Jen Barsby and Nigel Holl have been re-appointed to the Commonwealth Games Scotland Board of Directors following a members vote at the 2025 AGM on the evening of Monday 2nd June.

Jen was elected to the CGS Board in 2017 and is currently the Board lead for Equality. She joined Scottish Disability Sport as Opportunities and Equality Manager in July 2013, a role she held until 2022 when she took on the role of Performance Development Manager. Through both roles she has gained a wealth of experience in Para Sport, Safeguarding and Equality as well as experience improving governance across SDS member branches.

Jen is on the Boccia UK Board and has also served on the board of the Team Scotland Youth Trust. She was the General Team Manager for Accommodation and Village for Team Scotland at the Gold Coast 2018 Games. Previously she was an Active Schools Co-ordinator and a Disability Development Officer.

Nigel starts a second term on the CGS Board, having first been elected in May 2021. He currently leads the Board Sub-Committee for Selection, with policies across all sports being finalised for Glasgow 2026.

Nigel has a wealth of experience at executive leadership, board governance and performance director level in Scottish and UK sport. He is the Executive Performance Director for British Curling, and also serves on the Scottish Cycling Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Board of UK Sports Institute as their performance specialist in December 2023.

We would like to extend our congratulations to Jennifer and Nigel, and our thanks to the other nominees who stood for election.

We would also like to thank Katie Sadleir CNZM, CEO at Commonwealth Sport and Jade Gallagher, Chief Operating Officer at Glasgow 2026 for their informative presentations and engagement with our member sports.