Board and Officers

ECF Board

President
Dominic Lawson | Email [c/o the ECF Office]

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Acting Chief Executive
Stephen Woodhouse | Email

Director of Finance
Mike Truran | Email

Director of International Chess and External Relations
Malcolm Pein | Email

Junior Development Director
Tim Wall | Email

Director of Women’s Chess
Aga Milewska | Email

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Events Director
Alex Holowczak | Email

Operations and Administration Director
Rob King | Email

Home Chess Development Director
Yury Krylov | Email

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Non-Executive Chairman
Stephen Woodhouse | Email

Non-Executive Director
Sarah Longson | Email

Non-Executive Director
Stephen Greep | Email

Non-Executive Director
Danny Rosenbaum | Email

 

Officers who are Members of Council

Chair of Council
David Eustace | Email

FIDE Delegate
Malcolm Pein | Email

Chair of Finance
Nick Faulks | Email

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Chair of Governance
Robert Stern | Email

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Past CEO Serving on Council
Phil Ehr | Email

Past Chair of Council
Michael Farthing | Email

Direct Members’ Representatives

HLVPs, VPs, CVPs, Honorary Life Members
John Wickham Email; Gerry Walsh Email

Platinum Members
David Eustace Email; Adrian Elwin Email

Gold Members
Tim Wall Email; Gavin Cartwright Email, Julian Morrison (not pictured) Email, John Reyes Email

Bronze Members
JC Le Saux Email and Tina Teotia Email

Officers reporting to the Board, President, Chief Executive or Chair of Council

Auditor
Watson Associates
Website | Tel: 01323 842119

Voting Register Officer
Michael Farthing | Email

Board & Minutes Secretary
Debra Atkinson | Email

Sport & Recreation Alliance Representative
Stephen Greep | Email

Social Media Manager/Publicity Officer
Danny Rosenbaum | Email

 

Officers reporting to the Operations and Administration Director

Manager of ICT
Nigel Towers | Email

Safeguarding Officers
Jo Wildman*, Paul Sharratt, Kevin Hurney | Email

Office Manager
Debra Atkinson | Email

Webmaster / Membership Admin
Andrew Walker | Email

LMS System Administrator
Steve Emmerton | Email

LMS System Manager / Lead Developer
Malcolm Peacock | Email

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Manager of Rating
Brian Valentine | Email

International Rating Officer
Debra Atkinson | Email

Rating Administrator
Matthew Carr | Email

Games Played Abroad Administrator
Paul McKeown | Email

Officers reporting to the Home Chess Development Director

Officer of Online Chess
Nigel Towers | Email

Controller of the Grand Prix
David Clayton | Email

Chief Arbiter
Lara Barnes | Email

Manager of Coaches
Andrew Martin | Email

Manager for Daily Chess
Andrew Caswell | Email

Manager for Chess in Prisons
Carl Portman | Email | Profile [PDF] | Report 2021

Controller, Counties Championship
Mark Murrell | Email

Manager of Arbiters
Adrian Elwin | Email

Manager for Accessible Chess
Vacant | Email

 

Officers reporting to the Events Director

Entries Secretary
Tim Dickinson | Email
British Championships Qualifying Administrator
Debra Atkinson | Email
Events Assistant
Lawrence Cooper | Email pending
Manager of Organisers
Lance Leslie-Smith | Email pending
Manager of the British Championships
Kevin Staveley | Email
Manager of the English Championships
Adrian Elwin | Email
Manager of the UK Open Blitz Championship
Alex Holowczak | Email
Manager of the English Schools Championship
Neill Cooper | Email
Manager of the English Schools Girls Championships
Andrew Martin | Email
Manager of the British Senior Team Chess Challenge
Neill Cooper | Email
Manager of the British Junior Team Chess Challenge
Hambel Willow | Email
Manager of the British Primary Team Chess Challenge
John Bowley | Email pending
Manager of the Vera Menchik Memorial
Aga Milewska | Email
Manager of the Cambridge International
Vacant

Officers reporting to the Junior Development Director

Manager of Schools Chess
Neill Cooper | Email
National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator
Neill Cooper | Email
Deputy National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator
Phillip Beckett | Email
 

Officers reporting to the Director of Women’s Chess

Manager of Women’s Online Chess
Jo Hutchinson | Email

Manager of Female Social Media
Vacant | Email

Officers reporting to the Director of International Chess and External Relations

Manager of Senior Chess
Nigel Povah | Email

Manager of Sponsorship for International Chess
Vacant | Email

Officers reporting to the Finance Director

Financial Controller
Alex Longson | Email

Committees

International Selection Committee
Malcolm Pein (Chair), David Openshaw, Jonathan Parker, Natasha Regan, Jonathan Speelman, William Watson

International Senior Selection Committee
Nigel Povah (Chair), John Emms, Clive Frostick, Paul Littlewood, Malcolm Pein

Finance Committee
Nick Faulks (Chair), Ray Clark, David Eustace, Zoe Varney, and, by invitation, the Auditor

Governance Committee
Robert Stern (Chair), David Eustace, Michael Farthing, Mike Gunn, Peter Hornsby, Mark Murrell

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, Alex Longson

* images by John Saunders