Head of Service

Following this she has been a UK Sports Institute Technical Lead and alongside led the Performance Analysis team for the Sport Wales Institute.

She has worked across a multitude of sports as an S&C coach, notably with GB Hockey and The Football Association as Head of S&C across with Lionesses and England pathways.  Michelle then went on to work as an S&C Technical Lead, and subsequently has been Head of the discipline since 2018.

Following this she has been a UKSI Technical Lead and alongside led the Performance Analysis team for the Sport Wales Institute.

He has delivered scientific support to professional and high performance athletes at both International competitions and the Olympic Games.

Jo joined the UK Sports Institute in July 2002 with an honours degree in Sports Studies from De Montfort University.

Prior to the Head of Service role, Danielle was a Technical Lead to the Psychology team and supported Canoe Slalom for the Tokyo Olympic Cycle.

She completed the UK Sport Fast Track Practitioner Programme and worked as a Physiotherapy Technical Lead for 10 years before taking on the Head of Service role.

Since then he has worked as Chief Medical Officer for British Para-swimming, England Squash and England Netball and more recently progressed to a Sports Medicine Lead role with responsibility for the Respiratory Health strategy at the UKSI and then he was appointed as Head of Sports Medicine in May 2024.

Wendy is a Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council, has a Masters in Sport and Exercise Nutrition and the International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sports Nutrition. Wendy is a Practitioner registrant with the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register.

Wendy has 24 years’ experience working in high performance sport. She has worked as Team GB Performance Nutritionist at 6 summer Olympic games and most recently was the Performance Nutrition Lead for Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic games.

Throughout her career, Wendy has worked with a wide range of organisations including the NHS, British Gymnastics, GB Hockey, Great Britain Rowing Team, British Olympic Association, English National Ballet School, West Ham united FC and the England Football Squad.

In the New Year 2010 Honours list Wendy was awarded an OBE for services to sport and to nutrition.

She has held roles at the Badminton Association of England, the Football Association and went on to spend three seasons at Liverpool FC. She completed a Masters in Manipulative Physiotherapy in 2007 and commenced a PhD in October 2016 to undertake research on spinal pain and its impact on the long term healthcare of athletes.

In 2009 Louise took up her appointment as Head of Sports Science and Sports Medicine for British Gymnastics, which converted to the HOPS role in August 2016.

He previously spent over a decade at the UK Sports Institute in various roles between 2005 and 2017, including Head of Sport Science & Sports Medicine (Paralympic) before becoming the Head of Performance at the British Paralympic Association.

Nik went on to be the Head of Para Sport at Loughborough Sport before returning to UKSI as Head of Paralympic Performance Support in 2022.

He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Boccia UK.