Full title
The Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE
Name
Carys Grey-Thompson
Party/group
Crossbench
Joined the Lords
23 March 2010
Biography
Professional life
| Job title |
Organisation |
Date |
| Board Member |
Transport for London |
2008- |
| LOCOG |
Athlete Commission Vice Chair |
2008- |
| Non-Exec Director |
UK Athletics |
2007- |
| Director |
Tanni Grey-Thompson Limited |
2006- |
| Director |
TGT International Limited |
2002- |
| Paralympic Athlete |
GB Paralympic Team |
1988-07 |
Public life
| Post |
Organisation |
Date |
| Chair |
Women’s Sport & Fitness Foundation Commission on the Future of Women’s Sport |
2009- |
| Member |
Youth Citizenship Commission, Department of Justice |
2008-09 |
| Panel Member |
UK Sport Mission 2012 |
2008-11 |
| Committee Member |
Cabinet Honours Committee, Sport Committee |
2006- |
| Pro-Chancellor |
Staffordshire University |
2005- |
Member's focus
| Policy |
| Communities and families |
| Culture, media and sport |
| Disability issues |
| Social services |
| Transport |
| World |
| Developing countries |
Register of Interests
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1: Directorships
- Director, Tanni Grey-Thompson Ltd (the company manages the Member's speaking engagements etc; all the income registered in category 2 is paid to Tanni Grey-Thompson Ltd except that from Transport for London and from London Legacy Development Corporation which is paid directly to the Member)
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2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Board Member, Transport for London
- Advisory work for Visa UK (credit cards)
- Occasional articles for the Daily Telegraph
- PR work for Electricite de France (EDF) based on Keep Warm and Well Campaign
- Speaking engagement, 8 August 2012, AngloAmerican
- Speaking engagement, 24 August 2012, NAPP Pharmacuticals
- Speaking engagement, 28 August 2012, Royal Mail
- Speaking engagement, 30 August 2012, BP
- Speaking engagement, 25 September 2012, Ernst and Young
- Speaking engagement, 5 October 2012, Family Business Network
- Speaking engagement, 8 October 2012, Royal Mail
- Speaking engagement, 14 October 2012, NISA Conference, Madrid, Spain (with payment of flights and hotel costs)
- Speaking engagement, 16 November 2012, City of London Corporation
- Speaking engagement, 18 November 2012, Bright Horizons
- Speaking engagement, 20 November 2012, British Oncology Association
- Speaking engagement, 29 November 2012, Cobra Network
- Board Member, London Legacy Development Corporation
- Member, UCI Independent Commission (handling of sports doping)
- Speaking engagement, 12 January 2013, Capita Education dinner
- Speaking engagement, 15 January 2013, Proctor and Gamble
- Board Member, London Legacy Development Corporation
- Speaking engagement, 5 February 2013, Ladies Business Forum, Hill Dickinson, Liverpool
- Speaking engagement, 7 February 2013, GlaxoSmithKline promotional event, Twickenham
- Speaking engagement, 8 March 2013, National Association of Pension Providers Conference
- Speaking engagement, 15 March 2013, Smartess Education Conference
- Speaking engagement, 21 March 2013, Mondalez conference
- Speaking engagement, 21 May 2013, Standard Chartered Bank
- Speaking engagement, 4 June 2013, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Speaking engagement, 6 June 2013, YMCA Founders Day Lecture
- Speaking engagement, 13 June 2013, IHG conference
- Speaking engagement, 4 July 2013, Pearson Publishing
- Speaking engagement, 5 July 2013, Asda
- Speaking engagement, 28 June 2013, Durham Head Teachers Conference
- Speaking engagement, 13 July 2013, Medway Council
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4: Shareholdings (a)
- Tanni Grey-Thompson Ltd (see category 1)
- TGT International (dormant)
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8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
- BMW UK (automobiles) sponsor London Organising Committee of Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and support a number of competing and retired athletes, including the Member; they provide her with a car for 18 months from June 2011, and pay insurance for the Member and her husband
- Guest of UKA (United Kingdom Athletics) at celebration dinner on 19 October 2012
- Attendance at a meeting of Laureus Global Foundation in Barcelona, 11-13 November 2012; cost of flights, hotel accommodation and hospitality met by hosts
- Visit to Guernsey, 16-17 January 2013, at invitation of Guernsey Disability Alliance for a 2-day visit to discuss disability legislation; hotel and transport costs supported by Credit Suisse
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10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Adviser, Quality Group Cyprus (Q Wellbeing) (accessible holiday homes)
- Board Member, London Marathon
- Weekly column for Evening Gazette (based in Middlesbrough)
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10: Non-financial interests (e)
- President, Sports Leaders UK
- Jane Tomlinson Trust
- Trustee, Tony Blair Sports Foundation
- Trustee and Vice Chairwoman, Global Foundation, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
- Trustee, Snowdon Trust
- Trustee, Surrey Canal Sports Foundation
- President, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
- Council Member, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust