Alan Smith CBE - Chairman 

Alan joined Wiltshire FA after stepping down from his role as Chairman of the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and Chairman of SCS Group Plc. After joining The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises in 1976, Alan dedicated 47 years to supporting RIAT in a variety of roles, contributing to an event which annually raises £2 million for its parent charity, The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. At the same time, Alan also takes a step back from SCS Group Plc, the well-known retail company listed on the London Stock Exchange, after 9 years as Chairman. Alongside taking the reins at Wiltshire FA, Alan continues in his other current role as a Non-Executive Director of NAAFI, a company controlled and owned by the Ministry of Defence, which supplies hospitality and retail services to the UK Armed Forces worldwide.

 Christina McCosh - Vice Chair and Safeguarding Champion

Tina has lived in Chippenham since 2004, having moved from Gutersloh in Germany. She is involved at club and league level locally, having been introduced to youth football in 2001. Tina was elected to Council in 2015 and to the Board in 2017. In 2019 Tina was elected as Vice Chair of Council. Tina has worked in primary schools (various roles) since 1999 and studied Business and Languages at University. Tina held a career with the Woolwich and was a District Manager before moving to Germany where she worked as a Finance Officer at HQ BAOR.

Jon Dennis - County Finance Director 

Jon Dennis FCA is our Non Exec Finance Director. He runs a firm of Chartered Accountants, based out of Newbury and covers Wiltshire. Having qualified with PwC Southampton, he has held a variety of roles during a 20 year corporate career before setting up RED 76 Tax. He is now firmly positioned to help SME business sector in Wiltshire with compliance and advisory needs. Inside football he is a level 2 coach running an U11 team, as well as performing goal keeping coaching across multiple years. He also set up the Futsal school in his club which give 80 kids each week exposure to the format.

Dave Buckley 

Dave is currently the Chairman of Malmesbury Youth FC and has been their Under 6’s Coach for the last 14 years. Dave is a Level 3 FA Coach and a strong advocate of the England DNA ethos. He has played football all his life, and still plays both 5 a side and walking football. He moved to Wiltshire in the 80’s from Reading and is a regular supporter at the Madejski Stadium. He has lived in Malmesbury for over twenty years and has helped build the new Wiltshire FA HQ building in Devizes in a consultancy role as a Non-Executive Board member.

Simon Russell 

With a background in supporting different organisations with their communication, public affairs and stakeholder engagement, Simon joined the team at Wiltshire FA in March 2024.

Ready to lead the organisation through the next four-year strategy for grassroots football, Simon comes with experience of running a commercial enterprise after he founded and led his own consultancy business for 14 years.

Also, bringing a knowledge of football, Simon has been a grassroots coach since 2008 and amongst other qualifications, holds the FA Youth Awards and the UEFA B license. When time permits, he supports coaches as a mentor, focused on disability football and as a Coach Tutor.

Marshall Ayoade - County HR Director

Marshall is our Non- Exec HR Director. A senior HR Director he has worked for blue chip organisations such as Sainsbury, Camelot and Vodafone and now runs an HR Practice based in Greater London. An avid lover of football Marshall played from school up to county level. A keen advocate on the benefits of sport and football in the community for young people, Marshall advises and supports various organisations on the benefits of sport and wellbeing. When not working and pre-COVID Marshall loves to traveling around the globe.

Bazil Solomon - Co-Opted Member - Inclusion Advisory Group Chairman

Bazil has played football since his school days. He is the Chairman of the Wiltshire FA Inclusion Advisory Group (IAG) and a Co-opted Director on the Wiltshire FA Board. Bazil has been actively driving the work of the IAG, aiming to increase playing opportunities for under-represented groups across the County. In his day job, Bazil serves in local government and runs an IT analysis & training company, which helps develop students in colleges and universities’ to understand technology and become job ready.

“I believe that diversity and inclusion plays a key role in developing local communities. Football brings people of different backgrounds and nationalities together, and can unite us, as one team!”