The Board
Bridie joined the Board on 1 January 2024 as a Council-elected Non-Executive Director. She has been the Council representative for Hertfordshire since 2021 and is a member of the LTA’s Development Tennis Advisory Group.
Bridie has been volunteering with Hertfordshire LTA since 2015 and is currently on the Management Committee, leading on initiatives to grow schools’ tennis and to increase female participation in playing and coaching. A former management consultant and marketing executive she now works as a level 3 LTA accredited coach. Bridie has played county tennis since junior days and has recently represented GB in ITF seniors’ tennis events.
Rachel joined the Board on 26 September 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is Chair of the Audit Committee, a member of the Board Nominations Committee and the Board Inclusion & Diversity Champion providing Board oversight on the implementation of the LTA’s Inclusion and Diversity strategy.
Rachel was a partner at KPMG where she served as a member of the firm’s global management team for eight years as the global Head of People, Performance and Culture. She was also the executive responsible for global internal and external communications. Rachel is an independent non-executive director of UK Sport, the Chair of Minds@Work and is an avid tennis supporter.
Sara joined the Board in June 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is also Chair of the Remuneration Committee and sits on The Championships’ Committee of Management.
Sara is a multi-award-winning marketer and experienced Board Director who has worked across a number of industries. She's a keen tennis fan and padel player who joined the LTA Board to help ‘open up’ the game.
Sanjay joined the Board on 1 August 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is a member of the Audit Committee and of the LTA’s Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Group.
Sanjay has a portfolio career as a board member, business adviser and charity trustee. Sanjay is Chair of Satellite Applications Catapult which seeks to catalyse innovation in the UK space industry and advises a number of businesses on innovation and growth strategies embracing disruptive technology.
Sanjay is experienced in driving cultural change through equality, diversity & inclusion strategies and also has a passion for sport and activity. He is Chair of Kick It Out (English football’s equality and inclusion charity) and is a non-executive adviser at the law firm Travers Smith.
Prior to his portfolio career, Sanjay had a 30-year career in professional services as a lawyer specialising in international fraud and then as a consultant moving from legal and compliance technology into broader innovation roles. Sanjay was a Partner at EY for 12 years.
Sanjay was appointed MBE by His Majesty The King in the New Years Honour List 2024 for services to sport.
Roy joined the Board on 1 January 2023 as a Non-Executive Director by virtue of his appointment as the LTA Deputy President.
He has volunteered in tennis for over 20 years in a number of roles ranging from multiple club positions, assisting in the Cliff Richard Tennis Foundation, being involved in the Birmingham Classic WTA Tournament, multiple County committee roles and volunteering on the LTA council.
Roy is a corporate partner in a regional law firm who specialises in a broad range of corporate work including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity, joint ventures, group reorganisations and commercial transactions in merges and acquisitions.
Richard joined the Board on 1 January 2023 as a Council-elected Non-Executive Director, and is a member of the LTA’s Development Tennis Advisory Group.
He has been an active volunteer for Hampshire & IOW LTA since 2006, currently fulfilling the role of President. He has also previously acted as their Chair, Vice Chair and a Management Committee member.
Additionally Richard works within tennis, as the Managing Director of the Totton & Eling Tennis Centre - an eight-floodlit-court community facility, which was custom-built in 2004. He is a Level 3 LTA Accredited coach, specialising in getting the most out of recreational youth players.
Richard also fulfils the role of Honorary Consul to the Federal Republic of Germany, representing around 12,000 German citizens in the district of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Dorset. He's a fluent German speaker.
Mervyn Davies, Lord Davies of Abersoch, CBE is the Chairman of the Lawn Tennis Association. He is also the Chairman of LetterOne and Chairman of Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. He sits on the World Rugby Executive and is a senior advisor to Teneo.
Lord Davies is a British former banker and was previously a Labour government minister. Prior to Government, he was a Director, Chief Executive and Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC for 12 years. He remains a UK government Trade Envoy for Sri Lanka.
Lord Davies was awarded a CBE for his services to the financial sector and the community in Hong Kong in June 2002 where he served as a member of the HK Exchange fund for seven years. Lord Davies is a JP in Hong Kong, and he is an Honorary Distinguished Professor at Cardiff Business School.
Lord Davies is married with two children and is a fluent Welsh speaker.
