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Director’s Report

Corporate Governance

Deborah Griffin OBE
Deborah Griffin OBE is Women & Girls World Cup in 1991 in Cardiff. Returning as
representative on the RFU Council. Having Finance Officer to the RFUW in 2002, she
started playing rugby at University College subsequently chaired their Board, and saw
London, she captained the first English them through to full integration with the RFU
women’s club side at Finchley in its first in 2012. The bursar at Homerton College,
year and played for a further seven years Cambridge University, she is the Cambridge
at Richmond. A founding member of the University RFU Secretary and was awarded
Women’s RFU in 1983, she chaired the an OBE for services to rugby.
organisation of the first Women’s Rugby

Simon Massie-Taylor
Simon Massie-Taylor is a member of the (BOA) where he was Commercial Director.
senior leadership team and the RFU Board, Before joining the BOA in 2014, Massie-
reporting to the RFU’s CEO Steve Brown. Taylor was Senior Vice President,
Responsible for all of the RFU’s commercial Commercial, for Tough Mudder in New
operations and revenue-generating activities, York, and previously part of the award-
his remit includes: sponsorship, commercial winning commercial team for LOCOG,
partnerships, broadcast agreements, organisers of the London 2012 Olympic
ticketing, stadium debenture sales and boxes, Games and Paralympic Games. His previous
hospitality, licensing and retail operations. roles include an associate position at the
Massie-Taylor joined the RFU in September investment bank Rothschild & Sons, and
2016 from the British Olympic Association accountancy at KPMG in London.

Stephen Pearson
The Oxford University representative A former Fund Management Director of
on the RFU Council, Stephen Pearson is Jupiter Asset Management and currently
Chairman of the Community Game Board’s their Chief Investment Officer, he is also an
Rugby Growth Sub Committee, Chairman Honorary fellow of Trinity College Oxford
of Trustees of the RFU Pension Fund, and a three time Oxford rugby Blue. He is
and a Trustee of the RFU Injured Players a member of Oxford University RFC and
Foundation. London Scottish RFC.

Dominic Proctor
Dominic Proctor is the RFU’s Senior of the the world’s advertising media. Prior to
Independent Director and has been on the that he held various roles, including founder
Board since March 2016. He has spent his and CEO of Mindshare and CEO of J Walter
whole professional career in advertising and Thompson. Dominic is a lifelong rugby
media , the last 30 years with WPP. Since fan and supporter. He played for Durham
2012 he has been President of GroupM, the University where he retired through injury.
division of WPP responsible for buying 30%

Genevieve Shore
Independent Non-Executive Director Director of Penguin Group, and culminating
Genevieve Shore was appointed in in being Chief Digital Officer and then CIO
September 2017, having played rugby for for Pearson. Since 2014, Genevieve has taken
England, including in the 1994 Women’s on a portfolio of Non-Executive Director
Rugby World Cup winning team. positions across a variety of organisations
Knowledgeable and passionate about the including Santander UK, Lego, Money
game, she is also an experienced Non- Supermarket and Scottish Television.
Executive Director. Her career has been Genevieve also sat on the RFU’s All
dominated by working in publishing in Schools Board.
various roles, including Global Digital

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