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Julie Harrington was announced as British Cycling’s new chief executive in March 2017. Before her current role, Julie amassed almost 15 years’ experience in senior leadership roles in a sports environment. In her former role as group operations’ director at the Football Association, Julie was responsible for running both Wembley Stadiumand St George's Park, in addition to women's and development team games away from Wembley. Julie joined the FA in 2011 as managing director of St George's Park, tasked with the final stage of construction and launch of a £100-million elite training centre, home to the 24 England teams. She was also responsible for developing the strategy for the centre and its commercial performance against its business plan. Since joining British Cycling, Julie has overseen the implementation of the organisation’s action plan following the Cycling Independent Review, as well as widespread changes to allow the governing body to comply with the government’s new Code for Sports Governance.