Nick Webborn CBE named Chair of UK Sport

Professor Nick Webborn CBE has been appointed the new Chair of UK Sport, replacing the outgoing Dame Katherine Grainger.

Webborn has a lifetime of experience in high performance sport as an athlete, medical director, clinician, researcher and most recently as Chair of the British Paralympic Association.

He has worked on 13 Paralympic Games and has decades of experience in providing performance support to British athletes.

Furthermore, as Chair of the British Paralympic Association, Webborn played a critical role in leading the organisation through a period of change as they delivered a new 10-year strategy which sustained ParalympicsGB’s position near the top of successive Paralympic medal tables while embedding social impact as a cornerstone of their work.

Webborn said: “I look forward to working with the incredibly talented people we have across the UK sporting system.”