Staff at British Skydiving HQ are responsible for day-to-day running of the British Skydiving in accordance with the policy of the Council, including membership renewals and conversions, and answering questions on a wide range of matters including technical, safety, events and first-time jumping.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Head of Operations & Finance
Head of Safety, Training & Competitions
Safety and Training Officer
Hans Donner has been skydiving since 1996 and brings decades of experience in sport parachuting and adventure aviation. As a Safety and Training Officer at British Skydiving, he works with training organisations across the UK to maintain high safety and training standards.
FREC 4 qualified, Hans has extensive experience in emergency care in high-risk environments, including high-altitude jumps overlooking Mount Everest. As a Display Team Leader, he oversees parachute displays, ensuring safe and effective team and aircraft coordination.
Safety and Training Officer
Assistant to Head of Safety, Training & Competitions
Compliance, Governance and Risk Manager
Lizzie is responsible for overseeing governance frameworks, regulatory compliance and risk management across the organisation, ensuring robust standards are maintained at all levels. Her role also includes oversight of safeguarding and complaints processes, ensuring concerns are handled fairly, transparently and in line with expected standards. Lizzie is also Company Secretary and works closely with the Board.
If you have a complaint
Email: [email protected]
If you have a safeguarding concern
Email: [email protected]
Marketing and Communications Executive
Operations and Membership Services Executive
Shasha is part of the Membership Services Team and Operations. She is a friendly, helpful voice, serving as one of the first points of contact for Skydiving queries and licence applications. Shasha is also the lead recruiter at British Skydiving.
If you have a Recruitment enquiry
Email: [email protected]
Finance Officer
Viv joined the team as Finance Officer in November 2025. Working closely alongside the Finance Manager, she supports all aspects of daily financial operations. Viv can assist with any account or invoice enquiries.
Events & Competitions Manager
Stacey joined British Skydiving in April 2022 as the administration secretary.
In April 2025 she became one half of the Events & Competitions Team. Together they facilitate domestic and international competitions, Skydive The Expo and all the admin that is involved in those.
Membership Services
Karey is one half our membership services team. Often the first point of contact with members, and often the friendly voices who answer the phone when you ring British Skydiving. Their knowledge of membership is fantastic, and they’re good at answering or identifying people who can answer, all sorts of questions about the sport.
Events & Competitions Manager
Meghan has worked at British Skydiving since 2015. Having first started as the original Competitions Coordinator, then moving into Membership Services, she’s now come full-circle, acting as one half of the Events & Competitions Team. Together, the team works to facilitate domestic and international competitions, Skydive The Expo, and many little things in between.