Sports Leaders UK Honorary Vice Presidents

Chris Satterthwaite
Chris Satterthwaite has been a keen supporter of Sports Leaders UK since its' founders, who included his father, launched the idea. He is Chief Executive of Chime Communications PLC and Chairman of the Roundhouse.

Peter Harper K.S.G., F.C.A.
Peter Harper was a Director of Hanson Plc and is now, inter alia, Chairman of M & H Laing Charitable Trust and WORKAID (Registered Charity), Council member of the Institute of Business Ethics, grandfather of 9, golfer and Arsenal supporter. Note: K.S.G. is Knight of St Gregory - a papal knighthood.

Jean Ratcliff
Jean Ratcliff has a significant role working with people with disabilities both in her business and voluntary work. Her company, The Wessex Lift Co Ltd, manufactures and installs specialist access lifts. She has spearheaded The Lord's Taverners Disability Sports Appeal raising £1million to fund dedicated junior development programmes which they initiated in certain wheelchair sports.

Peter Thomas MBE
Peter Thomas was educated at Swansea Grammar School and University College, Swansea and his professional career embraced working in both the voluntary and statutory sectors, where he served in the wide field of community education.

Prior to his retirement, he was the Senior Education Officer (Family & Community Services) and Head of the Arts, Sport & Recreation Service for Buckinghamshire County Council.

Peter chaired the CCPR Working Group, which created the first Community Sports Leaders Award; whilst a Director of the CCPR, served as the Chair of their British Sports Trust Management Committee and was elected the Founder Chair, when the Trust became a separate legal entity.

Since his retirement, he has continued to work both professionally and as a volunteer in the world of sport and has been engaged by Sport England as a consultant on corporate governance and financial management of sport. He also represented Sport England, for thirteen years, as the Chair of the National Cycling Centre in Manchester; as a Director of the Manchester Sport & Leisure Trust, and as the Executive Director of World Class Hockey.

Other key roles he has undertaken include: Interim Chief Executive of England Netball and the British Wheelchair Sports Foundation; a Director and now a Patron of the Youth Sport Trust.

He currently serves as a Vice President of the Sport + Recreation Alliance; as the Chair of the Board of the Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes County Sports Partnership and is the Visiting Professor & Director of Sport at Buckinghamshire New University.

He was awarded the MBE for Services to Sport in 2004 and is a Buckinghamshire Ambassador.

Stuart Errington CBE JP
Stuart completed his National Service as a 2^nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and was educated at Rugby, Trinity College, Oxford. He enjoyed a long and distinguished career including Director of Barclays Merchant Bank, Chairman then Chief Executive of Mercantile Credit Company, Chairman and Chief Executive of Leasing Associations, Vice Chair Council, Royal Holloway and Chairman of Sportsmatch England Award Panel. He was also Chairman of Berks and Oxfordshire Magistrates Courts Committee and a JP for Windsor Forest. His interests include fishing, golf, opera and travel.

Tony Richards TD, FCSI, FIoD
Tony had a career running money for Charities, and before his retirement in 2008 was Chairman of the Charities Property Fund. Since then he has taken on the same role on behalf of five Military, one educational and one religious charity.

He served two terms as Hon Treasurer to the CCPR (now Sports and Recreation Alliance) where he remains a Vice President, and he was the first Honorary Treasurer to the British Sports Trust and was delighted to be made an Honorary Vice-President in 2009.

He has had a lifetime love of Cricket (watching) Skiing and Offshore sailing with an Atlantic crossing achieved in 1994.

Brian Hyde
Brian Hyde represented Warwickshire LTA for many years in all the main offices. He was elected to The LTA in 1985 and represented them on the Sports and Recreation Alliance as a Director and Chairman of the Enterprise Company.