Board of Directors

The English Volleyball Association (Volleyball England) is a company limited by guarantee and not having a Share Capital.

The Executive Board is directly accountable to members for the performance of the company and is responsible for the management of the Association’s business, strategy, management policies, business plan and financial budgets, as well as safeguarding stakeholder's interests. Four sub groups and a number of working groups support the Board to deliver our strategic aims and objectives. The board delegates to the Chief Executive the day-to-day and business management control.

The Volleyball England Board can be made of a maximum of 12 directors.

Adam Walker

Independent Chair

Simon Griffiths

Elected Director
Simon is a Communications Consultant and the current Chair of Tamworth Spartans, a club he also plays and coaches at. He started his volleyball journey some 30 years ago.

Jill Osleger

Independent Director
Jill loves sport and the power it has to positively impact people’s lives, either physically and/or mentally. She has worked for the LTA for over 11 years, six of which was with the Tennis Foundation as National Disability Development Manager, responsible for its Disability programme, Open Court, building relationships with key delivery partners.

Richard Harrison

Elected Director, Coaching Champion, and Board Diversity Champion
Richard is an experienced volleyball coach who first started coaching in the 1970s. He is a former President of the Coaches Commission.

Andres Hernandez

Independent Director
Andres has played volleyball from the age of 10. He helped to set up a club in Venezuela and can be found coaching and playing beach volleyball on the UKBT. As well as bringing 35 years of volleyball experience to the Board, he is a Group Treasury Manager.

Jess Plumridge

Elected Director
Jess has played volleyball since the age of 13. She is currently the Treasurer and an Assistant coach at Leeds Volleyball. Outside of volleyball she is a Marketing Manager.

Brendan Fogarty

Elected Director
Brendan, a current referee, started playing National League volleyball in the 1970s and went on to represent Ireland. He works as a HSE Manager

Alison Shipway

Elected Director
Alison is a passionate volunteer member of Black Country Volleyball Club, advising on club development and fundraising events. She has nearly 30 years’ experience working in the private and public sector supporting organisations to develop effective strategies, leadership, people, culture and Boards, working primarily in the world of sport and physical activity.

Jake Sheaf

Elected Director and Board Anti-Doping Champion

Jessica Keen

Elected Director
Jessica earned a full scholarship to play volleyball for the NCAA Division II Michigan Tech Huskies in her native USA before coaching for NAIA teams and girls club volleyball teams ranging from U14 to U18. She is currently the U15 girls’ assistant coach at Newcastle Staffs Volleyball Club. Professionally, she is Head of Sales and Marketing for the Powertrain business at JCB.

Phil French

Independent Director

Tracy Newton

Elected Director
Tracy feels she has been fortunate to have had a positive and life-changing experience in volleyball – and wants to help ensure that opportunity is available to others. She believes she can help create a culture where safeguarding children and adults is acknowledged as being everyone’s responsibility, having worked in healthcare for 30 years.