Results from the Alliance's board elections have been published this afternoon.
Jane Bateman from the FA and Brendon Batson OBE from the Professional Players Association topped the poll and they will begin their three-year terms of office at the end of the Alliance's AGM on 8 July. In the case of Jane Bateman, the date will denote the start of her second consecutive term of office.
Chair Andy Reed, whom the board have also reappointed as an appointed director for a further three years, believes that the elections will help to keep the organisation at the heart of a world-leading sport and recreation sector.
"Jane and Brendon will be very welcome members of the Alliance board. In Jane's case, we know that she will continue to provide sound insight and expertise drawn from her experience of working in a senior role for our biggest member, The FA. Brendon will bring with him knowledge of elite sport but also great experience of equality issues through his work with Sporting Equals. I'm looking forward to working with them both."
Jane Bateman said that she was proud to have been re-elected to the Board.
"It's a real honour to have been re-elected. With recent work like the launch of the Mental Health Charter and the publication of our Ministers To-do List, we can feel that we're making a real difference and I look forward to supporting those efforts over the next three years."
Brendon Batson commented,
"I'm joining an organisation that feels like it is on the up. I've seen first-hand the way the Alliance works through the PPF's membership of the organisation and I thought that it was something I wanted to be part of. I'm really pleased to have been elected and I can't wait to get started in July."
Andy Reed also thanked those board members who would be leaving the board in three months' time, following the AGM
"John Bell and John Boyd have been excellent servants of the Alliance and its membership throughout their time on the board and I hope that we will continue to benefit from their expertise for some time yet. John Boyd continues to be chair of our biggest division, for example, and we will want to make sure that we still have access to John Bell's expertise on local authorities."
The list of the full board can be found here.
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