Lyn Carpenter

Lyn Carpenter

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 59) [1]
Sport
Sport	Netball
Medal record Athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur team

Lyn Carpenter (born 1965) is a sports administrator, retired local government executive and former netball player. Carpernter is currently Director of Europe region of World Netball. Before retiring, her last executive role as Chief Executive of Thurrock Council from 2015 to 2022.

Netball

Playing career

Carpenter was the oldest player ever to be awarded a debut international cap in the England national netball team, which she received in December 1997 at the age of 32.^[2] During her senior international career she amassed 33 international caps, representing England and winning a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3][4][5] She also won a bronze medal at the 1999 Netball World Championships in New Zealand.^[6] She also represented Great Britain in basketball at the 1987 World Student Games in Zagreb.^[7]

Administration career

Carpenter served on the Board of England Netball from 2003, latterly as Vice Chairman, until August 2014. She is a former current Chairman of Netball Europe a role she has held until 2019 before being elected as International Netball Federation regional director for Europe.

Local government career

In 2009, Carpenter was appointed to Hammersmith Council as Director of Residents Services. In September 2011 she was appointed to a new Biborough Executive Director role that also included the Royal Borough managing a range of complex universal services.^[8] Carpenter was appointed Chief Executive of Thurrock Council in September 2015.^[9] She resigned in December 2022 shortly before the council was reported as being "effectively bankrupt".^[10][11][12] A subsequent inspection report into the situation at Thurrock issued by Essex County Council criticized Carpenter's management style at the Council.^[13]

References

1. "Director Profile". Company Check.
2. Miss England 2009: Judging panel. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
3. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
4. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. Garnham, Emily (9 April 2008). "Loneliness of the long distance netballer". Daily Express. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
7. "Your Environment" (PDF). Merton London Borough Council. 25 August 2006. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
8. "Executive Director for Environment, Leisure and Residents Services". Rbkc.gov.uk. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
9. "Appointment of the Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service". Thurrock Council. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
10. Dedman, Simon (14 December 2022). "Chief executive of Thurrock Council quits over £469m black hole". BBC News. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
11. "Thurrock Council issues S114 notice of financial distress". BBC News. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
12. Butler, Patrick (19 December 2022). "Thurrock becomes latest council to declare effective bankruptcy". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
13. Davies, Gareth (16 June 2023). "'Dereliction of leadership': Thurrock council ignored warnings and hid catastrophic losses". The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 16 August 2024.