Mark England

Jonathan Mark England OBE (born 29 April 1959)[1] is regarded as one of the country’s most experienced and able sports administrators having been involved in high performance sport in the UK for the past 35 years. Mark has held senior positions with Sport England where he was Assistant Director of the National Sport Centres; and a number of local authorities including the City of Glasgow, where he was Race Director of the Great Scottish Run for 4 years – the UK’s 3rd largest road race. Mark has been employed as Director of Sport at the British Olympic Association attending 10 Olympic/Olympic Winter Games in a leadership role, including the London 2012 Olympic Games. Asked to lead Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mark steered Team GB to their most successful performance for over a century when Team GB became the first ever nation to win more medals after hosting a home Olympic Games. He has been invited to be Chef de Mission for Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and by Team England for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. Mark is an acknowledged leadership expert having led British multi-sport teams at over 15 Olympic sanctioned Games & Festivals. He sits as an expert advisor on the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is a Board member of Surrey University’s Sports Park, and Chairs British Judo’s Performance Management Group. Mark was awarded an OBE in 2016 for Services to Olympic Sport

Early life

England was born in Ystalyfera in South Wales. He moved to Hong Kong when he was 7, attending Glenealy Junior School, and the Island School. On his return to the UK he attended Kenilworth Grammar School, and South Warwickshire College of Further Education in Stratford Upon Avon. He studied Economic History at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1981. He then undertook a Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) in Recreation at the University of North London, followed by a Masters degree in Leisure and Tourism from the same University.

Career

He has worked with the Sports Council (now called UK Sport) and Sport England,

Team GB

He was Chef de Mission of Team GB at the 2016 Olympics, being appointed on 29 April 2014.[2] In April 2018, the BOA announced that he would be the Chef de Mission for the 2020 Olympics in Japan.[3] He was also Chef de Mission for Team GB for the 2015 European Games, the first event of the European Games. He was a deputy Chef de Mission at six previous Olympic games.

Personal life

In 1989 he married Stephanie Culham in Farnham, Surrey, with whom he as three sons - James, Sam, and Harry. The marriage ended in divorce after 15 years in 2004. In 2008 England started a relationship with his partner Helen Other with whom he has 3 further sons, Oliver, Charles and Joshua. He was awarded the OBE for services to Olympic Sport in the 2017 New Year Honours having led the Great Britain Olympic Team to its' most successful Olympic Games in modern history. [4]

See also

References
  1. Companies House
  2. 2014 appointment
  3. Chef de Mission Tokyo 2020
  4. 2017 OBE
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Andy Hunt		 Chef de Mission of Team GB
April 2014 -		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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