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 and is Senior 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 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 and The Men’s Professional Rugby Board and 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, charity trustee, 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), Chair of Athletic Ventures, and Chair of Satellite Applications Catapult.
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.
Richard joined the Board on 1 January 2023 as a Council nominated Non-Executive Director, and is a member of the LTA’s Development Tennis Advisory Group.
He has been an active volunteer for Hampshire & IOW Tennis since 2006, currently fulfilling the role of Charity Manager. He has also previously acted as their President, 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.
William Jackson is the Chairman of the LTA. He is the Founder of Bridgepoint, the FTSE listed company, one of the world’s leading private market investors and has served on various Boards including as Chair of Pret a Manger and the MotoGP World Championships. He became a Director of the All England Lawn Tennis Club in July 2025 by virtue of his LTA position.
William is also the Senior Independent Director at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Europe’s largest comprehensive cancer centre and serves as Vice President and Chair of Wellington College, the UK’s living national memorial to Arthur Wellesley, the First Duke of Wellington, a leading figure in British political and military history. Wellington College Education is one of the leading global coeducational international schools’ groups with over 8,000 students.
William is a Bancroft Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford.
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 joined as CEO of the LTA on 8 January 2018. Prior to joining the LTA, Scott has had a successful business career in the sports and leisure industry.
As Group Chief Executive of David Lloyd Leisure, Scott led the business from 2007 through to a sale to TDR Capital in September 2013. Scott stayed with the company as CEO until July 2015 and continues to hold a Non-Executive Director role.
Sandi joined the Board on 6 January 2017 as a Council nominated 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 Board of Directors, Chair of the Tennis Europe Junior 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 and champions volunteering. 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 coaches. She has been further instrumental in the development of the Inspire Leadership Programme for female volunteers.
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. 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, the lead Director for Welfare and Safety which includes Safeguarding and Anti-Doping, a member of the LTA Performance Advisory Group (PAG) and the LTA Integrity & Clinical Governance Group.
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 was a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the UK Sports Institute between December 2015 and December 2023 and 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 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.