Opportunity Description
The role is to chair the Board and the General Meetings of members, and to work closely with the chief executive. The appointment fills one of the organisation’s three independent non-executive director roles. The chair is focused on the business of the organisation, with very little involvement in ambassadorial roles which are the primary responsibility of the president, past president and president-elect (none of which are on the board).
The chair is a Board appointment (subject to ratification by the members) and the appointee can serve up to three years per term of office, and up to two terms.
Independent directors were introduced following major constitutional change in 2017, and the first independent chair is about to conclude the permitted maximum of six years in office. During this time, England Golf received public funding designated for golf from Sport England and, therefore, is bound by the Sport England Code for Sports Governance.
The chair role: