Karena Vleck

Independent Director
Chair of the Anti-­Doping and Integrity Advisory Panel and Safeguarding Committee, and Member of the Risk and Integrity Committee

Karena Vleck was appointed a British Rowing Director in October 2019. She became Chair of the British Rowing Safeguarding Committee in 2024.

In her executive role, she is General Counsel at World Athletics. Prior to that she was the Legal and Governance Director at the Rugby Football Union for 12 years where she was a member of the Executive Team and has also been the interim head of legal at the Lawn Tennis Association. Before that, she was a partner and head of the Sports Group at Farrer & Co.

In her non-executive capacity, she sits on the Cambridge Alumni Advisory Board Society and is a trustee of the Middlesex Sports Foundation. Having not rowed since university, she is delighted to become part of the rowing community again.

You can get in touch with Karena on: [email protected].