Our Management and Research Staff

Strategic Management Board

  • Professor Liam Kilduff – Co-Chair WIPS, Professor at Swansea University
  • Mr Owen Lewis – Assistant Director Sport System and Strategy
  • Mr Stephen Woodfine – Senior sports policy advisor Welsh Government/Sport Wales
  • Professor Melitta McNarry – Professor at Swansea University
  • Mr Ben Stirling – Senior Physiotherapist at WRU
  • Miss. Kath Brown – Co-Chair WIPS, Performance Nutritionist at Sport Wales

Research Steering Group

  • Professor Liam Kilduff (Co-Chair WIPS, Professor at Swansea University)
  • Miss. Kath Brown – Co-Chair WIPS, Performance Nutritionist at Sport Wales
  • Professor Camilla Knight (Swansea University)
  • Professor David Shearer (University of South Wales)
  • Professor Jon Oliver (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
  • Dr Thomas Love (Swansea University)
  • Professor Sam Oliver (Bangor University)
  • Mr Andrew Sommerville (Sports Scotland)
  • Dr Rich Burden (UKSI)
  • Dr Malcolm Fairweather (Sports Scotland)
  • David Lasini (Sport Northern Ireland Institute)
  • Declan Gamble (Sport Northern Ireland Institute)
  • Professor Brendan Cropley (University of South Wales)
  • Dr Mark Waldron (Swansea University)
  • Dr Rowan Brown (Swansea University)
  • Professor Kelly MacKintosh (Swansea University)
  • Dr Denise Hill (Swansea University)
  • Dr Vicky Gottwald (Bangor University)
  • Dr Rhodri Martin (Sport Wales)
  • Mr. Tom Paulson (English Institute of Sport)
  • Professor Neil Bezodis (Swansea University)
  • Dr Liba Sheeran (Cardiff University)
  • Dr Ryan Chambers (WRU)
  • Dr David Adams (FAW)

Research Assistants