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As we celebrate our 15th birthday this month, we’d like to thank all of our clients, friends and supporters, consultants and associates old and new, for sharing the ride with us. Since our last blog back in January we’ve been as busy as ever, including in the following respects: After just a few short months with Wharton, David…

The New Year has seen Wharton’s consultants continue to deliver long-running projects while at the same time beginning new ones: The Football Association has commissioned us to conduct a review of women referees, with a view to the formulation of a new strategy for the recruitment of women and girls into refereeing, their retention and…

A busy last quarter of 2014 has seen Wharton consultants engaged across a variety of projects, including and especially the following: Neil has been working with the Amateur Swimming Association to conduct a strategic review of water polo following UK Sport’s withdrawal of funding support for the Great Britain programmes earlier this year. Through one-to-one…

The International Netball Federation has commissioned Wharton Consulting to conduct on its behalf a review of netball umpiring at the international level – to assess the current situation, identify the options for future development, and compile a strategy and operational plan to deliver the recommended way forward for presentation to the INF Board of Directors…

Wharton Consulting is delighted to add David Holmes, formerly Director of Sport for the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and Chief Executive of British Dressage, to its roster of consultants. David joins Wharton with immediate effect from Italy, where he has most recently held the post of Director of Sport for the Italian Equestrian Federation –…

Wharton’s Sarah Rowell was in Sheffield this week as part of the delivery team on the UK Sport Para Coach2RIO initiative.  The overall aim of the Para Coach2RIO programme is to deliver quality learning opportunities and professional development for coaches working with Paralympic World Class Programme funded athletes; both to Rio 2016 and beyond.  Sarah…

Following on from the successful 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, where the BSS team hit their UK Sport target of one Olympic medal, the BSS Board have asked Sarah Rowell to carry out an independent review of the process that resulted in selection of athletes by the BOA/TeamGB with a view to understanding what worked…

Following a vote of the RFU Council on 4 June to accept the recommendations of the Adult Competitions Review by a significant majority, Wharton Consulting has been engaged to continue our work on the review by pursuing the implementation of two key recommendations. The first of these is the drafting of a Sevens strategy for…

We’re thrilled to bits that Sally Bolton, our former Wharton colleague, has been awarded the OBE in yesterday’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Sally, who worked with us between 2002 and 2007, has spent the last seven years with the Rugby Football League, during which time she held positions as the RFL Events Director, RFL Director…

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) have appointed Wharton Consulting to undertake a structure and governance review of ice hockey in the UK, covering all of the national ice hockey governing bodies; English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA), Scottish Ice Hockey-UK (SIH-UK), Ice Hockey Northern Ireland (IHNI) and the UK Elite League (EIHL). The purpose of the review…