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Jennie Price CBE[edit]

Jennie Price CBE is a qualified lawyer and former CEO of Sport England. She is currently Chair of the boards of The Scouts and The International Tennis Integrity Agency and is a board member of the Forestry Commission.[1]

Jennie Price was CEO of WRAP, a Defra-supported environmental organisation specialising in recycling and resources management[2]. She then became CEO of Sport England in 2007. In her 11 years as CEO she is credited with increasing sports participation in the aftermath of the London Olympics, She also led the 'This Girl Can' campaign which saw women and girls get more active.[3] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in Queen’s birthday honours list 2017.[4] She left Sport England in 2018.

In 2019 she was appointed to Chair the Tennis Integrity Supervisory Board (TISB) following a comprehensive review of integrity in the sport.[5] The reveiw followed widespread concern over integrity in professional tennis[6]. In 2020, she became an "Advantage All' ambassador promoting gender equality in world tennis.[7] In 2020, the TISB created the International Tennis Integrity Agency.[8]

In 2021, she was appointed to be Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Scouts.[9]

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  2. ^ "WRAP chief executive Jennie Price to join Sport England". letsrecycle.com. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  3. ^ "Chief executive to leave Sport England". Sport England. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  4. ^ "CEO recognised in Birthday Honours". Sport England. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  5. ^ "ITIA - jennie price appointed independent chair tennis integrity unit supervisory board". ITIA. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  6. ^ "Suspicions over tennis match-fixing". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  7. ^ www.itftennis.com https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/advantage-all-ambassadors-jennie-price/. Retrieved 2021-09-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Wancke, Barbara. "Independent ITIA ready to launch | Tennis Threads Magazine". Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  9. ^ "Scouts - Welcome to our new UK Chief Commissioner and our new Chair of the Board of Trustees". www.scouts.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-28.