Liz George
Liz
George
Trustee (appointed in 2023)

Liz is Director of Engagement & Partnerships with Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People. She has worked in various senior fundraising roles with Help for Hospices and the British Red Cross, was Head of Fundraising for the Royal British Legion (Poppy Factory) for six years and latterly was the Director of Fundraising, Retail and Communications with The Children’s Trust.

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Richard
Glasson
Trustee (appointed in 2017)

Richard is CEO of Hogarth Worldwide - the world's leading marketing implementation company. Prior to this, he was CEO of Gyro, a business to business marketing agency. Richard is also Chair of Governors of Ernest Bevin College in south London, which is a specialist in sports, maths and computing, rated as outstanding by Ofsted. 

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Mike
Westcott
Trustee (appointed Chair in 2019)

Mike was formerly Chief People Officer and Head of Commercial Property at National Grid. Prior to joining National Grid, Mike worked for Diageo plc in a number of senior HR roles in the UK and United States. He currently sits on the Board of the charity Centrepoint and holds a number of non-executive roles within the commercial sector.

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Ama
Agbeze MBE
Trustee (appointed in 2020)

Ama is a former captain of the England Netball team who led her country to a gold medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has been capped 100 times for the Roses and most recently played for the Northern Mystics. She is also a qualified lawyer and was a member of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.

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Penny
Brough
Trustee (appointed in 2020)

Penny is the Chief Marketing Officer of UKTV, part of BBC studios, and leads the Marcomms division for its seven channel brands – Dave, Gold, Drama, W, Alibi, Eden and Yesterday – as well as its streaming service UKTV Play. She was previously SVP, CMO for ViacomCBS UK (now Paramount) and was formerly Head of Consumer Communications at Vodafone UK.

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Heather
Charrington Clark
Trustee (appointed in 2020)

Heather is the Director of Audiences at the Southbank Centre. She previously held positions at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, the Natural History Museum, the National Theatre and the English National Ballet. She has worked as a consultant for the Talawa Theatre Company among others.

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Tim
Lawler MBE
Chief Executive

Tim has more than 25 years of experience of working in sports management. He joined SportsAid in 2004 after a long spell as Managing Director at Saracens Rugby Club. Tim's role is to lead the team and the charity in helping talented young sports people. 

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Adam
Murphy
National Awards Manager

Adam is responsible for managing and developing the process of athlete nominations by the National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and the subsequent allocation of SportsAid awards. He joined the charity in 2019 and previously worked at British Swimming.

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Jan
Brown
Finance and Administration Support

Jan joined the team in 2005 and works primarily on finance and administration for SportsAid and the Sport England Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). She is a Lead Equality Officer for SportsAid and helps support the delivery of events for the charity. 

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