New Chief Operating Officer for BWF

Dear Members and Continental Confederations

BWF is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Richard Vaughan, who began on 1 April 2025.

Richard has joined as part of BWF succession plans that will see him replace Stuart Borrie who has served as COO for over 17 years.

Stuart will remain on with the BWF during a transition period in a new Project Director role in order to ensure a smooth onboarding for Richard, as well as creating added capacity to develop badminton even further in the years to come.

Richard has a long and distinguished career in badminton, as a top 10 singles player and Olympian, as well as holding the position as CEO of Badminton Ireland, CEO of Squash Australia and more recently, former BWF Vice President (Europe) on BWF Council.