Dame Susan Catherine Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough (born 10 October 1948[1]) is a British sports administrator who was chairman of UK Sport between 2003 and 2013.
Campbell has received the following Honorary academic degrees:
Hon Doctorate of Education from the Council for National Academic Awards 1992,
Hon Doctorate of Science from the University of Brighton 1993,
Hon Doctorate of Education from De Montfort University 1996,
Hon Doctorate of Technology from the University of Loughborough 1997,
Hon Doctorate of Education from the University of Leicester 2000,
Hon Doctorate of Sport Science from the Leeds Metropolitan University 2006,
Hon Doctorate of Law from the University of Exeter 2010,
Hon Doctor of Humane Letters Endicott College Boston USA 2011,
Hon Doctorate of Art from the Bedfordfordshire University 2011,
Hon Doctorate for Exceptional Service to Sport from the Queen's University 2013,
Hon Degree of Science from the Nottingham Trent University 2016.
Career
In 1980, Campbell was appointed regional officer for the East Midlands by the Sports Council of Great Britain. She was deputy chief executive of the National Coaching Foundation for one year in 1984, before becoming its chief executive for a decade, 1985 to 1995. She was appointed MBE in 1991.[3] Campbell became chief executive of the Youth Sport Trust in 1995, having played a key role in setting it up. She was an adviser to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills from 2000 to 2003.
In 2003 Campbell was appointed as chairman of UK Sport,[2] the new name for the Sports Council of Great Britain, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list the same year.[4] She held this position for two terms until April 2013, presiding over Team GB and Paralympic GB's performance at the London 2012 games. Campbell retained her executive position with the Youth Sport Trust until 2005 when she became its chairman.[2] Campbell stepped down as Chair of the Youth Sport Trust in December 2017.