Meet The Team
Meet the WWS volunteer board of directors and staff below; you can email the staff directly using their personal emails or contact the board of directors at board@waterskiandwakeboardscotland.co.uk.
WWS Board Of Directors
Kevin Lochhead
Chair
Kevin has been spent most of his life being towed behind boats, whether it was being dragged through the Firth of Forth at Musselburgh, at the age of eight by his father, teaching himself to wakeboard and barefoot, or competing at 100mph in the Sydney bridge-to bridge ski race.
For over 40 years he has maintained a passion for these sports that bring so much in the way of physical and mental challenge. For the last 10 years or so he has been concentrating on tournament slalom, learning how to ski and coach from the world’s best. Currently, he holds the Scottish senior record of 2 1/2 at 11m and has a training Personal Best of 2 at 10.75m.
Away from waterskiing Kevin is married with two children, runs a number of businesses and enjoys kitesurfing, foilboarding and mountain biking.
Joining the volunteer Board of WWS has allowed him the opportunity to give back to the sport which has helped shape his life. He maintains that waterskiing and wakeboarding are the best sports in the world that not enough people have heard about or had the opportunity to participate in.
John Radford
Vice Chair
John’s working background started in the consumer electronics industry, progressing from the tools via his company’s management training scheme to senior management level in a successor company. He later moved into management in the retail distribution industry where he remained until retirement.
John has been involved in waterskiing from the early 1970s and has been a member at Kyle for most of that time. As he lived and worked elsewhere, he’s also been a member at other clubs as well. He has been on the committee at Kyle for many years and has served as Chairman there for a number of them.
John’s portfolio on the Board includes Governance and Environment.
Calum Reid
Treasurer
Calum has worked in sports development for a number of years including with Triathlon Scotland where he headed up the development team. He has experience in strategic planning and operational delivery across several areas including clubs, youth and schools, participation growth and safeguarding.
Calum enjoys all kinds of outdoor sports including cycling, running and skiing but his background is primarily sailing where he has been involved as a participant, coach and volunteer throughout his life. Since joining the team Calum has been learning to waterski and wakeboard and is looking forward to improving his skills in both disciplines over the coming years.
Liz Anderson
Secretary
Liz has lots of experience in Board governance, having worked in the sports sector for over 8 years. She is employed by a fellow SGB, Scottish Fencing, where she is responsible for HR, administration and developing volunteer recruitment. She also has a raft of experience in Safeguarding, Equalities and Finance.
Liz’s educational background is in accountancy and she is a qualified fencing coach, with a strong passion for personal development. As well as attending numerous Women & Sport and Equality conferences, she attended the Women in Sports Leadership Academy which was a great opportunity to build networks with women working in sport from around the world.
Liz's portfolio on the Board includes Equality/Diversity.
Ollie Jessop
Ollie has waterskied for over 20 years. He is the current Scottish Slalom Champion and loves to spend time on the water trying different techniques and helping other skiers when they are having issues. Away from water-sports, Ollie runs two businesses and is married with a young son who at the age of 2 had already been introduced to waterskiing.
Ollie joined the Board to give back to the sport he loves, to help other people progress, and to help create a community between the Scottish clubs and operators.
Ollie’s portfolio on the Board includes Coaching.
Karen Cornwell
Karen is a Legal Director at Thorntons Law. She qualified in Scotland in 1999 and England & Wales in 2010. Karen’s background has almost exclusively been in civil and commercial litigation including contract disputes, property litigation, professional negligence and banking litigation. Whilst now based primarily in Fife and Tayside, Karen retains strong ties to Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond.
Karen is a member of Loch Lomond Water Ski Club where she is also a Committee Member and Covid-19. She embraces all kinds of outdoor sports and regularly enjoys mono-skiing, snow skiing, running, hill walking and horse riding. She is also a keen wild swimmer in the North Sea and wetsuit free.
Karen’s portfolio on the Board includes Anti-Doping.
Chris Heron
Chris first put on a set of waterskis at the age of 7 and skied recreationally at Aboyne, Edinburgh and abroad for a number of years prior to joining WWS. He now enjoys driving, coaching and training at Town Loch and competing in the slalom events.
His biggest achievement in the sport has been to still manage and run short line passes with horrendous form! Chris is honoured to be a member of the Board of Directors and be able to help lead, shape and influence the future of WWS and our sport.
Out with his responsibilities of WWS, Chris has been in senior management for the last 7 years, most notably as part of one of the ‘Big Five’ companies in the US e-commerce and logistics industry. Where he gained valuable experience and insight in leadership, creating a positive culture, developing businesses and their staff and most of all having fun whilst achieving this.
Chris’s portfolio on the Board includes HR and the National Training Site.
WWS Staff
Ali Brotherton
Development Coach (Wake)
Ali has been coaching waterskiing and wakeboarding for 10 years at a variety of different venues. A keen participant in both sports himself, he's the current reigning Wake Series Champion. Ali is passionate about getting new people involved in the sport and has coached riders who have successfully competed at national and world championships.
As Development Coach, Ali is responsible for a large part of the Coaching and Development section of our strategy including creating innovative resources, developing coaching and driving pathways and organisation of competition series.
Email: ali@wws.org.uk