Anil joined the Board on 1 August 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
He has more than two decades of media, entertainment and sports experience and is currently Chief Development Officer, International at global media company, Warner Bros. Discovery, where he leads strategic growth and expansion opportunities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. A corporate lawyer by background, Anil has previously held leadership positions at Discovery, Sky and 21st Century Fox.
Anil is passionate about tennis, having played the sport from a young age.
Nigel joined the Board on 1 January 2023 as a Non-Executive Director by virtue of his appointment as the Chair of the Development Tennis Advisory Group. He has supported grass roots tennis for most of his adult life - as a player, team captain, committee member and club Chair.
Nigel previously represented Kent on the LTA Council, alongside his roles as County Treasurer and Management Board member at Bromley Tennis Centre.
Nigel was a career civil servant specialising in countering international tax avoidance. He established new domestic channels for sharing intelligence in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and, as the UK Competent Authority for the exchange of information under international agreements, expanded international cooperation through the sharing of knowledge and data. His final role was to lead the end-to-end delivery of tax credits and child benefit.
Scott was appointed CEO of the Lawn Tennis Association on 8 January 2018.
Prior to joining the LTA, Scott had a successful business career in the sports and leisure industry. He founded the health, fitness and racquets club group, Next Generation Clubs, in 1997 and expanded the company internationally, ahead of the Company purchasing David Lloyd Leisure from Whitbread plc in 2007. As Group Chief Executive of David Lloyd Leisure, Scott headed up the integration and subsequent growth of the business through to its sale to TDR Capital in 2013. Scott stayed with the company as CEO before stepping into a non-executive role in 2016 and remains a Director.
At the LTA, Scott launched the LTA’s vision of Tennis Opened Up as the organisation set out a five-year strategy to grow the game and reverse the decline in participation. By December 2023 at the conclusion of the strategy, adult monthly participation had doubled, annual participation had grown by 44%, there were nine different British players in the top 100 during the year - the most since 1978, and the LTA’s database of tennis fans had tripled to 1.5m. The organisation also embarked on a major project to improve 3000 tennis courts in parks across Britain with the support of the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation. A new three-year plan for the strategy has now been launched to build on this success and continue to open up tennis.
Sandi joined the Board on 6 January 2017 as a Council-elected Non-Executive Director and then became LTA Deputy President in January 2020 and now LTA President for 2023- 2025.
Sandi represented Kent on the LTA Council before she became Deputy President. She sat on the Kent LTA Board until 2022 and was involved in a wide range of Kent activities for over 25 years.
Sandi is a Trustee of The LTA Tennis Foundation and a member of the Nomination Committee, the LTA Remuneration Committee and The Championships Committee of Management. She is also a member of the Tennis Europe Development Committee and the ITF Olympic Committee.
Sandi is a former PE teacher turned tennis coach and Tennis Centre Manager and has a particular passion for youth tennis. She created the original Mini Tennis Red, Orange and Green programme and the Tennis Leaders Programme for the LTA, with resources, training materials and delivery to British coaches.
Simon joined the Board on 28 November 2016 in his capacity as Finance Director. He is a trustee of the LTA Tennis Foundation, a member of the Investment Advisory Group and is also responsible for the LTA’s legal team, with Executive responsibility for the LTA Tennis Foundation.
Simon has over 15 years' experience in the sports industry across a number of different organisations. Prior to joining the LTA, Simon was Head of Finance and Business Development at Team Sky and, prior to that, spent 15 years at Sky, leading finance teams supporting business areas including marketing, technology and Sky Sports. Simon is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having trained and qualified with KPMG.
Sir David joined the LTA Board on 1 August 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is a member of the Nomination Committee and is the lead Director for Welfare and Safety which includes Safeguarding and Anti-Doping.
In his professional life, he was the Performance Director for British Rowing until he stepped down in February 2018 after 21 years in the role. During that time Great Britain became the world’s leading Olympic and Paralympic rowing nation, topping the medal tables at both games until Rio 2016.
Before the days of Lottery funding for elite sport, Sir David was a medal-winning Olympic coach which he combined with a successful full-time career in education, latterly as Headteacher of a West London Comprehensive School, until he took up the Performance Director role in 1996.
He chairs the Boards of two secondary schools, Orleans Park Academy in Twickenham and Shiplake College in Henley-on-Thames and is an ardent tennis supporter.
Sir David was a non-Executive Director on the Board of the UK Sports Institute (UKSI) 2016-2024, including as Interim Chair in 2022.
Sir David was appointed OBE in 2003, CBE in 2009 and received a knighthood from the Queen in 2013 for services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.