BHA Management Shuffled

The British Horseracing Authority has created several new management positions and restructured the remaining positions in an effort to meet the organisations's strategic objectives, reduce the chief executive's number of direct reports and save costs, the organisation announced Monday. The positions of executive director and communications and corporate affairs director have been inaugurated, while Carole Goldsmith, Director of People and Development and Gavin Jefferies, Director of Communications, are leaving the BHA later this year and their roles will not be replaced. Will Lambe, currently the Director of Corporate Affairs, is promoted to the position of Executive Director immediately. There is now an external search underway for the communications and corporate affairs director, which replaces director of communications and director of corporate affairs roles.

“Having now been at the BHA for more than two years, I have decided to make these changes to ensure that I have the right executive team structure in place to meet the needs of our strategy,” said Nick Rust, Chief Executive of the BHA. “Once the communications and corporate affairs director is in place, I will have a strong and capable team, structured in a way that can best deliver for both the BHA and our sport.”

Lambe's duties include stakeholder liaison, betting and funding issues, and leading the BHA's responsibilities for its key priority of continuing to improve industry people matters.

Continued Rust, “Will played a lead role in delivering the levy replacement working with government and industry stakeholders. He is well respected and fully deserves this promotion to a key role in my team, leading on strategy and industry people.”

On board for the next three months, Goldsmith will lead in both areas, before handing over her responsibilities to pursue other interests, while Jefferies will depart Sept. 8. For more information on the BHA restructuring, please go to www.britishhorseracing.com.