Appointed by
Chairman
Chief Executive
Member Nominee Director - Racehorse Owners Association, Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Licensed Personnel
Independent Regulatory Director
Independent Director
Independent Regulatory Director
Independent Director
Member Nominee Director - Racecourse Association

Paul Roy - Chairman
Paul Roy founded NewSmith Capital Partners, an independent investment management firm, in 2003, having spent over 30 years in the investment banking and securities industry. He was previously Chief Executive of Smith New Court plc and following a merger in 1995 joined Merrill Lynch. Having been head of Merrill Lynch Global Equities division from 1999 to 2001, he subsequently became co-President of its Global Markets and Investment Banking Division, with responsibility for Merrill Lynch's worldwide Investment Banking, Debt and Equity Markets businesses. He is a keen racehorse owner, with twelve horses in training, all but one with Jeremy Noseda. The other, Dutch Art, is with Peter Chapple-Hyam. He also has a small breeding operation with the first crop of two-year-olds having raced in 2006. He is also non-executive director of Benfield plc and Vice President of the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital.

Nic Coward - Chief Executive
Nic Coward was appointed as Chief Executive-designate of the British Horseracing Authority in November 2006, and assumed the role of Chief Executive of both the British Horseracing Board and the Horseracing Regulatory Authority in February 2007. He had previously spent ten years with the FA, having joined in 1994 as its first solicitor from City Law firm Freshfields. He became Corporate and Legal Affairs Director, and was also joint Acting CEO for almost two years. He left the FA in 2004 to join public affairs consultancy AS Biss & Co, where he was Deputy Chairman and he advised major national and international sports bodies. He was also an adviser to the board of the FA Premier League, concentrating on regulatory and media rights issues. He has also been a non-executive director of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel, Honorary Treasurer of the Central Council for Physical Recreation, and the first chair of the Sports Rights Owners Coalition. His family own and breed a small number of racehorses.

Toby Balding – Member Nominee Director
Toby Balding retired as a racehorse trainer in 2004, after a 48 year career which saw him train over 2000 winners, including successes in the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Champion Hurdle. For over 40 years he has worked on behalf of trainers and racing, negotiating improvement on a wide range of issues including stable staff welfare and pension schemes. He was Chairman of the National Hunt board of the National Trainers Federation (NTF) from 1960 to 2004, President of the NTF from 2003 to 2004 and was elected an Honorary Member of the Jockey Club in 2005. He has been on the ROA Council since 1995 and is an advisor to the council of the NTF Race Planning Committee.

John Bridgeman – Independent Regulatory Director
John Bridgeman CBE joined the Regulatory Board of the Jockey Club in 2004, became its Chairman in 2005 and then the first Chairman of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority in 2006. His longstanding involvement in Better Regulation began as a part-time member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in 1990. He went on to serve as Director General of the Office of Fair Trading where he took a particular interest in consumer affairs and competition policy in the sporting, gambling and broadcasting sectors. This involved working with sports’ governing bodies, other government agencies and broadcasters in this country and in Europe and in Football, Rugby, Cricket, Golf and F1 Racing as well as Horseracing.
A graduate in Chemistry from the University of Wales, John has become actively involved in the forensic side of Horseracing Integrity by recently launching a far-reaching enquiry into the counter-analysis regime for racecourse specimens. John Bridgeman was also involved in a major OFT investigations into Gambling, Competitions and Prize Draws (1996) and subsequently into the availability of competition for High Street betting shops (1998) and into the market of London Casinos (2000).

Ben Gunn – Independent Regulatory Director
Ben Gunn CBE was a career detective who spent 26 years in the Metropolitan Police Special Branch dealing with counter-terrorism, subversion and Security issues. From January 1994 until his retirement in 2002 he was Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire. Since 2002 he has served a number of roles in racing including membership of the Integrity Review Committee and, in 2003, chairing the joint British Horseracing Board-Jockey Club Security Review which made 36 key recommendations to enhance the integrity of horseracing in Great Britain, and also had a special responsibility for Security issues within the regulatory function of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority. He has a law degree from Cambridge University, and is also a Commissioner of the Gambling Commission. A keen supporter of all sports, he has had a lifelong interest in horseracing, rugby, cricket and boxing.

