Martin Winter
Chair

Martin worked in the City for 45 years as a lawyer with most of his involvement being in private equity transactions.  He continues his 35 year competitive waterski slalom career with a markedly lower degree of success although this is given reasonable balance by the performance of other family members.  He also chairs a small charity focused on the provision of sporting equipment to, and sponsoring sporting events in, communities under challenge.  He strongly believes the sport must operate on data rather than opinions.

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Steve Sopp
Vice Chair

Michael Lock

Peter James
Treasurer

Peter James qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2003. He was appointed to the Board of Solid State PLC in February 2017. Before joining Solid State PLC, Peter was Group Financial Controller at IQE PLC where he was a key member of the senior leadership team successfully completing two significant transactions. At PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Peter gained a wide range of experience in Audit and Financial Due Diligence and listings working with and advising a broad range of companies in a variety of sectors, including multinational main market and AIM listed companies. In addition, on a voluntary basis Peter is a non-executive director for The British Water Ski & Wakeboard Federation Limited providing independent financial oversight as Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee.

Margaret Curtis

Maggie has been an active member of Cotswold Water Ski Club for over 30 years and has been (and still is) the Membership Secretary with some 300+ members - a role she continues to enjoy, and has served on their board since 2011. She is actively involved in promoting all disciplines of waterskiing (and in particular Barefoot), especially by bringing new and young members to the sport as well as supporting Team GB members at her club.
Maggie is married with 2 adult daughters - Bibby who has previously been in the GB Barefoot Team and Annie who enjoys slalom and trick.  Maggie and her husband Mark have run two successful businesses over the years, and now in semi-retirement, Maggie enjoys music and other creative hobbies, plus she volunteers for the British Red Cross, as well as entering her fourth year on the BWSW Board.

Nick Fellows
Independent Director

Nick has been involved in sport for most of his life and has been fortunate enough to build a career in the sport and leisure industry, both public and private sector. His experience spans working as a competitor, volunteer, coach, official and committee member in the voluntary sector with clubs and leagues, through to leading publicly funded and unfunded NGBs as CEO and Accountable Officer.

Nick also led the British Olympic Association’s high performance sports science and rehab service and attended three Olympic Games as part of the HQ Operations Support team. He draws upon his experience from European and International Federations, as well as having been a Board member of a number of other sports bodies, to bring a broader perspective to Board discussions and challenges and is the BWSW Board’s Anti-Doping Lead.

Clare Lobb
Senior Independent Director

Clare has been involved in High Performance sport for over 15 years.  She has worked for the International Olympic Committee, British Swimming and the English Institute of Sport where she is currently a Technical Lead.  She has been an Independent Director with BWSW since the end of 2016 and is currently helping drive the area of Diversity and Equality in the organisation. Clare enjoys any outdoor activities and acts as an ambassador for a charity promoting access for women to running and the outdoors in areas where this is limited.

Patrick Donovan
Chief Executive Officer

Patrick has had a long and varied career in the education and sports sector for over 30 years both in the UK and overseas.  He has been the lead driver of four successful BWSW funding strategies which challenged the organisation to think bigger with innovative initiatives in relation to facilities, IT modernisation and ambitious development aims.  His days of slalom skiing through winter are very much a thing of the past now however he still enjoys the occasional summer wakesurf and attending events.