Colin Moynihan has been Chairman of the BOA since October 2005. He is also a member of the Olympic Board and a non-executive Director of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and The Paralympic Games Limited. Colin is Chairman of Pelamis Wave Power Ltd and a Director of Rowan Drilling.  From July 2000 until October 2003 he was Executive Chairman and Chief Executive of Consort Resources Limited and from 2003 until 2007 he was Executive Chairman of Clipper Windpower Europe Limited.  Colin was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for ten years serving as Minister for Sport from 1987 to 1990, and Minister for Energy from 1990 to 1992.

David is a former British athlete who won gold in the 400m Hurdles at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games, along with a silver and bronze medal in the 4x400m relay and 400m Hurdles respectively in Munich 1972. In 1998 he was elected as the first president of UK Athletics, a position he held until 2003.

Niels became Chief Executive of UK Athletics in 2007. Prior to that, he was the CEO of the Sale Sharks Rugby Union Club and was Commercial Director for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Niels was elected to the BOA Board in October 2009.

Richard is a former British hockey player who was a member of the gold medal winning squad at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. That team remain the only British team to date to win a gold medal in hockey. He became President of the Great Britain Hockey Board in January 2008. Richard was elected to the BOA Board in March 2007.

Hew has been a director of British Curling Ltd since its inception four years ago. He was Great Britain Olympic Team Manager in 2002, Team Co-ordinator in 2006 and Women’s Team Manager for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. He has considerable experience of high performance sport having coached national teams to medal success at European and World Curling Championships. Hew was elected to the BOA Board in November 2010.

Denise is a partner at Eversheds International Law Firm, where she specialises in strategic planning and client service delivery. With a portfolio of independent directorships built up over 20 years in public and private companies and charitable organisations, she is a highly experienced corporate finance lawyer and general manager. Denise joined the BOA Board as a non-executive Director in May 2011.

David is the current Chairman of Cosalt plc and also the Chair of the Nottingham University Development Committee, amongst other non-executive Director appointments. Previously, David was the co-founder and Deputy Chairman of the Carphone Warehouse from 1991 through to 2008. He is the current Chairman of the BOA Audit Committee, and joined the BOA Board as a non-executive Director in June 2011.

Craig became Chairman of the British Olympic Association in 1992, where he served for more than a decade before retiring in 2005. Previously, he was a successful Badminton player at national and international level from 1962 – 1970, before becoming involved in the administration of the sport as President of the International Badminton Federation. Craig is also a member of the IOC Executive Board.

John is currently the Chairman of the British Olympic Foundation. Previously, he was the Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association for many years until his retirement in 2003. John was also President of Tennis Europe, and acted as ITF Technical Delegate for Tennis for three Olympic Games.