BEF confirms appointment of Interim Independent Director to complete board and names Interim Senior Independent Director

Tuesday 31 October 2017

BEF confirms appointment of Interim Independent Director to complete board and names Interim Senior Independent Director

Kevan Taylor has been co-opted as an interim independent non-executive director (INED) of the British Equestrian Federation, completing the board appointments announced on Thursday 26 October.  As the longest serving INED, originally appointed in 2014, Mark Jeffreys becomes interim Senior Independent Director.

 

 

The full board is:

Independent Chair (interim)

Edmond (Ed) Warner

Independent non-executive director (interim)

Mark Jeffreys

Independent non-executive director (interim)

Deborah Smith

Independent non-executive director (interim)

Kevan Taylor

Founder member nominated director

Julia Biddle

Founder member nominated director

Christine Blackford

Founder member nominated director

Tim Holderness-Roddam

Founder member nominated director

Lise-Lotte Olsen

Council elected director

Jessica Cook

Council elected director

Barry Johnson

Council elected director

Jane Nixon

Council elected director

Claire Williams

Biographies can be found here. 


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