30 Sep 2019
Three new board members for Sport England
BY Tom Walker
Sports and culture secretary Nicky Morgan has appointed three members to the board of grassroots agency Sport England.
Azeem Akhtar, chief technology officer at BT Global; Tove Okunniwa, CEO of London Sport; and David Mahoney, chief operating officer at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will join the board for a three-year term.
As head of London Sport, Okunniwa has set the organisation the ambitious target of making London the most active city in the world. She has a background in strategic marketing and content creation, with experience in both commercial and non-profit sectors.
A telecommunications expert, Azeem Akhtar holds a non-executive director role as chair of Active Essex and was named in the UK’s Top 100 Most Influential BAME Business Leaders in 2016.
Meanwhile, David Mahoney – a qualified lawyer – has overseen the strategy, insights, HR, integrity and public policy teams as ECB’s Chief Strategy Officer.
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