Operational Team

Chief Executive Officer

Ian Wilson

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164
Email: iwilson@bases.org.uk
Mon - Fri (9am - 5pm)

Ian Wilson joined BASES on 16 October 2016 with extensive involvement and experience in sport, as an elite athlete, national Team Manager, and various management roles within the UK Sports Institute, the English Institute of Sport; Sports Coach UK, British Swimming and UK Coaching.

Ian's recent role was Head of Operations at UK Coaching, a sport and physical activity charity, where he ran the Operations Department to develop, lead and manage the Group’s ongoing operations and procedures. He was responsible for the efficient operation of the business and worked closely with senior colleagues to develop, deliver and monitor a wide range of operational and strategic programmes, projects and initiatives.

As an elite athlete, Ian was on the National Swimming Team between 1985 and 1999, competing at World Championships, Olympic Games, European Championships, Commonwealth Games and World Student Games. Ian finished 5 ^th at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and won World and European medals over 1500m Freestyle.

Senior Administration Officer

Jane Bairstow

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 8216164
Email: jbairstow@bases.org.uk
Tues/Wed/Fri (9am-5pm)

Jane joined BASES in December 1999. She previously worked at Sports Coach UK (formerly the National Coaching Foundation) as the Senior Administrator for the Education and Training Division and provided administrative support for the former Sport Science Education Programme. She previously worked as a PA at Leeds College of Building for the Deputy Principal gaining extensive IT knowledge and organisational/secretarial skills and as a Sales Admin Assistant for the No.1 market leading outdoor advertising company More O'Ferrall Adshel.

Marketing and Communications Manager

Emma Forsyth

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164 
Email:  eforsyth@bases.org.uk
Mon - Thur (9am - 5pm)

Emma joined BASES on 1 July 2016. She has returned back to her old stomping ground as she graduated from Leeds Beckett University in 2011. Since then Emma has worked within the sports industry at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club and Xtra Mile Events and is looking forward to bringing her marketing knowledge to her new role. The role was newly created as BASES recognised there were areas to develop and to do this a marketing and communications strategy was needed across all platforms. The main aim of the role is to deliver BASES strategic vision of being recognised as the UK’s leading professional body in sport and exercise sciences. This will be done by increasing communications with stakeholders and developing key activities and services BASES have to offer.

SEPAR Officer

Jane Gillott

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164
Email: jgillott@bases.org.uk 
Mon - Fri (9am - 5pm)

Jane took up post as a part-time Administrative Assistant in August 2006 after relocating from Wiltshire to Leeds. She has previously worked as a Travel Consultant and as PA to the General Manager for Medicine in the NHS so comes to us with extensive administrative skills. In September 2019, Jane took on the newly developed full-time role of Professional Standards Administrator, which includes overseeing the applications and processes for the majority of the BASES Professional Development programmes, as well as continued administrative duties within the association. In March 2024, Jane was appointed full-time SEPAR Officer to oversee the Sport and Exercise Psychology Accreditation Route.

Partnerships Manager 

Sue Watson 

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164
Email: swatson@bases.org.uk
Mon-Thur (9am - 5pm)

Sue joined BASES on the 20 January 2020. Sue joins us with over 16 years’ experience within the sports sector; after graduating from Loughborough University with a First Class BSc in Sport and Exercise Science in 2003, Sue went on to become a qualified FE lecturer before diversifying into sports development and management, the fitness industry and high performance sport. Through roles in coaching and workforce management, Sue has vast experience in developing and managing professional development programmes and initiatives and in designing and delivering strategic plans. She also has experience in managing high performance programmes through her previous role as Performance Manager for the Derbyshire Institute of sport.

Sue’s most recent role was Workforce and Place Lead at Active Partners Trust (one of 43 active partnerships in England, with a focus on increasing physical activity levels) where she was responsible for partnership and workforce development across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

As an elite athlete, Sue achieved 17 international caps for England and Great Britain for Basketball; she was the Captain of the English Universities basketball team; and she won two National titles at amateur boxing before going on to compete professionally. She currently competes regularly at Netball and also delivers fitness and boxing classes for the local community.

Administrative Officer and MarComms Assistant

Angus Boyle

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164
Email: aboyle@bases.org.uk
Mon-Fri (9am - 5pm)

Angus joined BASES in March 2020 as a Marketing and Communications Assistant (Intern) after finishing as Digital Content Intern at AFL Europe. In November 2020, Angus was then appointed as part-time Administrative Officer. Having grown up in Australia, Angus has been involved with sports such as Australian Football, cricket and football for most of his life. Angus completed a Bachelor of Media & Communications (Sports Journalism) at La Trobe University in Australia and joins the BASES team with experience in both communications and marketing work. Angus has been in England since 2018 after deciding to learn more about the country he was born in, and experience travelling around Europe.

Professional Development Manager 

Lisa Phillips

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164
Email: lphillips@bases.org.uk
Mon/Tues/Wed (9am - 5pm)

Lisa joined BASES in March 2022. With over 20 years’ experience within the exercise and sports sector Lisa graduated from MMU with a BSc in Exercise with Sport and Coaching Science and then went on to achieve a MSc in Human and Equine Sports Science from the University of Essex. Lisa’s career path progressed naturally starting out as a Personal Trainer and Sports Fitness Coach to then teaching and assessing various Commercial PT courses and CPD related qualifications. The next progression was into an Internal Quality Assurance role which included managing professional development, meeting standards, and promoting quality. Lisa’s work has been mainly in the Commercial sector with demanding targets and profit margins to meet. This is where her passion grew for quality and development over financial gain. Her focus has always been to help enable others to develop and succeed whether that was from a PT perspective or a career development perspective.

Lisa’s sporting history includes playing hockey for Derbyshire County and University but her most challenging achievement was coming 3^rd in the Sark to Jersey Channel Islands Rowing Race where she was part of a women’s fixed seat four. This was in addition to competing in The Jersey Rowing Series which consisted of 9 coastal and bay races.

Joanna Rycroft

Clinical Exercise Physiologist

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel: 0113 812 6164
Email: J.C.Rycroft@ljmu.ac.uk
Tues-Fri (9am - 5pm)

Jo joined BASES in July 2023. She is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist and has been working as a CEP for the past 7 years, starting her career in London and now working and living in the Lake District. Jo has previously worked a Lecturer at UCLan and is now working with BASES and CEP-UK at Liverpool John Moores University to organise and coordinate new opportunities for CEPs and BASES members, including CPD and events.

Professional Standards Administrator 

Alex Windwood

BASES
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Beckett University
Tel:
Email: awindwood@bases.org.uk
Mon - Fri (9am - 5pm)

Alex joined BASES in March 2024. Although a musician by trade within the Royal Marines, and now the British Army, as well as qualification (BMus from the University of Huddersfield), Alex has worked within the fitness coaching industry for around eight years. Alongside several customer service, charity, and corporate administration roles, he has also been a fitness instructor for ‘Be Military Fit’ and currently the Physical Training Instructor for the Band of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment, alongside his own personal training business. Alex is always keen to develop his own professional skills and knowledge base, and as a CIMSPA and UK Coaching member, Alex understands the importance that accreditation and recognition has on the careers of individuals and organisations alike. Alex is excited to be involved in the process of providing these opportunities, working with colleagues at BASES.

BASES Operations Team at the 2023 BASES Conference at the Coventry Building Society Arena