JJB Sports plc Board of Directors
Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE
Independent Non-executive Director
Matthew was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company on 28 January 2010. He read geography at Oxford University before embarking on an international rowing career that spanned two decades. During that time he won ten World Championship and four Olympic gold medals. In addition Matthew raced the University Boat Race three times for Oxford winning twice and has won 14 times at Henley Royal Regatta. In 2005 he was an ambassador for the successful London bid to bring the Olympic Games to the UK. He is now a journalist andbroadcaster, reporting on a wide range of sports for the BBC and the Times newspaper. Matthew was awarded an MBE in 1993, a CBE in 2001 and knighted in 2005.