Sue Campbell, CBE, trained as a physical education teacher, taught in Manchester and lectured at Leicester and Loughborough Universities. 

Sue spent 11 years as the Chief Executive of the National Coaching Foundation (now SportsCoach UK), before moving to the Youth Sport Trust as its CEO in 1995 where Sue is now Chair. 

Sue was appointed as the reform chair of UK Sport in September 2003 and was appointed as Chair in April 2005.

In December 2008 Sue was appointed to the House of Lords as a Crossbench Peer.