Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough

Susan Catherine Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, CBE (born 10 October 1948),[1] is a British sports administrator who has been Chairman of UK Sport since 2003.

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Educational career

Campbell was educated at Long Eaton Grammar School and Bedford College of Physical Education, followed by the University of Leicester where she obtained a Master of Education degree.[2] She worked as a physical education teacher at Whalley Range High School in Manchester for two years in the early 1970s, before becoming Deputy Director of Physical Education at Leicester University in 1972. She was a Lecturer in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science at Loughborough University from 1976. In July 2011 she received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Bedfordshire.[3]

Sports career

In 1980, Campbell was appointed Regional Officer for the East Midlands by the Sports Council of Great Britain. She was Deputy Chief Executive of the National Coaching Foundation for one year in 1984, before becoming its Chief Executive for a decade, 1985 to 1995. She was appointed MBE in 1991. Campbell became Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust in 1995, having played a key role in setting it up. She was an adviser to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills from 2000 to 2003.

In 2003 Lady Campbell was appointed as Chairman of UK Sport,[2] the new name for the Sports Council of Great Britain, and appointed CBE in the same year. She retained her executive position with the Youth Sport Trust until 2005 when she became its Chairman.[2]

On 10 November 2008 she was, on recommendation by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, created Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, of Loughborough in the County of Leicestershire.[4] Lady Campbell of Loughborough sits on the crossbenches of the House of Lords. She chose to make her maiden speech on the subject of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.[5]

Influence

In February 2013 she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Sam Leith: When a Lord (aka Lady) is not a Lord (aka Lady)...
  2. 1 2 3 Campbell, Susan Catherine’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
  3. ↑ http://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2011/jul/110713-Bedford
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 58884. p. 17799. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  5. ↑ Olympic Games 2012 — Debate http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2009-06-18a.1191.0
  6. ↑ BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour Power list

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