Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough

Susan Catherine Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, CBE (born 10 October 1948),^[1][2] is a British sports administrator who was chairman of UK Sport from 2003-13. UK Sport, the organisation that she unceremoniously root-and-branch transformed, is single-mindedly interested in (and ruthlessly only funds) elite sport or high performance sport.

Early life

Campbell was educated at Long Eaton Grammar School, growing up in Chilwell (on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire boundary), and Bedford College of Physical Education, followed by the University of Leicester where she obtained a Master of Education degree.^[3] She coached and captained British Universities netball and basketball teams. She competed in the under-21 England national netball team. She represented Derbyshire at netball, athletics and hockey, and she took part in the English Schools' Athletics Championships in 1966.

Educational career

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.^[4]

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, from 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 with Sir John Beckwith. 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 Campbell was appointed as chairman of UK Sport,^[3] 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.^[3]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Personal life

She lives in Woodhouse Eaves in the Borough of Charnwood.

See also

• Netball in England
• Sport in the United Kingdom
• Category:Youth sport in the United Kingdom

References

External links

• www.uksport.gov.uk
• Debrett's People of Today