Board and Officers

ECF Board

President Dominic Lawson Email [c/o the ECF Office]	Chief Executive Mike Truran Email
Director of Finance Alex Longson Email	Director of International Chess and External Relations 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 Aga Milewska Email
Non-Executive Chairman Stephen Woodhouse Email	Non-Executive Director Stephen Greep Email
Non-Executive Director Sarah Longson Email	Non-Executive Director Danny Rosenbaum Email

Officers who are members of Council

Chair of Council David Eustace 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 Michael Farthing Email

Direct Members’ Representatives
HLVPs, VPs, CVPs, Honorary Life Members John Wickham Email; Gerry Walsh Email	Platinum Members David Eustace Email; Adrian Elwin Email
Gold Members Tim Wall Email; Gavin Cartwright Email, Julian Morrison Email, John Reyes Email	Bronze Members JC Le Saux Email and Tina Teotia 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 Nigel Towers Email	Manager of Online Chess Nigel Towers Email
Board & Minutes Secretary Debra Atkinson Email	Safeguarding Officers Jo Wildman*, Paul Sharratt, Kevin Hurney Email
Sport & Recreation Alliance Representative Stephen Greep Email

ECF Office

Office Manager Debra Atkinson Email

Webmaster / Membership Admin Andrew Walker Email

Officers Reporting to the Director of Women’s Chess

Manager of Female Social Media Vacant Email

Manager of Women’s Online Chess Jo Hutchinson Email

Home Chess Officers

Manager of the British Chess Championships Kevin Staveley Email	Manager for Chess in Prisons Carl Portman Email | Profile [PDF] | Report 2021
Controller of the Grand Prix David Clayton Email	Controller, Counties Championship Mark Murrell Email
Chief Arbiter Lara Barnes Email	Manager of Arbiters Adrian Elwin Email
Manager of Coaches Andrew Martin Email	Manager for Accessible Chess Vacant Email
Manager for Daily Chess Andrew Caswell Email	LMS System Manager / Lead Developer Malcolm Peacock Email
LMS System Administrator Steve Emmerton Email

International Chess Officers

Manager of Senior Chess Nigel Povah Email

Manager of Sponsorship for International Chess Vacant Email

Rating Officers

Manager of Rating Brian Valentine Email	Rating Administrator Matthew Carr Email
International Rating Officer Debra Atkinson Email	Games Played Abroad Administrator Paul McKeown Email

Junior Chess and Education Officers

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

Manager of Schools Chess – Neill Cooper Email

National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Neill Cooper Email

Deputy National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Phillip Beckett Email

Publicity Officers

Social Media Manager/Publicity Officer Danny Rosenbaum Email

Committees

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

International Senior Selection Committee
Nigel Povah (Chair), John Emms, Clive Frostick, Paul Littlewood, Malcolm Pein

Finance Committee
Nick Faulks (Chair), Ray Clark, David Eustace, Zoe Varney, and, by invitation, the Auditor

Governance Committee
Robert Stern (Chair), David Eustace, Michael Farthing, Mike Gunn, Peter Hornsby, Mark Murrell

Awards Committee
Keith Gregory (Chair), Julie Denning, Sarah Longson, Natasha Regan, Jack Rudd, Peter Wells and ex officio, the Director of Home Chess

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

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

* images by John Saunders