Jim McGrath – Independent Director
Jim McGrath is Managing Director of the Timeform Organisation, which he joined after leaving school in 1974. A member of the Channel 4 Racing team, he has worked regularly on racing television since 1981. He was a member of the British Horseracing Board’s Jump Racing Advisory Panel from 1993 until mid-2004 and also in 2004 he stepped down after a lengthy spell as a member of the Horserace Writers and Photographers’ Association Committee. He is a successful breeder and owner with current interests in horses in training with Sylvester Kirk, Jamie Osborne and Jonjo O’Neill.

Ian Renton – Appointed by the Racecourse Association
Ian Renton is Executive Director of Arena Leisure plc, where he has been Director of Racing since 2001. Having started his Racing career in 1985 he went on to hold senior roles within RHT (now Jockey Club Racecourses), including Clerk of the Course at Aintree and as General Manager and Clerk of the Course at Wincanton as well as Salisbury. He was also a Director of the RCA from 2001 to 2007.

Chris Brand – Director of Finance and Corporate Services
Chris Brand graduated in mathematics from Oxford University and joined Trafalgar House in 1992, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1995. He left the company in 1997 to join the BBC’s Group Finance department, before successive promotions saw him assume, in 2000, the role of Head of Finance and Business for BBC Radio 4 and BBC7. He joined the British Horseracing Board as Finance Director in August 2004, and was as Acting Chief Executive of BHB from June 2006 until February 2007. He has a lifelong interest in horseracing.

Jon Ryan – Director of Communications
Jon Ryan joined in April 2008 from the Sunday Telegraph where he had been sports editor for eight years. A Fleet Street journalist for more than 30 years he joined the Daily Mail as a reporter in 1972 after working on local newspapers in west London and Reading on both sport and news. He covered a range of major national and international stories before moving to the Mail on Sunday and during his time there was news editor, sports editor and assistant editor until joining the Telegraph in 1999. London-born he spent part of his childhood in Epsom where his enthusiasm for racing was triggered. A regular skier he takes a keen interest in a number of other sports particularly football.

Tony Goodhew– Director of Raceday Operations & Regulation
Tony Goodhew MBE was commissioned into the army in 1966. He commanded The Life Guards in 1986/87 and retired from the army as a full Colonel in 1990. The same year he was appointed Director of Field Services to the Jockey Club and subsequently Director of Racecourse Licensing & Standards at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority. A keen horseman, he enjoys hunting, skiing and watersports.

Ruth Quinn – Director of Racing
Ruth Quinn was appointed the British Horseracing Board’s Racing Director in January 2003. She was previously Controller of Programmes and Head of the Racing Department, of which she was a key member from 1993. An avid racegoer and keen rider, she enjoys working closely with and bringing on young horses.

Dr Tim Morris – Director of Equine Science and Welfare
Tim began as Director of Equine Science & Welfare in January 2008. He previously worked at GlaxoSmithKline and brings to the Authority a wide experience and expertise in veterinary science and animal welfare. After qualification from the Royal Veterinary College, he spent some time in thoroughbred stud and mixed veterinary practice before returning to the College to complete a PhD. Since then he has held a range of roles in research, clinical veterinary medicine and in public affairs for GlaxoSmithKline. He is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and held a large number of roles in veterinary professional organisations, industry bodies and animal welfare charities.

Paul Scotney - Director of Integrity Services and Licensing
Paul Scotney was appointed Director of Security at the Jockey Club in 2003 after serving 27 years as a Police Officer, attaining the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. He held a variety of senior management positions within the Metropolitan Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary, specialising in intelligence development, informant handling, surveillance and covert operations. He was in charge of many investigations into serious crime including murder, drug trafficking and money laundering. His last role was Staff Officer to Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, where he was responsible for reviewing the intelligence and criminal investigations structures of Police Forces throughout the country. He has followed horseracing since he was a boy but also enjoys football, cricket and golf.