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Member Nominee Director - Racecourse Association
Member Nominee Director - Horsemen

Paul Roy - Chairman
Paul Roy joined the British Horseracing Board as Chairman in 2006, becoming the first Chairman of the British Horseracing Authority in 2007.

He 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 a number of horses currently in training with Jeremy Noseda, Ed Dunlop, Richard Hannon, George Baker, Ann Duffield and Jim Boyle. His best-known winners are Sarava (Belmont Stakes), Dutch Art (Middle Park Stakes, Norfolk Stakes, Prix Mornay), Sixties Icon (St Leger), Wilko (Breeders Cup Juvenile) Canford Cliffs (Sussex Stakes, St James Palace Stakes, Irish 2000 Guineas), Fleeting Spirit (July Cup). He also has a small breeding operation.

Paul sits as one of Racing’s representatives on the Horserace Betting Levy Board.

Paul is also Chairman of the property investment company, New River Retail plc and Vice President of the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital.

Paul Bittar - Chief Executive
Paul Bittar joined the British Horseracing Authority as Chief Executive in January 2012.

He was born and raised in Australia. He is a qualified accountant and has worked in racing management since 2000, where he had four years as Commercial Manager at Racing New South Wales. In 2004/5 he worked in Great Britain as Project Manager at one of the Authority's predecessors, the British Horseracing Board (BHB), after which he was recruited as Chief Executive of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing.

He worked in New Zealand until 2009, during which time he successfully re-structured NZTR whilst delivering a significant expansion of both the racing calendar and international broadcast of New Zealand racing in conjunction with the New Zealand TAB and leading totalisator operator Tabcorp. In 2009, he joined Racing Victoria in the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer, with responsibility for areas including media and broadcast rights, relations with the betting industry, industry funding and planning.

Justin Wadham – Independent 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 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 is actively involved in the forensic side of Horseracing Integrity and after launching the enquiry into counter-analysis for racecourse specimens has worked closely with the Equine Science and Welfare Department to develop testing protocols. He is a Trustee of the BHA Pension Fund, has an interest in all equestrian sports and is a keen skier.

Ben Gunn – Independent 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.

Nicholas Jones – Independent Director
Nicholas Jones is a Steward of the Jockey Club and owns Coln Valley Stud near Cirencester where he has nine mares and also several horses in training. He was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of investment bank Lazard until June 2010; Chairman of The National Stud from 1991 to 2000 and until May 2010 he was the senior Independent Director and Deputy Chairman of Ladbrokes plc as well as Independent Director of both Candover Investments plc and Newbury Racecourse plc.

Bill Farnsworth – Member Nominee Director - 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.

Mark Johnston – Member Nominee Director - Horsemen's Group
Mark Johnston is well known as one of the country’s leading flat trainers. He is also a veterinary surgeon by profession, having qualified from Glasgow University Veterinary School in 1983 and he worked in general practice for three years before obtaining a licence to train. His interests and involvement stretch into all aspects of horseracing with him currently holding a post as a director of Hamilton Park and his company, Mark Johnston Racing Limited, as well as owning mares, young-stock, and horses in training. He has written on a variety of racing’s issues over many years for The Sporting Life, The Racing Post, The Times, Horse and Hound, and now his own monthly magazine, Kingsley Klarion.

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 Morris joined the BHA in January 2008 to head the newly formed Department of Equine Science and Welfare. This department encompasses the Veterinary function on racedays, as well as now promoting research and policies to enhance equine health and welfare for racehorses.

A visiting Professor of Welfare and Science at the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Tim brings to the role a wide perspective on animal health and 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 in animal reproduction.

He worked for the international company GlaxoSmithKline where he held a range of roles in research, clinical veterinary medicine, and in public affairs. In addition he has held a large number of leadership roles in veterinary professional organisations, industry bodies, animal science and welfare charities, worked with animal welfare groups, and advised a number of Government departments and agencies on animal welfare.

Paul Scotney - Director of Integrity Services, Compliance, and Licensing
Paul Scotney is the Director of Integrity Services, Compliance & Licensing for the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and has held this post since late 2003. Prior to his appointment he was a police officer for 27 years holding a variety of senior management positions within the Metropolitan Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary. Latterly as a Detective Chief Superintendent, Paul was in charge of a number of investigations into serious crime including murder, drug trafficking and money laundering specialising in intelligence development, informant handling, surveillance and covert operations.

During his time with the Authority, Paul has established an Investigative and Intelligence department along similar lines to the Police. An independent Review carried out by Dame Elizabeth Neville in 2008 concluded that the department is ‘a model for the effective investigation of corruption in sport’. Paul has provided advice and guidance to a number of other sports including Tennis, and Football on how to tackle betting related corruption in their sports. He has also spoken extensively on the subject including two appearances at the European Parliament. Paul has followed horseracing since he was a boy but also enjoys football, cricket and golf.