NEW YEAR NEW CHALLENGE? BWSW Non-Executive Director vacancies...

We're looking for talented, enthusiastic individuals to help us grow our impact and bring our vision for the sport to life for the long-term future. 

With our Annual General Meeting board elections taking place in January 2026 we are seeking nominations from those who have the passion and transferable skills to support our work.  You may have expertise and experience with customer acquisition and retention, business growth, branding and communications or have a wealth of experience in safety and welfare or workforce development.  Whatever your skills and background we offer an opportunity to support the positive impact of our sport on a voluntary basis.

We are keen to fill positions with those who have an interest in the whole sport of water skiing and wakeboarding, whether behind the boat or cable, and its long-term future.  Key to standing is that a candidate can bring important skills, strategic insight and relevant experience to the organisation and is prepared to make a meaningful contribution, including outside of board meetings.  Under the terms of our Sport England funding we (and all of our committees) are subject to the Code for Sports Governance and all directors need to be fully cognisant of these requirements.  As importantly, directors also need to be aware of the serious company law requirements of holding a directorship position and the attendant responsibilities as regards financial scrutiny, safeguarding the Company’s assets and, as a duty owed to the Company, to stakeholders. 

We do wish to attract new people into the organisation and are keen to attract younger people and more women.  The board has adopted a target of a minimum of 35% female board representation.  A knowledge of sport and club management are important as we are a sport, but British Water Ski & Wakeboard is essentially also a business and so business acumen and relevant skills are also very important.  A key ongoing aim is to increase the diversity of the board.  We recognise the importance of diversity in enabling the organisation to make decisions more effectively by reducing the risk of 'group-think', as well as contributing to a wider understanding of our members and participants and helping us to identify potential new markets for our sport.  We welcome applicants from all sectors of society and, in particular, from under-represented groups, based on their skills and experience. 

The lead in to the AGM is the usual time for our member clubs and centres to consider putting forward candidates they consider to have the requisite skills and experience to fulfil the role of director.  

Any nominations should be made following a skills-based assessment by the nominating member club or centre.  Anyone individual interested in being nominated to stand for election is welcome to contact our CEO Patrick Donovan for an informal discussion on the role and time commitment: ceo@bwsf.co.uk

Completed nominations forms should be received at our office prior to: 5pm on Friday 28th November 2025 so that details of any additional nominations can be circulated to voting members at the AGM.

Nomination Form

AGM Election Flow Chart

Board Member Role Description