Ask BE sessions at Badminton Horse Trials
Next in the series of ‘AskBE’, Board Directors will be in the BE Pavilion at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (1-5 May) to answer questions and to listen to feedback.
The BE Pavilion is a new addition to the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and we are delighted to welcome members to enjoy this lakeside facility; more information on the Pavilion can be found HERE.
‘AskBE’ sessions
The following Board Directors will be in the BE Pavilion (Lakeside number 9) at the following times:
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Date |
Time |
Board Director |
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Wednesday 1 May |
10am – 12pm |
Jude Matthews and Wendy McGowan |
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Wednesday 1 May |
2pm – 4pm |
Chris Tattersall, Jude Matthews and Fiona O’Hara |
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Thursday 2 May |
10am – 11am |
Jude Matthews and Wendy McGowan |
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Thursday 2 May |
2pm – 4pm |
Chris Tattersall and Wendy McGowan |
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Thursday 2 May |
4pm – 5pm |
Jude Matthews |
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Friday 3 May |
10am – 12pm |
Fiona O’Hara and Chris Tattersall |
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Friday 3 May |
2pm – 4pm |
Jude Matthews |
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Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May |
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The team in the BE Pavilion can take questions for you, and will be able to contact Directors to meet people if available. Directors will be dropping in throughout the day. |
Jude Matthews, Interim Chief Executive commented; “We have been hosting regular face-to-face Ask BE sessions since the BE Masterclasses at the end of last year, and the sessions at Badminton are a continuation of these. We appreciate that attending one of these sessions in person is not always possible for our members so we are also trialling a live video Q&A session on Monday 29 April.”
Find out more about the video Q&A session HERE and register your interest HERE. If you have a question that you would like to submit in advance then please send them to askbe@britisheventing.com
Board Directors
- Jude Matthews is British Eventing’s Interim CEO and is therefore responsible for running the organisation. Jude is a regular BE competitor, currently running two horses at BE90 and BE100 level.
- Wendy McGowan is Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary and her responsibilities include running the operational aspects of the sport.
- Chris Tattersall is a Non-Executive Director with specific responsibilities for Finance and Communication and will be attending the AskBE sessions around his daughter, Gemma’s, competition times at Badminton.
- Fiona O’Hara is the Chair of the Board so is responsible for running the Board and ensuring Governance. She has also been involved in oversight of the IT project since she joined the Board in 2017.
- Gary Parsonage, who is a Non-Executive Director with responsibilities for International and Risk Management, is also Assistant Technical Advisor for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. He will be at the event all week in this capacity.
- Nigel Taylor who is also a Non-Executive Director, with specific responsibilities for International, will be at the event in his capacity as a Selector for the World Class Programme.
- Les Smith, Chairman of the Sport Committee and Board lead on the Risk Management Committee, will not be at Badminton as he will be carrying out Ground Jury duties in Poland.
If you would like to ask a question of Gary or Nigel, please ask the team in the BE Pavilion.
Future ‘AskBE’ sessions
We will be holding ‘AskBE’ sessions throughout the season at a spread of events across all regions where members will get the chance to speak to members of the Board.
See the upcoming dates HERE
We will release further dates in due course and look forward to welcoming you to the BE Pavilion at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials.