Sue Storey
Chief Executive
Volleyball England
Sue is Chief Executive, Volleyball England, the National Governing Body for Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Sitting Volleyball in England. Her role is to lead the organisation, work with the board, the hub team and key volunteers to deliver the strategy, to develop and grow the sport and promote the fantastic exciting team game of Volleyball.
Sue says ‘I have a passion for sport and the huge impact sport has on improving lives. Team sports have a lasting social effect as well as the health benefits, I have always loved playing team sports and love the social interaction, the friendships and the team spirit.’
Previously an Inspector for the Sport Grounds Safety Authority, who as authors of the ‘Green Guide’, are unique as the world’s only government funded body set up specifically to develop safety at sports grounds. She has also had a key role in developing stakeholder relationships and working collaboratively with national and international sporting bodies, federations and organising committees. Sue has chaired internal committees, local government groups (such as the Nottinghamshire Safety Advisory Group) and was chair of the governing body of her local primary school.
She is a keen cyclist and cycled from London to Paris in 2015 for Leukaemia, she previously played hockey at Midlands League level and was a past Taekwondo British Veterans Champion.
Sue brings a background in leadership and senior management, and has worked with many local and national sporting organisations.
Sue’s view on why she joined the Active Partnership national board, “Sport changes lives, I see that through my role as Chief Executive of Volleyball England, and as a mother of sporty children. I now want to do my bit to encourage more people to embrace sport, get physically active and to reap those physical health, mental health and social benefits as well as just enjoying sport and being active.”
Sue is also a Trustee of the Volleyball England Foundation Charitable Trust and Company Secretary of British Volleyball Federation
Start Date: 7 September 2016
Finish Date: June 2022