Glasgow 2026  Leadership and Sport

Before being appointed as SWF’s CEO in August 2021, Aileen served for 14 years as an MSP, representing the constituency of Clydesdale. During that time, Aileen held several offices in Government including being the Minister for Children and Young People, Minister for Public Health and Sport before being appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government between 2018-2021. She currently represents SWF on the Scottish FA’s Non-Professional Games Board (NPGB) and was the first women to be selected to represent the NPGB on the Scottish FA’s main Board in 2023 which she did for a year. She was recently appointed to the Board of St Johnstone FC, a team she has supported all her life.

Judith has an extensive background working in Sport and within the Third sector, driven to make a positive impact on people’s lives through sport & physical activity. As CEO for JudoScotland, Judith’s role is fundamental in making judo inclusive and accessible to people of all ages and abilities within communities across Scotland. It is an exciting time for judo with 13 athletes representing Team Scotland in the Commonwealth Games between 31 July to 2 August. Judith is also Vice Chair of the Scottish Governing Body Forum, a group for SGB CEOs to co-ordinate common goals collectively whilst ensuring that issues impacting SGBs and their sports are effectively discussed and communicated across the wider sports sector.

Peter is a Performance Coach at Ogilvie Ross, helping leaders, teams and organisations create High-Performance Environments where people can perform at their best. His background is in elite sport, having coached internationally as Head Coach of Scotland Women’s cricket team and worked within the professional game in England and Australia. Drawing on his experiences from both sport and business, Peter specialises in leadership, culture, and performance development.