The Board
The RFL board consists of five members:
- Richard Lewis, the Executive Chairman of RFL. A former tennis player, coach and Director of Tennis.
- Maurice Watkins, a sports lawyer from James Chapman & Co in Manchester. He is a director of Manchester United football club, a member of the FA Premier League Legal Working, a member of FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber and a Regional Director of Coutts Bank. He is President of the British Association for Sport and Law.
- Bob Stott, an experienced Director in industry currently on the board of Morrisons Plc.
- Ian Edwards, a former Media Director at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon. He was a sports correspondent for ITN and Head of Sport at BBC Manchester from 1987 to 1989. He has rugby league experience at French club Carcassonne and rugby union caps for Welsh club Cardiff RFC.
- Nigel Wood, finance director of RFL, a former accountant for the BBC and chief executive of Halifax RLFC.
- Mark Wilding, has also recently been appointed as Chief Talent Scout for the RFL. Mark has previous experience in talent spotting was working on Supplier Management at DRL Limited.
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