Our Board

Richard currently works for Lane4, a management consultancy based in Maidenhead working with leaders from clients across the world. Previously Richard had a successful career in elite sport in various leadership roles supporting the last 9 Olympics/Paralympics, including as CEO of British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association. Having played rugby for Wasps, Richard has been involved in coaching locally for many years but now just tries to keep fit having just started open water swimming in Cookham where he lives with his wife and two children.

Avril originates from Glasgow and has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years. She is currently working for Salesforce as a Senior Director in the UK. Based in Berkshire, she has held volunteer and fund raising roles in various schools and sports clubs. Avril supports an active lifestyle and fits her own exercise around other commitments which means she often sees the sun rising over Ascot. She participates in local fitness and running groups (with Get Berkshire Active award winning instructors). She is keen to support the development of sport and physical activity is what has become her home county. Avril holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Computer Science and an MBA.

Jo spent 20 years in Education, following 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She lived nearly all her adult life in West Berkshire and has two grown up children who have benefited from all that the County has to offer in terms of sport, activity and education.

Jo is passionate about the power of sport and activity to build health, confidence and leadership skills in young people; she is also fascinated by the place of coaching in everyday life, and the impact that coaching can have in empowering both young and old. Jo was a Headteacher in Oxfordshire and then from 2018-2024 worked for a Berkshire based multi academy trust (MAT) where she took on the role of Headteacher of Theale Green School; through ensuring that sport was central to everyday life and an important part of the curriculum, and utilising her role as Headteacher Ambassador for the Youth Sport Trust, the school was transformed. Latterly she became a Director of Leadership Development for the MAT which has now led to her starting her own coaching organisation - Coach Evolution.

Sport and outdoor activity have played an important part in every stage of Jo's life; water sports are definitely her current interest and include sea swimming, paddle boarding and her absolute passion, water-skiing.

Tameena works as Infrastructure & Security Lead for NGO Podium Analytics, founded by Ron Dennis CBE looking to make a safer world of sport. She previously worked for the England & Wales Cricket Board where she was behind the first Ramadan Iftar in the MCC Pavilion. She's also a trustee at Berkshire Cricket Foundation leading on their EDI work, an area she is passionate about.

As a sports enthusiast, she enjoys being active and a team sport. She is proud to watch her 2 nephews play sports and can be found in the garden (or indoors) playing something with them.

Becs is a Director at ARC Event Consultancy and has worked on many high profile events covering Olympics, Paralympics, Special Olympics, World and European Championships, Mass-Participation Charity Events and National Schools Games Finals. At London 2012, Becs was the Venue General Manager for the Hyde Park Venue, which hosted the Triathlon and Marathon Swimming Events in the heart of London. She also works with National Sport Federations and Organising Committee's to deliver feasibility studies, event strategy and budget management.

Over the past few years, she has worked with Universities to share her experiences through lectures / workshops and delivered training for non-profit sector events teams. Becs is very passionate about the work that she does and is a strong advocate for equality in the Sport Events Industry.

Harjinder is a non-practicing solicitor, formerly employed by Google (for over 15 years) as Senior Director Legal. He specialised in litigation, dispute resolution and human rights. Currently changing his career to become a physiotherapist, he has always been interested in physical activity, appreciating its health and mental benefits. As a leader, he is passionate about team dynamics and intrigued by what enables a group to achieve. Recently, partly spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, he became curious about individual motivation to exercise.

Harjinder played and coached basketball, holds a PhD in Physics, is an accredited mediator and lives in Maidenhead with his wonderful wife and three lovely children.

Paul became the youngest ever Chief Executive of an Olympic Sport in 1992 and for over 20 years Paul led British Canoeing to become one of Britain's most successful sports both in terms of participation and elite performance. Paul maintains his fitness by cycling and running whilst setting up his own sports consultancy business, he volunteers with Girl Guiding Berkshire and still has a keen interest in canoeing through Reading Canoe Club and the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race.

Karen has recently retired as Chief Executive of Relate Berkshire where she developed relationship counselling services for adults, children and families. She introduced and extended specialist services to reach all parts of Berkshire and was awarded the MBE for services to children and families in 2014.

She is a business mentor with the Education and Business Partnership working as a mentor for children in local schools, helping them to prepare for the world of work. She is a governor of Reading School.

Following major spinal and ankle surgery after a serious accident, Karen has recovered her mobility and exceeded the expectations of her medical team by working with a team of physiotherapists and trainers almost daily at activities which include swimming, aqua aerobics and working out in the gym.

Karen is married with 3 grown up children and 7 grandchildren.

Victoria is an experienced British Skydiving qualified skydiving instructor and coach. She has carried out around 2600 skydives and has been coaching and instructing for over 13 and 8 years respectively. She has won numerous British national skydiving medals, was part of the British female 4way skydiving team in 2011 and holds several skydiving world records. She is passionate about inclusion and diversity in skydiving and has developed a coaching stream specifically to support and maintain women in the sport.

She is also a keen hiker and can often be found navigating her way round the wilds of North Bedfordshire and North Norfolk.

When not throwing herself from perfectly good planes Victoria works as a self-employed management consultant and has worked with numerous clients across both public and private sectors over the past 15 years. She is also a founding director of the British Indoor Skydiving Association.

Victoria is a Chartered Manager, holds a business studies degree and MBA and is a member of the Chartered Management Institute.

Helen is currently Head of UK Private Banking at Arbuthnot leading the client facing business. She has previously spent over 37 years at Coutts & Co where she was a Managing Director with significant experience in banking, strategy, sales, leadership and people management. Helen is passionate about coaching and developing others to fulfil their potential and mentors and sponsors a diverse range of individuals in the financial sector. Helen keeps fit by indulging in her love of reformer Pilates, whilst also managing to play some golf and even less tennis. She lives in Wargrave with her two children who have spent many years playing sport locally.

Sarah has worked in the higher education sport sector for over 20 years and is the current Director of Sport & Active Wellbeing at the University of Reading.

Having worked at four separate institutions, including one overseas, Sarah has expertise across a range of areas including: participation, fitness, coaching, high performance sport, facility developments and strategic leadership, supporting students and the wider community in engaging in sport and physical activity.

She is also the current South East Regional Chair for British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and is passionate about the role sport and activity plays within education and society as a whole.

Sarah is a keen fitness-buff enjoying running, weight training and hiking, as well as being a keen rugby union and football fan. She has a black belt in Kung Fu and has coached various sport and fitness activities to all ages and in different countries. She lives in Ascot with her partner and is always out enjoying the many woodland walks that Berkshire has to offer.

Andrew has lived in Berkshire for over 30 years and works for the software company Salesforce as a Senior Director leading a team of technical pre-sales professionals. He has worked in the software industry for over 25 years, implementing and selling solutions in the Customer Relationship Management sector. He has served on several boards, including as a school governor and for a large credit union.

As an enthusiastic, if not overly talented, sportsman, he can be found out on his bike most weekends riding with his club based in Windsor. Alternatively, he enjoys a good hike, especially in one of the UK's amazing National Parks. Whilst cycling has been a constant since childhood, he's also rowed when at university and more recently spent a number of years becoming a moderately good archer before shoulder injury became an issue. Andrew values the impact that sport and activity has on mental as much as physical health, especially group activities that encourage engagement, conversation and companionship.