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Mayor of London Boris Johnson has appointed former Paralympic champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Tompson to the board of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Already a member of the boards of
Walsh led the GB Team to bronze at London 2012
Olympic medallist joins Promote PR
Specialist sport and fitness public relations agency, Promote PR, has appointed Great Britain women’s hockey captain, Kate Walsh, as their newest recruit. Walsh led the GB Women’s Hockey team
to Olympic bronze at London 2012, just days aſter having her jaw fractured in the qualifying rounds. Aſter the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Walsh
completed a Sports Science degree at Brunel University, graduating with a 2:1 in 2003. Since then, her time has predominantly been spent playing hockey full-time for England and Great Britain. Prior to competing in Beijing 2008, Walsh’s work experience included positions with Laureus, a charitable sporting organisation, and kit manufacturer Canterbury of New Zealand. Promote PR managing director Sue
Anstiss says: “Having worked with Kate this summer –as we promoted hockey participation around London 2012 – we’ve seen how natural she is with the media.”
Matrix announces new sales and marketing roles
Matrix Fitness has announced a trio of new positions to bolster its UK team. Tracey Take has been promoted to UK
marketing and communications manager; Emma Waring joins as sales area manager for the North East and Midlands; and Dave Alstead joins as sales area manager for the North of England. Jon Johnston, president and managing
director of Johnson Health Tech UK, which owns the Matrix brand, says: “Tracey’s impressive marketing experience is coupled with a relentless enthusiasm for getting people active by building on the legacy of this incredible year of sport. “Likewise, Emma and Dave join us with
impressive track records spanning public and private sectors.”
Transport for London and the London Marathon, and previously the UK Athletics board, Baroness Grey-Thompson will be actively involved in LLDC’s legacy planning and decision-making. Grey-Tompson says: “Te Olympic Park
was the heart and soul of the greatest Olympic Games ever, but in 2005 we set out a vision to not only bring new life to a neglected part of east London, but to provide a lasting sporting and community infrastructure. “I’m determined to bring that vision to life
and to be a part of this important final piece of the Games jigsaw.” Johnson has also made four other
appointments to the LLDC board. To build on the board’s commercial expertise, he has recruited Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross, while the mayor’s long-standing
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London 2012 adviser, Neale Coleman, is to become deputy chair of the board. Phillip Lewis, chair of the corporation’s planning committee, has been re-appointed as Johnson’s chief of staff, while Sir Edward Lister has been appointed the mayor’s official observer for its meetings.
Mytime Active appoints health director
Mytime Active has appointed James Watkins as its new director of health services. Watkins has a background in healthcare across the NHS and independent sectors and was previously chief executive of the social enterprise Community Dental Services. He has spent 20 years in senior healthcare
leadership roles, including at the leading mental healthcare charity St Andrew’s Healthcare, where he was responsible for the successful development of five new multi- million pound hospitals, on-time and to budget, securing board approval for more than £100m of funding for these new hospital units. He holds an MBA from the University of Warwick Business School. Watkins’ role at Mytime, a social enterprise,
will be to provide strategic leadership to the Mytime health division, ensuring safe and effective delivery of services to clients and service commissioners. He will also oversee a
Watkins has an established career in healthcare
regional growth strategy for Mytime Health’s range of programmes aimed at boosting the wellbeing of local communities. Watkins says: “Mytime Health has the skills,
innovation and ambition to expand its offering to communities beyond its current reach.”
Former Gladstone sales manager joins Clarity
Clarity Leisure has appointed Andrew Marshall as its new UK head of business development after a recent merger with POS hardware company Digipos. Marshall, previously regional sales
manager for Gladstone Health and Leisure, recently joined Clarity to head up business
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development in the UK. Andrew has 15 years’ experience in account management and product development across the leisure and retail technology industries. Following its merger with Digipos, Clarity
now includes POS and kiosk hardware in its portfolio of services.
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