Paula Carter

(Chair, Governance Standing Committee) 


Roles and Responsibilities

  • Council Member for Surrey since 2019
  • Chair, Head Impact Prevention & Management Subcommittee
  • Chair, Club Financial Viability Group
  • Former Council Elected Director
  • Appointed 1 August 2020
  • Paula is not considered independent for the purposes of the Sport England Code for Sports Governance


Biography

Paula’s executive career covered private sector and public companies and large, complex and regulated organisations.

Paula is Vice Chairman of the Port of London Authority, Chairman of the Ofcom

Advisory Committee for England and a Non-Executive Director of be the business, a business driven productivity movement.  

Paula sits on the RFU Board of Directors and chairs the Head Injury Management and Prevention Sub Committee and the Governance Standing Committee.  

She was a rugby referee for 10 years. She joined the Surrey Disciplinary Committee in 2013.