Board and Officers

ECF Board

President Dominic Lawson Email	Chief Executive Mike Truran Email	Director of Finance Adam Ashton Email	Director of International Chess Malcolm Pein Email
Director of Membership Rob Willmoth Email	Director of Home Chess Nigel Towers Email	Director of Junior Chess & Education Alex Holowczak Email	Director of Women’s Chess Chris Fegan Email
Director of Events Shohreh Bayat Email	Non-Executive Director Stephen Woodhouse Email	Non-Executive Director Natasha Regan Email	Non-Executive Chairman Julian Clissold Email
Alternate Director of Women’s Chess Aga Milewska 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; David Eustace Email
Gold Members Rob Willmoth Email; Lorin D’Costa Email	Silver Members Tim Wall Email; John Reyes Email
Bronze Members Aga Milewska Email; Chris Skulte 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 Email
Manager of ICT Keith Osborne Email	Manager of Online Chess Nigel Towers Email
Board & Minutes Secretary Danny Rosenbaum Email	Safeguarding Officer Samantha Ali Email
Office Gary Willson Email	Office Andrew Walker Email
Sport & Recreation Alliance Representative Julian Clissold Email

Officers Reporting to the Director of Women’s Chess

Manager of Female Social Media Helen Frostick Email

Manager of Women’s Online Chess Vacant Email

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 of Coaching Andrew Martin Email	Manager for Accessible Chess Vacant Email
Manager for Daily Chess Andrew Caswell Email

International Chess Officers

Manager of Senior Chess Stewart Reuben Email

Manager of Sponsorship for International Chess Satish Gaekwad Email

Membership Officers

Manager of Rating Brian Valentine Email	Rating Administrator Matthew Carr Email
Rating Website Officer Jon Griffith Email	International Rating Officer David Clayton * Email
Manager of Marketing and Membership Stewart Watson Email

Junior Chess and Education Officers

ECF Chess Academy Team – Alex Holowczak, Sarah Longson, Alex Longson 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, David Eustace, and ex officio, the President and, by invitation, the Auditor

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

Awards Committee – Stephen Greep (Chair), Julie Denning, Ameet Ghasi, Sarah Longson, Natasha Regan, Jack Rudd, Nigel Towers

Book of the Year – Ray Edwards (Chair), Jovanka Houska, 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