Trustees

Steve is Interim Chair of the Triathlon Trust and Chair of Liberation Foods. He has been a member of the Trust Board since 2019 and brings extensive leadership experience from more than 30 years in asset management and investment banking, primarily as a Chief Operating Officer.

Steve has competed in triathlon for over 18 years, beginning with pool-based sprint distance events and progressing to middle and long distance racing. He lives in Ashbourne with his wife Rachael and they have two adult children.

Ruth is Chief Executive Officer of the British Triathlon Federation, having taken up the role in January 2024. She has held a range of executive leadership positions in consumer-focused organisations, most recently with Superdry plc.

Ruth has worked on major sports sponsorship programmes, chaired Rounders England and has worked with Women in Sport. She brings broad commercial, governance and leadership expertise to her role as a Trustee of the Triathlon Trust.

Patrick brings 18 years of experience in sports development and administration to the Triathlon Trust. He is a Board Member and Company Secretary of the Leeds Triathlon Centre, which is working with partners including universities, local government and British Triathlon to help make Leeds an international city of triathlon.

Patrick became involved in triathlon in 2010 through a local super-sprint event and completed his first Ironman in the Lake District in 2022. He lives in Harrogate with his wife and two children. In 2012, he helped establish a local triathlon club that later expanded to include juniors and he continues to coach weekly.

Steve is Chief Executive Officer of Triathlon Scotland and lives in Edinburgh with his wife, two children and their Jack Russell. Having worked across governing bodies of sport, local authorities and leisure trusts for more than 25 years, he has seen first-hand the power sport has to positively change lives.

Steve is also a Trustee of Duncan Place, a community and enterprise hub in Leith. A former cricketer, he continues to coach juniors at his local club and tutors the next generation of coaches. He is a trail runner who has taken part in ultramarathons across Scotland and, one day, hopes to progress from cross duathlons to his first triathlon.

Catherine is Chief Executive Officer of Triathlon Cymru/Wales. She moved into the sport sector in September 2023 after a successful career in the NHS, driven by her passion for triathlon and the positive impact the sport can have on health and wellbeing.

She is focused on supporting the growth of the triathlon community in Wales as part of the wider British Triathlon family. Catherine is an active parkrunner and volunteer, a member of the triathlon section at Bynea Cycling Club and swims with the Irontriswim group. She enjoys middle and long-distance triathlons, ideally in warmer climates.

Brian supports the Triathlon Trust as a Board Advisor, bringing extensive experience across charity leadership, governance and business. An Executive MBA graduate, post-graduate lecturer in business and honorary associate professor in musculoskeletal sciences, he has chaired the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Charity and the Charity Chairs Group at the Association of NHS Charities.

Brian is a Founding Partner of Aspire Law, a Founding Director of Aspire + Wealth Management and a Longford Mentor supporting former prisoners through higher education. A keen cyclist and triathlete, he has represented Great Britain as a GB Age Group Long Distance Triathlete in World and European Teams since 2010.

A people and organisational culture executive, Nelson has significant experience leading global transformations that unlock performance in organisations and their teams by embedding high-performing habits and behaviours and building cultures grounded in trust, purpose and inclusion.

Sport has played a transformational role in Nelson’s life. Growing up in modest circumstances in Kenya, a chance encounter while playing sport led to a generous grant from a benefactor and the opportunity to move to the UK to continue his studies and pursue his passion. That early experience became the catalyst for many of the opportunities that followed and helped shape his professional focus on levelling the playing field through diversity, equity and inclusion, social impact and culture change.

Nelson is the author of Rise of the 2020 Leader: Entering a New Era of Trust, Purpose and Inclusion, which has been featured as an Amazon bestseller in Leadership and Business Management.

Most recently, as Global Head of Culture and DE&I at Aesop, Nelson led the company-wide strategy across its People Commitments, including culture transformation, diversity, equity and inclusion, engagement and wellbeing.

Before Aesop, Nelson led the Global Organisational Culture Practice at North Highland, advising senior leaders and supporting major people transformation agendas. Earlier in his career, he spent a decade at Goldman Sachs in a range of leadership roles, including Head of Strategy and Change for the European asset management business, as well as leading several operations teams.

Anna is responsible for company secretarial, legal and governance matters at the Triathlon Trust, supporting the Board to maintain strong standards, sound decision-making and effective charity compliance. She is Head of Legal for Gong cha Global Limited, a global tea business and brings more than 15 years of legal experience to the Trust.

Across her career, Anna has advised senior leaders on governance, commercial contracts, risk management and organisational policy. She is also a passionate advocate for equal opportunities and has led and supported initiatives focused on creating fairer systems and better outcomes. Her love of triathlon began after competing at the London Triathlon in 2013 and she remains an enthusiastic supporter of the sport and its power to build confidence, connection and life skills.

Mark is Director of Elind Sports Communications and a Strategic Communications Consultant to UEFA, advising federations, national associations, leagues and clubs on communications strategy, campaigns, media relations and reputation management. He has previously served as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Director of Communications at the England and Wales Cricket Board and Head of Communications at Tottenham Hotspur.

Mark is responsible for marketing and communications matters for the Triathlon Trust, helping shape the Trust’s narrative, profile, content and engagement approach to support fundraising and grow impact.