England Basketball has today announced that the Chief Executive of England Basketball, Keith Mair, will be leaving his position of ten and a half years from the end of August this year.
In a short statement released on their website, they said:
“The Chief Executive of England Basketball, Keith Mair, will leave the organisation following its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 31 August after ten and a half years in the position. Mair will also resign his positions as a director of the British Basketball Federation and as a member of FIBA Europe’s Finance Commission.
“A New Zealander, Keith Mair arrived at England Basketball’s head office in Leeds in February 2003 after a career in New Zealand that included chartered accountancy, stockbroking, teaching, coaching and sports administration. As a basketball coach Keith coached teams at every level of the sport, including 21 years with NZ teams, the last 13 as coach of the Tall Blacks, concluding at the 2000 Olympic Games.
“Under Keith’s leadership, over the course of a decade, England Basketball has developed a stable, knowledgeable staff team that has:
1) built a financially strong organisation,
2) developed a national and regional performance pathway to be proud of, with a strong AASE programme, producing improved results at international level,
3) worked with Basketball Scotland, Basketball Wales and FIBA Europe to reform the British Basketball Federation and develop unified coaching philosophies, and
4) overseen significant growth in the number of affiliated participants (players, coaches, officials and volunteers), accredited clubs and teams competing in the national leagues.“On behalf of England Basketball’s Executive Board, Chairman Jan Hagen commented that,
“England Basketball is immensely grateful for the contributions Keith has made to the sport.”
More to come.
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