Emma Boggis
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-17)

Emma Boggis has spent over twenty five years working in the public and not for profit sector. Her early career started in the British Army where she had operational tours in Northern Ireland and Kosovo. After a brief spell in Management Consultancy she joined the Civil Service and worked at the Office for Standards in Education and the Cabinet Office. She was then seconded to the Foreign Office as Deputy Head of Mission in the British Embassy in Madrid and returned to London to serve as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. After the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Emma became head of the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Unit based in the Cabinet Office supporting Lord Coe as the Prime Minister’s Legacy Ambassador and then left the Civil Service to become Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance which is the umbrella organisation for the governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation, representing 320 members. Emma moved to a portfolio of Non-Executive roles in 2019 and was the Senior Independent Director on the Board of the British Paralympic Association and a Trustee of the National Paralympic Heritage Trust, as well as a member of the NCVO’s Advisory Council. Emma is currently the Senior Independent Director on the Board of the National Lottery Community Fund, a Board member of The Royal Yorkshire Regiment and a Director at TANDEM&M. She is also the Senior Independent Director at the UK Sports Institute and will be interim Chair from 1 July 2025. Emma is a keen sportswoman, with a number of marathons and triathlons under her belt along and she also enjoys cooking, reading and travelling often under pedal power. Appointed: 1 June 2023 (reappointed in July 2025) Term ends: 31 May 2029 The register disclosing Members’ interests is here.

Emma Boggis has spent over twenty five years working in the public and not for profit sector. Her early career started in the British Army where she had operational tours in Northern Ireland and Kosovo. After a brief spell in Management Consultancy she joined the Civil Service and worked at the Office for Standards in Education and the Cabinet Office. She was then seconded to the Foreign Office as Deputy Head of Mission in the British Embassy in Madrid and returned to London to serve as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.

After the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Emma became head of the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Unit based in the Cabinet Office supporting Lord Coe as the Prime Minister’s Legacy Ambassador and then left the Civil Service to become Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance which is the umbrella organisation for the governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation, representing 320 members.

Emma moved to a portfolio of Non-Executive roles in 2019 and was the Senior Independent Director on the Board of the British Paralympic Association and a Trustee of the National Paralympic Heritage Trust, as well as a member of the NCVO’s Advisory Council. Emma is currently the Senior Independent Director on the Board of the National Lottery Community Fund, a Board member of The Royal Yorkshire Regiment and a Director at TANDEM&M. She is also the Senior Independent Director at the UK Sports Institute and will be interim Chair from 1 July 2025.

Emma is a keen sportswoman, with a number of marathons and triathlons under her belt along and she also enjoys cooking, reading and travelling often under pedal power.

Appointed: 1 June 2023 (reappointed in July 2025) Term ends: 31 May 2029

The register disclosing Members’ interests is here. (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ome-review-body-members-register-of-interests)