Chief Operations Officer: Sport England Former pupil of Penwortham Girls’ High School, Rona Chester, was appointed Chief Operations Officer for Sport England on 1st March 2012. Rona joined Sport England from the Law Society where she was Group Finance Director in charge of all financial and governance matters. In her new role Rona will lead several important functional areas including finance, business planning, information technology and grants management, in addition to working closely with our Chair and Chief Executive on broader operational matters. Rona’s previous roles have included Finance Director at the communications industry regulator, OFCOM, and European Finance Director for Sotheby’s.