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DIRECTORS OF THE ITFC BOARD

Posted on: Mon 10 Aug 2009

Simon Clegg

Chief Executive - Simon Clegg

Former British Olympic Association Chief Executive and Great British Olympic Chef de Mission Simon Clegg CBE, 49, has an extensive skill base acquired over two varying careers. In 1988, at the age of 28, he was promoted as one of the youngest majors in the British Army, having joined as a private soldier, before leaving to follow a career in sports leadership and administration a year later. His final tour of duty was with the now Colchester based 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery.

He has since become one of the UK's most experienced international sports leaders after joining the BOA in 1989 as Deputy General Secretary, before being appointed as the BOA's first Chief Executive in 1997. He has led British athletes to 12 Olympic Games (summer and winter) including overseeing Britain's most successful Olympic Games in 100 years at Beijing in 2008.

In his time with the BOA, Simon Clegg has been widely credited with transforming the sports body into one of the world's leading National Olympic Committees, increasing turnover by 500% from £3m in 1997 to in excess of £15m last year. The BOA is one of the very few NOCs that receives no government or lottery funding with all revenue being generated by extensive commercial activity or fund raising.

His introduction to high performance sport was as a competitive cross country and biathlon skier, going on to manage the British Biathlon team in the 1984/5 season. He was awarded the OBE in 2001 for management of Team GB at the Sydney Olympics, Team GB's most successful performance since 1920 and four years later was made a CBE for his contribution to London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics.

He left the BOA in December 2008 and after exploring a number of opportunities became the Chief Executive at Ipswich Town Football Club in April 2009.

Board Member - Martin Pitcher

Martin Pitcher has joined the Ipswich Town plc and the ITFC Boards. He qualified as a chartered accountant at Price Waterhouse in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and subsequently worked in their offices in London and New York in both the audit and transaction divisions. He joined the Marcus Evans Group three years ago and is director of corporate development, responsible for new business start-ups and acquisitions.

Ian Milne

Board Member - Ian Milne

Ian Milne has joined the ITFC board and is a qualified solicitor. He gained wide international commercial legal experience with Diageo and then at Revlon International prior to joining the Marcus Evans Group as group general counsel in 2000.

Jonathan Symonds

Board Member - Jonathan Symonds

Jonathan Symonds has joined the ITFC Board. He has been chief information officer of the Marcus Evans Group since 1996, responsible for the strategy and delivery of IT solutions globally for the group. After graduating with a degree in business information systems he held roles in IT management at Apple Computers, Bacon and Woodrow and Global Communications.

 

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