Name: Dr. Evelina Georgiades
Organisation: Cyprus Sport Organisation
Position: EWS Chair, Chair of the "Women and Sport" Committee of the Cyprus Sport Organisation
Background: Sports physiologist (B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Exercise Science and Medicine from the University of Glasgow). Director of the Cyprus National Olympic Committee (2003-2007); Member of the National Olympic Academy (2003-2007); Member of the National Anti-Doping Organisation (2003-2004, 2006-2007); Director at Dr. K. Chrysostomides & Co LLC Law firm (2007-present); Lecturer in Physiology at Frederick University Cyprus (2009-present).
Former member of the Cyprus national athletics team (400m, 400m-hurdles)
Name: Helen Tan
Organisation: The Sport and Recreation Alliance
Position: EWS Secretary General, Events and Projects Officer at the Sport and Recreation Alliance
Background:
EWS Secretary General 2009-2011
Former Development Manager at Badminton England and local authority sports development officer
Project coordinator for the ENTER! Women's leadership development programme
Organisation: Swedish Sport Confederation
Position: Vice President, Swedish Judo Federation
Background: Former elite athlete in Judo, Former National Coach for the Swedish National Judo Team. Professional sports psychologist.
Name: Sallie Barker
Organisation: ENGSO
Position: Executive Member
Background: Sallie is Head of Services at the Sport and Recreation Alliance in the UK, where she has responsibility for equality and diversity both within the organisation itself and in developing programmes to help members. One of these is the Women's Leadership Development Programme which is run in conjunction with UK Sport and the British Olympic Foundation. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the European Non Government Sports Organisation with the responsibility for strategic development, including equality.
Name: Carole Bretteville
Organisation: CNOSF
Position: Qualified person designated by the CNOSF
with the EWS to represent
Background:
President of the National Commission of Women and Sport FFSE
Member of the Board of FFSE
Participation in the program WILD
Member of National Women and Sport set up by the French sports ministry in charge of drafting a report on the progress of women's sports since 2004.
Investing in the project "aims federal election" with the CNOSF
Name: Lara Lill
Organisation: ASA
Position: Head of Health and Participation
Lara has been involved in sport all her life, from an early age she learnt to swim and went on to compete locally, regionally and nationally. As well as swimming, Lara was also a keen slalom canoeist, runner and triathlete. Although she doesn't compete now, she still loves sport and partakes in all sorts including tap dancing, hip hop and of course swimming!
Lara trained as a secondary school PE teacher at Liverpool, she taught for a while in the North East before moving to pursue her passion in swimming. She was appointed to the ASA in 1998 and has enjoyed a successful 13 years in roles ranging from developing new partnerships, working with clubs, and more recently, the national role of Head of Health and Participation. This has been a challenging but exciting position, finding new partnerships particularly within the health agenda. Lara's recent appointment to the European Women and Sport steering group will have significant relevance to the work she does within sport around getting more females to participate.