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Keith Mills oversees merger in sport
T e project board established to oversee the proposed merger between Sport England and UK Sport is to be chaired by Sir Keith Mills. Sir Keith has been chosen by the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport to push through the unifi cation of the organisations into one single arms-length agency by 1 April 2013. His responsibilities will also include working
with stakeholders from devolved administra- tions and other home nation sports councils to safeguard the delivery of sport. Hugh Robertson, minister for sport and
the Olympics, said: “[Sir Keith’s] unparalleled business experience, combined with a detailed knowledge of our sporting landscape, means he is the perfect person to oversee this work.”
Ashton chairs BISL’s Sport Working Group
Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) has named S&P Architects chief executive Keith Ashton as chair of its Sports Working Group. Ashton, a regular contributor to policy and
thinking at BISL in recent years, will succeed David Teasdale, who has assumed the new role of executive chair of the organisation. Commenting on the appointment, Teasdale
said: “Keith brings a breadth of vital experi- ence and creative energy to this important BISL post. He’s the right person to lead our Sport’s Group’s eff orts to grow the market in these challenging economic times. Ashton added: “Despite the economic cli- mate and the threats to public sector sport,
there’s real opportunity for creative and holistic leadership in the sector and I’m sure that many parties sitting around the BISL table can deliver that.”
Austin to be CEO at Pentathlon GB
Pentathlon GB has revealed that Jon Austin is to take over as the national gov- erning body’s CEO on 28 March. A former head of performance pro-
grammes at Badminton England, Austin has held the position of performance advisor at UK Sport since 2008, where he worked with a number of successful national governing bodies, contributing to world class success. Austin began his career as a physical
training instructor in the RAF before leav- ing the Services and taking a managerial role with David Lloyd Leisure. He replaces the previous CEO Peter
Hart, who has moved to a role with the Organising Committee for London 2012.
Whitehead 2012 handball appointment “In Europe, handball is the biggest partic-
Sue Whitehead, a teacher from Heywood in Rochdale, has taken up the role of handball and goalball services manager at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics after being appointed to the position at the end of last year. The 48-year-old has been granted
a secondment from her role as commu- nity sports manager at Siddal Moor Sports College – meaning that she will return to the job when the London 2012 Paralympics draw to a close in September next year. Whitehead says she’s been involved with
the sport and the British Handball Association for many years and has noticed that the sport is defi nitely getting more popular – particu- larly on the Continent.
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ipation sport for girls and women and the second biggest aſt er football for men, so it is very important on the world stage,” she says. Whitehead fi rst worked for British Handball
when she was event manager for the highly- successful Four Nations Tournament in Sheffi eld in 2008. She then went on to hold a similar role on the team which planned events at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, the Echo Arena in Liverpool and the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. Whitehead will now spend the next 18
months working at the London 2012 head offi ces in Canary Wharf, although she plans to return home to her husband and two chil- dren in Ramsbottom at weekends.
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