Our Governance

Julia is currently chair of GB Taekwondo, where she has been a champion of female athletes and she will continue her role there alongside her position at Women in Sport until the end of her term.

Julia started her career at Nike in the U.S before co-founding sports marketing agency, Shine Communications. Over 15 years she helped grow Shine from a team of two to more than eighty, and worked with global sports brands including: Dunlop, Slazenger, Puma, and Reebok. Julia also set up the charity, the Rural Refugee Network, which has worked both regionally and nationally to resettle refugees from Syria and other war-torn regions in rural parts of the UK.

Dr Steven Mann is a Director at international sports consultancy 4GLOBAL where he’s responsible for working with governments, cities, and NGOs. Previously Steven worked as the Healthy Communities Director at Places Leisure and was also Research Director at UK Active.

Steven has led on a number of large-scale evaluation and research studies, having developed and led the UK Active Research Institute that aims to generate knowledge, identify and promote best practice, and establish a reliable evidence base of what works in getting more people active.

He has been at Trustee at Women in Sport since February 2019.

British ultra-runner Sophie Power became a household name in 2019, after a photo of her breastfeeding her 3-month-old baby at an aid station of the 106-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc went viral. Power, who started running in 2009, finished the UTMB in just under 44 hours, and has also run several of the world’s most famous ultra-races including the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara and the 153-mile, non-stop Spartathlon in Greece. With a career in finance and as a tech entrepreneur, as well as being mother to two boys, Sophie is hugely passionate about ensuring women are able to set aside time for their own fitness and mental health.

“I’m excited and honoured to be joining Women in Sport,” says Sophie Power.  “Sport has such huge benefits not for not only our physical but also our mental health.  More than ever now we need to increase the support and opportunity for women to participate in sport – at every level, in every form and at every time of their lives.”

Sue Wicks is Director of Soccer Aid at UNICEF UK and sits on our Governance and Nominations Committee.

Sue, who joined the Women in Sport board in 2016, has been involved in grant making for over 15 years and has worked for V, the youth volunteering charity, the Big Lottery Fund, the Charity Commission and Comic Relief. Before taking on her current role at UNICEF UK, she was Director of Partnerships for the British Red Cross.

She is also on the Advisory Board for Beyond Sport.

Kuldeep Kaur is Finance and Operations Director at England and GB Hockey where she has is responsible for finance, people, legal, governance, data and technology alongside leading the momentum behind equality, diversity and inclusion across the sport.

Kuldeep has spent over 12 years working in team sports, taking on various leadership roles to introduce finance and strategy partnering to support decision making. Her work in the industry has spanned rugby and hockey, where she has also served to champion and coach both female and diverse leaders.

Polly is CEO of Shelter, the charity that defends the right to a safe home. She is a prominent media commentator and speaker on social justice, housing and homelessness, leadership, feminism and women’s issues, on platforms ranging from the Oxford Union to the first Women’s March London.

She was previously CEO of Women’s Aid and, before that, Executive Director at Action for Children, and has spent many years both campaigning publicly and influencing at the highest levels of government.

She is also a trustee of Women in Sport and the Young Women’s Trust, a member of Bayes Business School Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, and non-executive director of Wessex Local Medical Committees. She is part of the Founding Group of A Better Way Network and of the Charity Reform Group.

A renowned sports commentator and former England rugby union player, Brian Moore is passionate about furthering the development of sport for women and girls.

A trained solicitor, Brian provided expertise to many charitable causes as former chair of the Ready charity, giving disabled young people opportunities is sport and as an ambassador for the NSPCC.

He also sat on the committee that produced the Duty of Care Independent Report. Last year Brian was awarded an MSc in Psychology from Westminster University.

Yama Otung is a sports lawyer and Head of Dispute Resolution at Livida Sport, where she helps athletes and players across a range of sports navigate complex and time-critical disputes.

With a background in media law, Yama has many years’ experience in the sports industry championing the rights of athletes. Yama was previously a Trustee of Crystal Palace FC’s charitable foundation, and she has has a longstanding passion for serving and supporting marginalised communities and underrepresented voices, having volunteered for charities such as The Baytree Centre for Girls, Trussell Trust (Foodbank) and Age UK.

A prominent figure in public health, the former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland has dedicated her career to improving health outcomes, with a particular focus on disparities which disproportionality affect women and girls.

Catherine’s commitment and dedication to promoting equitable access to healthcare and advancing women’s health rights make her an invaluable addition to the charity and its mission to tackle gendered health inequality. 

Prof Calderwood has made significant contributions to public health policy and practice throughout her career. She served as the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland from 2015 to 2020, during which time she provided expert advice to the Scottish Government on a wide range of health issues and played a key role in shaping Scotland’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as addressing the social factors of health that disproportionately affect women, such as poverty, violence, and discrimination.