Board and Officers

ECF Board

President Dominic Lawson Email	Chief Executive Mike Truran Email	Director of Finance David Eustace Email	Director of International Chess Malcolm Pein Email
Director of Membership Dave Thomas Email	Director of Home Chess Adrian Elwin Email	Director of Junior Chess & Education Alex Holowczak Email	Director of Women’s Chess Chris Fegan Email
Non-Executive Director Stephen Woodhouse Email	Non-Executive Director Julie Denning Email	Non-Executive Chairman Julian Clissold Email

Officers who are members of Council

Chair of Council Michael Farthing Email	Delegate FIDE Malcolm Pein Email	Chair of Finance Nick Faulks Email	Chair of Governance Robert Stern Email
Past CEO Serving on Council Phil Ehr Email	Past Chair of Council Mike Gunn Email	Trustees of the Permanent Invested Fund Ray B Edwards; Isabel Keen

Direct Members’ Representatives
HLVPs, VPs, CVPs, Honorary Life Members, Life Members Stewart Reuben Email; Gerry Walsh Email	Platinum Members John Wickham Email; Vacant
Gold Members Rob Willmoth Email; Lorin D’Costa Email	Silver Members Keith Jones Email; John Reyes Email
Bronze Members Angus French Email; Charles Higgie Email

Officers Reporting to the Board, President or Chief Executive

Company Secretary Bruce Wallace Associates Limited Email	Voting Register Officer Michael Farthing Email
Manager of ICT Keith Osborne Email	Secretary to the Board, Minutes Secretary, and Manager of Online Chess Nigel Towers Email
ECF Office Team Gary Willson – Email Andrew Walker – Email Christine Carcas – Email Office email – office@englishchess.org.uk	Sport & Recreation Alliance Representative Mike Gunn Email
Auditor Goatcher Chandler, 10 Overcliffe, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0EF

Officers Reporting to the Director of Women’s Chess

Manager of Female Social Media Helen Frostick Email

Manager of Women’s Online Chess Jo Hutchinson

Home Chess Officers

Manager of the British Chess Championships Kevin Staveley Email	Manager of Chess in Prisons Carl Portman Email | Profile [PDF] | Report 2018
Controller of the Grand Prix Vacant Email	Controller, Counties Championship Mark Murrell Email
Chief Arbiter Lara Barnes Email	Manager of Arbiters Alan Atkinson * Email
Manager for Disabled Chess Vacant Email

International Chess Officers

Manager of Senior Chess Stewart Reuben Email

Membership Officers

Manager of Grading Brian Valentine Email	Grading Administrator Matthew Carr Email
Grading Website Officer Jon Griffith Email	International Rating Officer David Clayton * Email

Junior Chess and Education Officers

ECF Chess Academy Team – Alex Holowczak, Sarah Longson, Alex Longson Email

Safeguarding Officer – Phillip Beckett Email

Manager of Schools Chess – Phillip Beckett Email

National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Neill Cooper Email

National Primary Schools Co-ordinator – Julian Clissold Email

Deputy National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Phillip Beckett Email

Manager, Certificate of Excellence – Peter Turner Email

Publicity Officers

Publicity Officer Mark Rivlin Email

Social Media Manager & Deputy Webmaster Danny Rosenbaum Email

Committees

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

International Senior Selection Committee
Stewart Reuben (Chair), Keith Arkell, Tony Ashby, Paul Littlewood, Ken Norman

Finance Committee
Nick Faulks (Chair), Ray Clark, Ian Reynolds and ex officio, the President and, by invitation, the Auditor

Governance Committee
Robert Stern (Chair), Michael Farthing, Mike Gunn, Andrew Leadbetter and ex officio, the President

Awards Committee – Stephen Greep (Chair), Julie Denning, Roger Edwards, Stan Goodall, Mark Hogarth, William Metcalfe, Jack Rudd, ex officio the Membership Director

Book of the Year – Ray Edwards (Chair), Julian Farrand, Sean Marsh

Ex-officio Trustees of the Chess Trust
Mike Truran, David Eustace (both as above)

To read the Directors and Officers Responsibilities Regulations – click here

* images by John Saunders