
UK Sport Board Declarations of Interest
Example Appointment Agreement: Board Member
Diversity Action Plan
Governance Action Plan
Board Minutes
Board members
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Dame Katherine Grainger is Britain’s most decorated female Olympic athlete
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John Dowson is former Chair of the UK Boccia Federation and an experienced finance professional
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Annie is a former athlete who competed in the Beijing and London Olympic Games winning a bronze medal in 2012 with the GB women’s hockey team.
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Sally is Strategic Planning & Operations Director at the All England Lawn Tennis Club
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Mel Young MBE is the President and co-founder of the Homeless World Cup, an organisation established to use sport as a mechanism to create change.
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Martyn Worsley is currently Tate & Lyle's Vice President for Global Talent and Organisational Development.
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Nicky Roche is Director of Strategy for Sporting Assets, a social enterprise which works with communities to use sport for wider social benefit such as employment, health and education.
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Nick has been the Chief Executive of the London Marathon since 1995.