England Netball Board

The All England Netball Association ["England Netball"] is a company limited by guarantee. It is a private company, which operates as a members Association on sound business principles. There are no shareholders and the Board of Directors is directly accountable to members for the performance of the company. The Company acts as the National Governing Body for the game of netball and is a membership, not for profit, organisation covering all aspects of the great game of netball from grass roots to elite athlete participation.

The Board considers that good corporate governance is central to achieving the company’s objectives and the principle of safeguarding stakeholder’s interests. To support this aspiration the Board operates a number of sub-committees and working groups. The Board delegates to the Chief Executive Officer the day to day and business management control.

The make up of the Board is important as we supplement the netball skills, experience and knowledge of our elected directors with the wider sporting expertise and business and commercial acumen of our appointed directors. In this way the Board can demonstrate a skills mix that will allow it to fulfill its responsibilities effectively.

The Board operates on a rotational basis, to ensure a level of continuity, with a number of elected officers retiring each year. They may seek re-appointment but this will be subject to election by the Members. The current Board consists of 11, including the Chief Executive Officer and is as listed with agreed retirement dates:

Three officers elected by members for a three year term, all can be re-elected for a further term.

Cheryl Danson, Chairman term ends Sept 2009

Heather Crouch, Vice Chairman re-elected Sept 2008 to 2011

Lindsay Sartori, Treasurer re-elected Sept 2007 to 2010

Four Directors elected by Members, all of whom can be re-elected for a further term.

Lyn Carpenter – re-elected September 2008 to 2011

Sally Horrox - term ends 2009

Kerrie Jones, elected 2007 to 2010

Bill Alexander, elected 2008 to 2011

Three Directors appointed by the Board for their specialist expertise [all are appointed for a term of one year and can be re-appointed] at the first meeting after the Annual General Meeting.

Lloyd Conaway

Nick Bunting

Esther Nicholls

Chief Executive Officer [Ex-Officio] Paul Clark

Meetings

The Board meets on a regular basis and the following meetings have been scheduled for 2009 to 2010

24 March 2009	Board meeting
12 May 2009	Board meeting
30 May 2009	EGM
7 July 2009	Board meeting
19 September 2009	AGM & Board meeting
9 November 2009	Board retreat
10 November 2009	Board meeting
23 January 2010	Board meeting

 

For further information about the work of the Board please contact Paul Smith, Company Secretary on pauls@englandnetball.co.uk.