New Chairman and Directors For BSS
New Chairman and Directors For BSS
Published : 10-Jan-2013 05:29
Prof John Brewer new Chair of British Ski and Snowboard (BSS)
Professor of Sport at the University of Bedfordshire, John Brewer, has been announced as the Chair of British Ski and Snowboard (BSS). In addition Professor Brewer, along with Mr John Foster and Mr Mark Lund will all become Independent Directors of the British National Governing Body for Snowsports.
Professor Brewer will take the Chairman's position vacated by Lord Moynihan in the autumn of last year. They will bring a wealth of experience to the leadership of an organisation that is striving to put elite British Snowsport athletes on the podiums of top international events including World Cup and Olympic competitions.
Professor Brewer has almost thirty years of sports science and sports administration experience including most recently Chairing the British Handball Association and taking the British team to their first ever Olympic games. He will combine his role of Chairman of BSS with his executive role as Director of Sport and Head of the Sport and Exercise Science Department at the University of Bedfordshire.
"I am indebted to the tremendous hard work of my predecessor as Chair, Lord Colin Moynihan, and the Interim Chair Robin Kellen. I thoroughly enjoyed my time as Chair of the BHA, and was sad to step down at the end of 2012, so when offered this new role and challenge, I was delighted to accept," he said. "There are some similarities between handball and skiing, with many of the competitors based overseas, and the need to manage finances tightly and sensibly."
"However the four BSS disciplines of alpine, nordic, freestyle and snowboard have the chance to compete for almost half of the medals on offer at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, and I believe that we have some genuine medal prospects, along with the chance to continuously develop and excel at World and European level on a regular basis."
Professor Brewer is a passionate skier, and aims to make the slopes of Saint Gervais in France on at least three occasions each year along with his wife and two teenage daughters. He is also a keen runner, racing frequently over a range of distances, and last year completed the London Marathon for the 14th time.
Of the other newly appointed independent directors John Foster has thirty five year experience in advertising and accountancy including nearly fifteen years as Group Finance Director for Aegis, the world's leading focused media and digital communications specialist. John will become Treasurer of British Ski and Snowboard.
Mark Lund has spent around thirty years in financial services and is the former Chief Executive Officer of St James's Place and Virgin Direct. Mark will become BSS's Senior Independent Director and will combine this role with his other non-executive positions including his directorship of My CSP Ltd, the major government pensions administrator.
Commenting on these appointments David Edwards, Chief Executive Officer of British Ski and Snowboard said, "we are delighted that we have been able to attract three very capable people to join our Board. The calibre of applicants for these posts was high and the selection panel had a tough job but were unanimous in selecting John, John and Mark for the powerful combination of skills that they will add to our Board processes. Raising money and managing it appropriately is obviously very high on our Agenda but we will now be better equipped for many of the aspects of good Corporate Governance that one should expect from a British Sports National Governing body."
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