Craig Beeston

As Programme Manager for the Sports Governance Academy, Craig is responsible for delivering its services, knowledge base and research output and for liaising with the Sports Councils, the Programme Board, Advisory Group and all the SGA's stakeholders. 

Craig joined the Policy Team at The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland in 2016, working on not-for-profit governance with a focus on the Institute’s output in the sport, charity and education sectors. He has represented the Institute on a number of governance advisory groups across each of these, including sitting on the Project Board for the review of the Code for Sports Governance, the Strategic Oversight Group for UK Sport's board culture research project and the Steering Group reviewing the Capability Code of Practice for football charities in the top five divisions of the English pyramid. Craig has written widely on governance issues and as the Institute’s lead on sports governance he has contributed to its guidance and research in the sector.

Prior to joining the Institute, Craig carried out published peer-reviewed research into the methodology of international rankings of public service delivery for the ESRC and into blame management strategies employed by office-holders in times of crisis for the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics. He also worked for a number of years in research roles for the UK Civil Service.

For over 12 years Craig trained in Taekwon-Do, in which he holds a Third Degree Black Belt. He has competed and officiated nationally and twice captained Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match.