Appointed by
Chairman
Chief Executive
Member Nominee Director - Racehorse Owners Association, Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Licensed Personnel
Independent Regulatory Director
Independent Director
Independent Regulatory Director
Independent Director
Member Nominee Director - Racecourse Association

Paul Roy - Chairman
Paul Roy founded NewSmith Capital Partners, an independent investment management firm, in 2003, having spent over 30 years in the investment banking and securities industry. He was previously Chief Executive of Smith New Court plc and following a merger in 1995 joined Merrill Lynch. Having been head of Merrill Lynch Global Equities division from 1999 to 2001, he subsequently became co-President of its Global Markets and Investment Banking Division, with responsibility for Merrill Lynch's worldwide Investment Banking, Debt and Equity Markets businesses. He is a keen racehorse owner, with twelve horses in training, all but one with Jeremy Noseda. The other, Dutch Art, is with Peter Chapple-Hyam. He also has a small breeding operation with the first crop of two-year-olds having raced in 2006. He is also non-executive director of Benfield plc and Vice President of the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital.

Nic Coward - Chief Executive
Nic Coward was appointed as Chief Executive-designate of the British Horseracing Authority in November 2006, and assumed the role of Chief Executive of both the British Horseracing Board and the Horseracing Regulatory Authority in February 2007. He had previously spent ten years with the FA, having joined in 1994 as its first solicitor from City Law firm Freshfields. He became Corporate and Legal Affairs Director, and was also joint Acting CEO for almost two years. He left the FA in 2004 to join public affairs consultancy AS Biss & Co, where he was Deputy Chairman and he advised major national and international sports bodies. He was also an adviser to the board of the FA Premier League, concentrating on regulatory and media rights issues. He has also been a non-executive director of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel, Honorary Treasurer of the Central Council for Physical Recreation, and the first chair of the Sports Rights Owners Coalition. His family own and breed a small number of racehorses.

Justin Wadham – Member Nominee Director
Justin Wadham graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1977 and qualified as a solicitor with the City firm of Norton Rose in 1979. In 1985 he moved to Newmarket and practised there before joining David Minton Bloodstock where he became a Director. He then moved to Darley Stud Management and became Managing Director. In the 1990s, he was Chairman of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents GB Limited and was the Bloodstock Agents' representative on the BHB Industry Committee.
In 1998 he returned to private practice as a solicitor in Newmarket and currently practises in Newmarket with Edmondson Hall. His practice has a heavy horseracing and thoroughbred industry orientation. He is a member of the ROA Council.
Justin is married to the trainer Lucy Wadham whom he met whilst they were both riding in point - to - points in the early 1980s.

John Bridgeman – Independent Regulatory Director
John Bridgeman CBE joined the Regulatory Board of the Jockey Club in 2004, became its Chairman in 2005 and then the first Chairman of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority in 2006. His longstanding involvement in Better Regulation began as a part-time member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in 1990. He went on to serve as Director General of the Office of Fair Trading where he took a particular interest in consumer affairs and competition policy in the sporting, gambling and broadcasting sectors. This involved working with sports’ governing bodies, other government agencies and broadcasters in this country and in Europe and in Football, Rugby, Cricket, Golf and F1 Racing as well as Horseracing.
A graduate in Chemistry from the University of Wales, John has become actively involved in the forensic side of Horseracing Integrity by recently launching a far-reaching enquiry into the counter-analysis regime for racecourse specimens. John Bridgeman was also involved in a major OFT investigations into Gambling, Competitions and Prize Draws (1996) and subsequently into the availability of competition for High Street betting shops (1998) and into the market of London Casinos (2000).

Ben Gunn – Independent Regulatory Director
Ben Gunn CBE was a career detective who spent 26 years in the Metropolitan Police Special Branch dealing with counter-terrorism, subversion and Security issues. From January 1994 until his retirement in 2002 he was Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire. Since 2002 he has served a number of roles in racing including membership of the Integrity Review Committee and, in 2003, chairing the joint British Horseracing Board-Jockey Club Security Review which made 36 key recommendations to enhance the integrity of horseracing in Great Britain, and also had a special responsibility for Security issues within the regulatory function of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority. He has a law degree from Cambridge University, and is also a Commissioner of the Gambling Commission. A keen supporter of all sports, he has had a lifelong interest in horseracing, rugby, cricket and boxing.

