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Colin is the London Swimming Director.
Colin spent ten years working for the Amateur Rowing Association in a variety of roles with responsibility for business, strategy and communication. Prior to that Colin was a performance rowing coach. Colin majored in Psychology and holds a Masters in Coaching Studies and a Diploma in International Sports Law.
Colin’s role is to oversee all aspect of London Swimming.
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Janna is one of the London Swimming Development Officers.
Janna achieved her ASA Level 2 Swimming Teacher qualification at the age of 18. She taught swimming in a number of different environments. Janna studied Marketing at University and worked in the industry for over 4 years; at Sainsbury’s, Kodak and Scope (national disability charity). Janna joined London Swimming in October 2005.
Janna’s role is to develop swimming across the capital with a focus on disability swimming, synchronised swimming and swimming in the East ProActive Region. Between June and October 2008 Janna will be Interim Project Manager (Part Time) for the Industrial Scale Change Project in Barking & Dagenham
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Ben is London's Investment Manager.
Ben has an extensive knowledge of the sports world, working for a number of years within National Governing Bodies of Sport gaining experience at all levels. Ben has a great deal of experience in management of blue ribbon sports events such as Henley Royal Regatta. Ben, like a number of the team, has experience of coaching and in past years has been known to work as a Beach Lifeguard in the cold North East.
Ben’s role is to manage the investments of London Swimming and ensure the organisation is financially sustainable into the future.
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Jemma is London's Quality Co-ordinator (part time).
Jemma's role is to manage our Swim 21 portfolio. Jemma has a first class swimming background as a Paralympian (Sydney and Athens) as well as experience as a property lawyer in managing multiple cases.
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Jo is the Aquatics Development Programme Co-Ordinator for London.
Jo started as the South East Diving Development officer, was a diver for 9 years as a child before moving into weightlifting.
Jo’s role is to oversee the development of the aquatics programme across all disciplines.
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Mark is the ASA Coaching System Officer responsible for Resource Development
Mark has worked in the Leisure Industry for over ten years and has extensive experience gathered from a variety of different roles and organisations, including Lifeguard, Swimming Teacher, Duty Manager and a Swimming Development Co-ordinator. Mark also has a BSc (Hons) in Sports Studies and Leisure Management.
Mark’s role is to support the teams within the workforce development department through the development of resources with particular emphasis around e-learning
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Yvette is the ASA Volunteering Manager and the British Swimming Schools Competition Manager.
Before joining British Swimming Yvette worked at Sport England in a number of roles, most recently managing the School Club links programme that is part of the PE, School Sport and Club Links programme.
Yvette's role within swimming is divided between delivering a Volunteer Support Programme to help recruit and retain more volunteers within our sports and also working with the English Schools Swimming Association to develop a school competition framework and deliver the UK School Games.
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Rosa is the IOS Regional Talent Development Coach London & East Region.
Rosa’s role centres around the delivery of AASE programme for the regions apprentices. She is also responsible for the Level One & Two English National Talent Development Programme delivered locally in the two regions.
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Jo is the London Swimming Project Manager - Skills to jobs.
Jo worked in the leisure industry and has a background in teaching and coaching swimming.
Jo’s Role is getting people into training and then employment, and Co-ordinating the mobile pools programme.
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Annabel is the ASA Everyday Swim Project Co-ordinator for Islington.
Annabel was a National level swimmer in her native, Australia, and has combined her love of the sport with her degrees in Commerce and Business Management.
Annabel's role is to co-ordinate the Everyday Swim project in Islington with a focus on learning from the best practice examples of the wider fitness industry. With the support of Islington Council and Aquaterra Leisure, Annabel is delivering new ways to attract and retain the Islington population to swimming, and developing an infrastructure to deliver these new formats.
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Ellie is the IOS Tutor for London & South East.
Ellie has worked in the leisure industry for over 20 years, in a number of roles. Ellie has also been a competitive swimmer. Ellie has extensive experience of delivering courses in both ASA courses and other training courses such as NPLQ, First Aid at Work, Health and Safety, Manual Handling etc.
Ellie's role is to deliver the IOS programme of ASA coach education, including UKCC and CPD seminar across both London & the South East.
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Nikola Jovanovic
Nikola played professional water polo in the Serbian Premier League. After his playing career he stayed in sport as a coach, manager and the director of Nis water-polo club.
Nikola was one of the key individuals who enabled Nis Water Polo club to enter the European water polo competition and developed the club to be the best sports organization in Nis and the country. Nickola hold a M.S in Engineering.
Nikola joined London swimming at the end of March 2008.
Nik will be delivering high quality water polo and mini-polo sessions and CPD opportunities in the West Sub-region (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow)
Bastien comes from Newcastle, Australia an east-coast city that has faced a similar challenge to Barking & Dagenham in that the city's major employer (BHP Steel-Mills) came to an end about a decade ago, and local people have had to deal with all the challenges that has presented.
Bastien has a decade's experience in Health and Fitness in 3 countries, beginning as a swimming teacher & coach and including 5 years as a Surf Life Saver, 6 years teaching Aqua Fitness, leading canoeing and aquatic activities in the USA and 4 years at a management level in Leisure Centres and Health Clubs in the UK.
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