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Richard Lewis named Wimbledon chief
Sport England chair Richard Lewis has been appointed as chief executive of the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon. Although he will remain as chair of Sport
England, Lewis will step down from his other role of Rugby Football League (RFL) chair. Lewis was formerly director of tennis at
the Lawn Tennis Association before joining the RFL in 2002. He is also a trustee of the London Marathon and Wembley National Stadium trusts. He leaves the RFL having overseen the
latest round of record breaking TV contracts and with more people watching, viewing and participating in rugby league than ever before.
Antony Kildare heads Aquaterra leisure
Aquaterra Leisure has appointed Antony Kildare as its chief executive offi cer. A former executive director of East
Midlands Development Agency, Kildare’s previous roles include a directorship at Ernst & Young and a secondment to the Department for Trade and Industry, where he worked on the Cox Review. Simon Kaplinsky, chair of Aquaterra’s
board, said: “We’re delighted to have Antony on board. He brings with him a superb range of skills and experience gained in industry, investment, public sector and not for profi t business and is the ideal person to lead our specialist sports and leisure staff .”
Aquaterra Leisure manages six public
leisure facilities in Islington, plus seven football and cricket pitches, and seven leisure centres in Bath and Somerset.
Kimberley re- appointed EHB chair
Philip Kimberley has been reappointed as non-executive chair of the England Hockey Board (EHB) for a further three years. EHB president Simon Mason said:
“As executive chair from 2003 to 2008, Philip was responsible for the rebuilding of the governing body’s aff airs aſt er its fi nancial problems in 2002. He then became non-executive chair in early 2009 when Sally Munday was appointed chief executive and the two of them have worked closely to continue the development of the sport.” Kimberley is also on the Great
Britain Hockey Board and a non- executive director of both UK Sport and sportscoachUK.
Hannibal appointed red-tape champion
Peter Hannibal, gambling and leisure industry consultant and former director of Electronic Gaming at Gala Coral, has accepted an invitation from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to champion the government’s war on the rules and red tape that are holding back growth in the gambling and leisure industries. Hannibal, who has a
Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University, will be responsible for helping operators
and stakeholders to identify those rules that are stifl ing their chances of success and to fl ag them up through the easy-to- access dedicated website www.
redtapechallenge.cabinetoffi ce.
gov.uk/home/index. He says: “My role is to provide
insight on the issues faced by those at the coal face and to act as an intermediary between the industry and government. I would urge everyone who has a view on red tape to visit the website and/or contact me and be part of the process.”
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Cosslett chairs England Rugby 2015
Andrew Cosslett, the former chief executive offi cer of InterContinental Hotels Group, is the new chair of the Rugby World Cup 2015 organising committee – England Rugby 2015. He held the post of
interim chair of the committee and takes up his new role this month. Cosslett will lead the
board with chief executive offi cer Paul Vaughan. Board members also include ex-Football Association chief executive offi cer Ian Watmore. Vaughan said: “T e international business and marketing
skills that [Cosslett] brings to the board will continue to be invaluable in his new role as chair.”
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