Jim McGrath – Independent Director
Jim McGrath was Managing Director of the Timeform Organisation, which he joined after leaving school in 1974, until 2009. A member of the Channel 4 Racing team, he has worked regularly on racing television since 1981. He was a member of the British Horseracing Board’s Jump Racing Advisory Panel from 1993 until mid-2004 and also in 2004 he stepped down after a lengthy spell as a member of the Horserace Writers and Photographers’ Association Committee. He is a successful breeder and owner with current interests in horses in training with Sylvester Kirk, Jamie Osborne and Jonjo O’Neill.

Bill Farnsworth – Appointed by the Racecourse Association
Bill Farnsworth studied Agriculture at Harper Adams Agricultural College and Business Studies at Hull University. He started working in racing as the Clerk of the Course at Hamilton Park Racecourse in 1995. In 1999 he moved East to become the General Manager at Musselburgh Racecourse, close to Edinburgh.
During his tenure at Musselburgh Bill has represented the Independent Racecourses on the Racecourse Association’s (RCA) Technical Group (also representing the RCA on the BHA Racecourse Committee), the RCA Race Planning Group and the RCA Fixtures Advisory Group.
Bill was also a Director on the RCA Board since 2006, from which he stood down upon joining the BHA board. He has been a Director of Racecourse Media Group Ltd (Racing UK) and Racecourse Media Services Ltd since their inception in 2004. His interest in racing was ignited by Point to Pointing and working for racehorse trainer, Mick Easterby, during University.

Chris Brand – Director of Finance and Corporate Services
Chris Brand graduated in mathematics from Oxford University and joined Trafalgar House in 1992, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1995. He left the company in 1997 to join the BBC’s Group Finance department, before successive promotions saw him assume, in 2000, the role of Head of Finance and Business for BBC Radio 4 and BBC7. He joined the British Horseracing Board as Finance Director in August 2004, and was as Acting Chief Executive of BHB from June 2006 until February 2007. He has a lifelong interest in horseracing.

Jamie Stier; Director of Raceday Operations & Regulation
With 25 years in the racing industry Jamie has split his career between Australia and Hong Kong, having started as a Cadet Stipendiary Steward to become the Chief Stipendiary Steward at the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

After a total of thirteen years within Racing New South Wales and its predecessor as the principal racing authority, the Australian Jockey Club, he moved to Hong Kong to take on a role as Stipendiary Steward. In 2003 he was appointed Chief Stipendiary Steward, with ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the integrity of racing. He also managed the Licensing department.

His area of accountability included the supervision of all race meetings on behalf of the club, including the HKJC’s use of technology in stewarding and wider integrity roles, the implementation of a training regime for new Stipendiary Stewards and safety on the racecourse. He was also the primary spokesperson on all related issues. Jamie has also served on International and Asian Racing Federation committees and working groups.

After leaving the HKJC full time in 2009, he took up a consultancy position to advise the Club on strategic plans to revitalise the sport, as well as plans to develop a large scale training centre in China.

Jamie joined the BHA in March 2010.

Ruth Quinn – Director of Racing
Ruth Quinn was appointed the British Horseracing Board’s Racing Director in January 2003. She was previously Controller of Programmes and Head of the Racing Department, of which she was a key member from 1993. An avid racegoer and keen rider, she enjoys working closely with and bringing on young horses.

Dr Tim Morris – Director of Equine Science and Welfare
Tim began as Director of Equine Science & Welfare in January 2008. He previously worked at GlaxoSmithKline and brings to the Authority a wide experience and expertise in veterinary science and animal welfare. After qualification from the Royal Veterinary College, he spent some time in thoroughbred stud and mixed veterinary practice before returning to the College to complete a PhD. Since then he has held a range of roles in research, clinical veterinary medicine and in public affairs for GlaxoSmithKline. He is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and held a large number of roles in veterinary professional organisations, industry bodies and animal welfare charities.

Paul Scotney - Director of Integrity Services and Licensing
Paul Scotney was appointed Director of Security at the Jockey Club in 2003 after serving 27 years as a Police Officer, attaining the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. He held a variety of senior management positions within the Metropolitan Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary, specialising in intelligence development, informant handling, surveillance and covert operations. He was in charge of many investigations into serious crime including murder, drug trafficking and money laundering. His last role was Staff Officer to Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, where he was responsible for reviewing the intelligence and criminal investigations structures of Police Forces throughout the country. He has followed horseracing since he was a boy but also enjoys football, cricket and golf.