Edition number 16; dateline 31 January 2011
Who’s whom
As snowdrops begin to break the surface in southern Britain these people will be breaking new career ground:
Raffaella Cinti has been appointed director of operations at the sports tour company Ludus Tours with specific responsibilities for hospitality and operations at the London 2012 Games; Terry Edwards, the head coach controversially axed after Britain's most successful boxing Olympics in Beijing, has been appointed technical operations manager for the London Games, with responsibility for overseeing all technical aspects of the boxing tournament and the requirements of competitors, coaches and officials; the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has appointed three new directors to its board, John Cleland , chief executive of Esporta, Innes Kerr, group operations director at Energie, and Debra Stuart, chief executive of Premier Trainin,g each for a three-year term; David Verey has been appointed as lead non-executive director for the DCMS board, where he will be joined by Peter Bazalgette, Dr Tracy Long and the Baron Coe of Ranmore; and David Bernstein has been confirmed as the new chair of the Football Association .
And these people will be looking to plant some hardy perennials:
Goals Soccer Centres want assistant managers for their Brentford, Surrey and Hull branches and are willing to part with between £17,000 and £20,000 for the right applicants; if you get tingly about being called a group exercise manager then DW Sports Fitness of Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland are keen to hear from you; whatever an online community co-ordinator is The North Face believe themselves to be in need of one in Switzerland, fluency in German required; Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are seeking to contract a screen scorer for their Trent Bridge ground; Active Stirling is looking to recruit a creative and innovative manager to be responsible for the leadership and management of their school sport programme at around £30,000 per annum; despite funding cuts Arts Council England are recruiting a senior manager, funding programmes in the West Midlands and have £39,000 to tempt them with: owing to the cancellation of their Building Schools for the Future programme Alfreton Grange Performing & Visual Arts College want to develop innovative practice and spaces with the help of a £15,000 per year (pro rata) creative practitioner; and the University of Liverpool is recruiting a director of development in football industries, a post designed to further enhance the quality, reputation, networks and success of their MBA (Football Industries) and CBA (Football Industries) programmes, and their Football Industry Group more generally.
the people page
comings, goings, jobs and a personal spotlight
Spotlight: Mark Lloyd
What is your current position?
Chief executive of the newly formed Angling Trust, which is the representative body for all anglers in England and the national governing body for competition angling. It was formed two years ago after a merger of six predecessor organisations into a single body to represent this industry which is worth around £3.5 billion and has in the region of three million participants.
What do you see as your biggest challenge over the next twelve months?
Continuing to grow our membership in the context of rising unemployment and inflation outstripping salary growth. I am confident, however, that our membership benefits and developing track record will persuade more anglers to join us in 2011.
Apart from the one you currently have, which job within the sport and leisure sector would you most like to do?
Anything which allowed me to take more time off to go fishing! Seriously, my vocation from an early age was to campaign for the protection and restoration of our rivers and seas, so that would have to be an important part of any role I took on in the future.
Who or what has inspired you in your career?
Gordon Guppy, a family friend, first took me fishing when I was about five years old and I discovered the magical world that lies beneath the water’s surface. I was immediately obsessed with fish and fishing and have been ever since. My father then encouraged me to study the ecology of rivers and I was, well, hooked for life.
Which single thing would improve the sport and leisure sector?
The abolition of television and computer games.
What could the sector do without?
Unnecessary bureaucracy.
Where do you hope to be in ten years time?
Leading an organisation with a membership to rival the RSPB’s, witnessing a dramatic recovery of fish stocks in our rivers, lakes, canals and seas and seeing angling become a recognised activity in all schools.
