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3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

8 THE BOARD

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DOMINIC PROCTOR Dominic Proctor is the RFU’s Senior division of WPP responsible for buying 30% of
Independent Director and also Chairs
the world’s advertising media . He now consults
the Remuneration Committee , the Board
to small businesses. He retired from playing
Nominations Committee and our charity Try
For Change. He spent his career in media and rugby through injury whilst still a student at
Durham University.
advertising where his roles included CEO of
J Walter Thompson , founder and CEO of
Mindshare and President of GroupM , the

GENEVIEVE SHORE Independent Non-Executive Director Genevieve Group, and culminating in being Chief Digital
Shore was appointed in September 2017, having
Officer and then CIO for Pearson. Since 2014,
played rugby for England, including in the
Genevieve has taken on a portfolio of Non-
Executive Director positions across a variety of
1994 Women’s Rugby World Cup winning
team. Knowledgeable and passionate about the
Money Supermarket and Scottish Television.
game, she is also an experienced Non-Executive organisations including Santander UK, Lego,
Director. Her career has been dominated Genevieve also sat on the RFU’s All
by working in publishing in various roles, Schools Board.
including Global Digital Director of Penguin
JONATHAN WEBB Jonathan Webb is a World Rugby He was voted Rothmans Rugby Player of the
Representative on the RFU Council and chairs
Year in 1992. He is President of United Bristol
the RFU Concussion Risk Management Group
Hospitals RFC and Honorary Vice President of
University of Bristol RFC. Jonathan is a full time
and the Medical & Sports Science Technical
Advisory Group. He played full back for the
University of Bristol, for Bristol, Bath and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising
in knee surgery and sports injuries.
England, earning 33 England caps and 298
points between 1987-93.
HELEN WEIR CBE Helen Weir CBE became an RFU Independent She previously served on the Boards of SAB
Miller and Royal Mail. She is also Trustee of
Non-Executive Director in November 2014.
Marie Curie. She is passionate about rugby and
She has previously held positions as CFO at
M&S, Group Finance Director at John Lewis
Partnership and as an Executive Director of has served as treasurer of Beaconsfield RFC
and managed a mini rugby team from U7 to
Lloyds Banking Group. An experienced Non- U11. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute
Executive Director, Weir is currently a Non- of Management Accountants and serves as the
Executive Director of GEMS Education and Chair of the RFU Audit Committee.
joins the Board of Just Eat as a Non-Executive
Director on 1st December 2018.
MALCOLM WHARTON CBE Malcolm Wharton CBE represents England He played for Sidmouth, Exeter and Launceston,
has served on the Exeter and Sidmouth Club
Colleges RFU on the RFU Council. Educated at
committees and is a Gloucester Rugby life
Kirkby Stephen Grammar, Royal Agricultural
and Birmingham Universities, he was the
member. He currently chairs the Board of
Trustees of the Rugby Football Foundation
Principal of Hartpury College for 22 years, and
the founding Chairman and Honorary Vice
President of Hartpury College RFC. Malcolm
Charitable Trust.
now runs an education consultancy business. and is a Trustee of the British Eventing

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