I came to cycling relatively late. My involvement in sport was sporadic, and I discovered the Velodrome in my mid-forties while looking for a way to become more active. The welcoming community and the excitement of racing completely hooked me. It has been genuinely life-changing, I’m now a regular on the track, taking part in the Vets’ and Track Leagues.

I want to help ensure that Herne Hill continues to thrive and remains open and accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. This is a very special community, and its future cannot be taken for granted.

I have been a chair or board member of a wide range of organisations, including companies, charities, philanthropic foundations, schools and a local NHS organisation. I bring that experience to help support the velodrome’s governance, resilience and long-term development.

I've been commuting by bike in London for 15 years, getting into road cycling first, then got into track after attending a taster session in 2018. Nowadays, I race in the Women's and Vets' Leagues for Brixton CC, and can be found there most Saturdays enjoying a coffee and a natter, whilst my son attends the Frog bike sessions; in the summer it's practically my back garden.

I love the community at HHV and want to help spread the word far and wide, supporting with the events calendar, and protecting the wonderful grass-roots nature of the place. I've worked in corporate event planning for 20 years.

I’ve been an avid and uncompetitive cyclist for the last 30 years. My association with the Velodrome began in 2011 when my eldest child begged me to drive the 6 miles from home to Herne Hill and we realised that Holiday Club was London’s best child care facility. Since then, I’ve spent plenty of time in the baking sun and pouring rain at track centre or on the steps of the pavilion, marvelling at the commitment and passion shown by everyone associated with the Velodrome - it is indeed one of London’s prize sporting assets.

My business background is in property and finance and my last full-time job was as CEO of Quintain, the company that owns all the land around Wembley Stadium. In 2017 and 2018, Wembley Park hosted rounds of Tour Series crit races. 

As chair of the Herne Hill Velodrome TradeCo, my aim is to give a little bit back to a facility which gives so much to London’s cycling community.

I’ve been cycling at Herne Hill since 1988, after being dragged there by my then PE Teacher, who can still be seen coaching at the velodrome today. I raced in the London Youth Games back then, and I do my best to race in VETs league now. I’m pretty present all year round, either trying to hold onto teenage weeks on a Monday nights race training or enjoying a slightly more leisurely mid-week VETs session. Both my boys have honed their mountain bike and track skills at Herne Hill’s muddy tracks and velodrome.

I’m passionate about enabling more and more people to enjoy everything Herne Hill has to offer and build on the amazing work that has been done since 2012 to make Herne Hill as accessible and as inclusive as possible. I have over 25 years experience as an advisor, teacher and coach in the corporate sustainability space. 

Windrush Triathlon Club

I’ve been a local resident for most of my life, and even though I grew up overlooking the Velodrome and now live not more than a mile away from the track, I was a latecomer to cycling. I climbed my first mountain in 2016 and a year and 20,000km later I became a trustee of Herne Hill Velodrome.

I only started cycling in 2006 and while more of a road cyclist I have loved the Velodrome from my first visit in 2014 and have been a regular visitor since. As a Chartered Accountant by training I have been a Finance Director in various industries for nearly 20 years.

I raced at HH in the 70s and 80s and rode competitively in Europe living on the Dutch/German border in the late 1980s. I am, and always will be a passionate cyclist. 

I was appointed as British Cycling’s trustee in 2009. I am a chartered surveyor and was principally involved in agreeing new lease terms with the freeholders, and overseeing the design, procurement and delivery of the new pavilion. I continue to focus on landlord and tenant related matters.