Horserace Betting Levy Board

Government has today announced that, following the tragic and untimely death of Paul Darling last month, the Secretary of State has appointed Anne Lambert CMG as Chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board from 16 September 2024 to 15 June 2025, while the process to appoint a substantive Chair to the Board is run.

The announcement can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/anne-lambert-cmg-appointed-as-interim-chair-of-the-horserace-betting-levy-board.

Notes

Anne Lambert CMG has been an independent (Government appointed) member of the Horserace Betting Levy Board since 1 April 2020. She is currently also a Board member of the Civil Aviation Authority.  She was previously an Inquiry Chair at the Competition and Markets Authority from 2014-2019 and a Board member from 2016-2018. Previously she worked for the UK Government for 30 years, focusing on regulation (insurance, telecommunications, competition and aviation) and EU policy/negotiations. She was the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU from 2003-2008.

The Chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board is remunerated at £39,600 per annum. The interim appointment of Anne Lambert was made by the Secretary of State as an exceptional appointment without competition, following consultation with the Commissioner for Public Appointments, in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments.

Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Anne Lambert has not declared any significant political activity.