ECF Board
President Dominic Lawson |
Chief Executive Mike Truran |
Director of Finance Alex Longson |
Director of International Chess and External Relations Malcolm Pein |
Director of Membership Rob Willmoth |
Director of Home Chess Nigel Towers |
Director of Junior Chess & Education Alex Holowczak |
Director of Women’s Chess Aga Milewska |
Non-Executive Chairman Stephen Woodhouse |
Non-Executive Director Stephen Greep |
Non-Executive Director Sarah Longson |
Non-Executive Director Katarzyna Toma |
Officers who are members of Council
Chair of Council David Eustace |
Delegate FIDE Malcolm Pein |
Chair of Finance Nick Faulks |
Chair of Governance Robert Stern |
Past CEO Serving on Council Phil Ehr |
Past Chair of Council Michael Farthing |
Trustees of the Permanent Invested Fund Ray B Edwards; Isabel Keen |
Direct Members’ Representatives | |
HLVPs, VPs, CVPs, Honorary Life Members Stewart Reuben Email; Gerry Walsh Email |
Platinum Members David Eustace Email; Adrian Elwin Email |
Gold Members Tim Wall Email; Mike Waddington Email |
Silver Members John Reyes Email; Gavin Cartwright Email |
Bronze Members Gareth Ellis Email and Tina Teotia Email |
Officers Reporting to the Board, President, Chief Executive or Chair of Council
Auditor Watson Associates https://www.watsons.co.uk/ Tel: 01323 842119 |
Voting Register Officer Michael Farthing |
Manager of ICT Keith Osborne |
Manager of Online Chess Nigel Towers |
Board & Minutes Secretary Debra Atkinson |
Safeguarding Officers Jo Wildman, Paul Sharratt |
Sport & Recreation Alliance Representative Stephen Greep |
ECF Office
Office Manager Debra Atkinson |
Webmaster / Membership Admin Andrew Walker |
Officers Reporting to the Director of Women’s Chess
Manager of Female Social Media Vacant |
Manager of Women’s Online Chess Caroline Robson |
Home Chess Officers
Manager of the British Chess Championships Kevin Staveley |
Manager for Chess in Prisons Carl Portman Email | Profile [PDF] | Report 2021 |
Controller of the Grand Prix David Clayton |
Controller, Counties Championship Mark Murrell |
Chief Arbiter Lara Barnes |
Manager of Arbiters Adrian Elwin |
Manager of Coaches Andrew Martin |
Manager for Accessible Chess Vacant |
Manager for Daily Chess Andrew Caswell |
International Chess Officers
Manager of Senior Chess Nigel Povah |
Manager of Sponsorship for International Chess Vacant |
Rating Officers
Manager of Rating Brian Valentine |
Rating Administrator Matthew Carr |
International Rating Officer Debra Atkinson |
Games Played Abroad Administrator Paul McKeown |
Junior Chess and Education Officers
ECF Chess Academy Team – Alex Holowczak, Sarah Longson, Alex Longson Email |
Manager of Schools Chess – Neill Cooper Email |
National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Neill Cooper Email |
Deputy National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Phillip Beckett Email |
Publicity Officers
Social Media Manager/Publicity Officer Danny Rosenbaum |
Committees
International Selection Committee
Malcolm Pein (Chair), David Openshaw, Jonathan Parker, Natasha Regan, Jonathan Speelman, William Watson
International Senior Selection Committee
Nigel Povah (Chair), Keith Arkell, Paul Littlewood, Stewart Reuben
Finance Committee
Nick Faulks (Chair), Ray Clark, David Eustace, and, by invitation, the Auditor
Governance Committee
Robert Stern (Chair), Michael Farthing, Mike Gunn, Peter Hornsby
Awards Committee
Keith Gregory (Chair), Julie Denning, Sarah Longson, Natasha Regan, Jack Rudd, Peter Wells and ex officio, the Director of Home Chess
Book of the Year
Ray Edwards (Chair), Jovanka Houska, Sean Marsh
Ex-officio Trustees of the Chess Trust
Mike Truran, Adam Ashton (both as above)
* images by John Saunders