Polly Williams

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director


Roles and Responsibilities

  • Chair, Audit & Risk Committee
  • Chair, Twickenham Experience Ltd
  • Board Champion for Safeguarding, Whistleblowing and Speak-Up
  • Appointed 1 August 2021
  • Polly is considered independent for the purposes of the Sport England Code for Sports Governance


Biography

Polly Williams is a chartered accountant who spent five years as a Partner at KPMG. She has sat as a board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Jupiter Asset Management, Chair of the Audit Committee at TSB Banking Group and a Senior Independent Director at The Royal Bank of Canada Europe. She is a Non-Executive Director of XP Power Limited and a Trustee for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

Polly was a keen rugby player during her time at university. She also spent 14 years as a Governor at Rugby School.