Lara Barnes has been appointed as the Chief Arbiter of the Women’s World Team Championship 2021 currently in progress in Sitges, Spain [see https://worldwomensteams.fide.com/]. This event is the first to fall within the ambit of a major new sponsorship agreement for women’s chess announced by FIDE ahead of The Year of Women in Chess in 2022 [see https://fide.com/news/1351].
— David Sedgwick