The BUCS Board is currently made up of the chair, five independent directors and three BUCS directors - two representing students and one representing the senior staff of the membership. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer also attend the board meetings. All directors are also trustees of the Charity.
Directors are the custodians of the BUCS Strategy, overseeing the organisation's growth and delivering its vision.
The Board meets four times a year

Professor Craig Mahoney
Chair of the Board

Born Barikor
Physical Health & Activity Director

Cathy Gallagher
Chair of BUCS Senior Managers Executive
Cathy is Director of Sport at the University of Stirling and, as Chair of the Senior Managers Executive, represents Directors of Sport and staff in similar roles on the BUCS Board. She also leads on Senior Managers Network.

Chris Anthony
Chair of BUCS Advisory Group

Jenny Agnew
Governance and Legal Director
Jenny is a qualified barrister. She has previously worked as Head of Governance at England Hockey with experience of regulatory and legislative compliance, and is currently a senior school bursar. She is a retired Army Officer having served for sixteen years within the Royal Logistic Corps and latterly with the Army Legal Services during which time she qualified at the Bar. She was appointed to the BUCS Board at the AGM on 9 December 2020. She was a committed hockey player at University and understands the benefit sport brings not only to health and fitness but to forming friendships and providing a lifelong love of the sport.

Josef Baines
Inclusion Director
Josef was re-appointed for a second Board term at the AGM on 9 December 2021.

Katy Storie
Sport and Competition Director

Maddi Cannell
Student Director
Maddi is in her second year as Student Director for the 2021-22 academic year. Maddi is the former York Sport Union President and now works as Club and Performance Sport Administrator at Sheffield Hallam University. Maddi will help mentor the first year Student Director and continue to work with the student officers across our strategic areas and represent the student voice on the Board

Russell James
Commercial Director
Russell is Sales and Marketing Director of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and has over 20 years of experience in commercial and marketing. Prior to his appointment at the ECB in 2019, Russell was a Director at The Football Association (FA), overseeing marketing and digital.

Simon Wilson
Finance Director
Simon is a Chartered Management Accountant and works as Finance Director for England Golf. His previous accountancy roles were in a mix of public and private sector roles including running his own accountancy business. He was appointed to the Board at the AGM on 9 December 2020 and is looking forward to being able to contribute to such an important part of many students’ time at University and College. He loves watching all sport at all levels and in recent years has tried to keep fit by participating in running based sports like orienteering, speedgolf, parkruns and triathlon.
In his Board role, Simon also chairs the BUCS Finance and Audit sub-committee.

Zoe Clifton
Student Director
Zoe is the first year Student Director on the Board having been elected in July 2021. She is the current VP for Sport at Nottingham Trent Univeristy. She also has a strategic portfolio covering Physical Activity and Social Recreational Sport and will work closely with her fellow elected student officers across our strategic areas and represent the student voice on the Board and BUCS Advisory Group.