Sir Hugh Robertson elected Vice Chair of the BOA
Former Sports Minister Sir Hugh Robertson has today been named as the new Vice Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) following an election by National Olympic Committee members.
In addition, Annamarie Phelps, Hew Chalmers and Ian Howard have been elected onto the Board as National Governing Body (NGB) Representatives following the vote.
Sir Hugh replaces outgoing Vice Chair David Hemery, who has served the maximum time in the post. David has now been made Life Vice President by Chairman Seb Coe.
Sir Hugh presided over the London 2012 Olympic Games as the government’s Minister for Sport from 2010-2013 having previously occupied the post of Shadow Minister from 2004. Hugh stood down as MP for Faversham and Mid Kent for the 2015 General Election following two successful election wins in 2005 and 2010.
British Curling Director Hew Chalmers is re-elected to the Board for another four year term while Ian Howard (President and Chair of British Triathlon) and Annamarie Phelps (Chairman of British Rowing) join for the first time, replacing Neils de Vos (British Athletics) and David Sparkes (British Swimming).
The trio join Richard Leman (Great Britain Hockey) and Sarah Treseder (Royal Yachting Association) as the Board’s sport representatives.
In addition to the Election Meeting, as defined in the Articles of Association for the purposes of electing a new Vice Chairman and three NGB Representatives, the Board was also updated on Games matters concerning the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games and the Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
