Our Trustees and ambassadors are committed to the continuous development of swimming and aquatic sports, and consistently work to support the aims and objectives of the Trust.
Trustees meet regularly to review finances, policies and the development of programmes and activities. Trustees also take a full role in the consideration of applications and proposals.
Trustees
Brian Havill – Chair
Brian Havill has been appointed Interim Trustee and Chairman of the Swimming Trust.
Brian, who is currently Swim England Chief Financial Officer has joined the Trust to oversee the recruitment and appointment of a permanent Chair to take over from Dennis Yeoman who has retired.
Brian moved to Swim England from the England and Wales Cricket Board where he spent 15 years as Finance Director and Company Secretary. Before then, he was the Commercial Director for Pentland Sports Group and Chief Operating Officer for Hi-Tec Sports International. In a voluntary capacity, Brian spent six years on the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association, roles included vice-chair of the LTA’s Performance Committee. Brian is also member of the Audit Committee of the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
Brian DeVal – Honorary Secretary
Brian has been a swimmer since his youth and now competes on the Masters circuit. Working as a consultant in the public sector, Brian also volunteers as Chairman of Sussex ASA where he is also Development Manager. He has been Honorary Secretary of the Swimming Trust since 2000.
Jane Nickerson
Jane joined the ASA in 1997 as Head of Administration. She has held a range of senior management roles within the organisation. She became Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and has been Interim CEO since July 20th 2016.
Jane has been involved in swimming from 8 years of age, initially as a swimmer competing up to national level, then as a volunteer administrator and event official. She serving as the Midland District Secretary for a number of years before taking up employment at the ASA. During this period she competed as a Masters Swimmer, winning some European medals and was also a British Swimming and England Team Manager.
Jane is also an active participant on other bodies such as Deputy Chair of the Major Spectator Sports Division of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (SARA) and participates in a number of working groups across sport. She is the Company Secretary and a Non Executive Director of GB Badminton.
Helga Edström OBE
Helga became involved in swimming through her children who were members of City of Birmingham Swimming Club. Her son was a national swimmer and played National League Water Polo, her daughter a national synchronised swimmer. Helga was Secretary of City of Birmingham and a Warwickshire ASA Board member for many years and is currently Vice Chair of Swim West Midlands.
She is a career Civil Servant, having worked in a variety of roles latterly as a policy lead with The Office for Civil Society at The Department for Culture, Media and Sport where she supported the charitable sector in terms of governance and compliance.
Despite her children’s enthusiasm for the sport Helga has had a life long fear of water, but finally learned to swim in 2016 inspired by the “This Girl Can” Campaign.
Ambassadors
Andrew Jameson
Andrew is a former Olympian competing for Great Britain in three consecutive Olympics (1980, 1984 & 1988) taking a bronze medal in Seoul for the 100m butterfly. He won numerous individual and team medals at international competitions during his swimming career. Andrew is now well known as commentator on swimming at all major events.