Results for February 2011
Alex Leaf Appointed new BASI Alpine Director
BASI Chairman, Gareth Roberts welcomed Alex’s appointment at Board level, “It is great to have someone of Alex’s calibre and experience joining us on the Board. We want to ensure that we represent the views of the members as a whole and it is vitally important to have nominated representative for each discipline. With such a strong team at Board level and the support of the staff at HQ and the membership we are adequately resourced to ensure that we maintain the high profile and status that BASI commands within international circles.”
Originally from Torbay and now based in Les Arcs, Alex, a popular figure within the snowsports industry, has been a BASI member since 1977 and a trainer for the last 20 years. He has represented BASI at Interski events in Norway and Japan and his career has involved working in many corners of the world including Europe, Canada, the USA and Argentina. Before setting up his own snowsports training company, World Class Skiing, with fellow BASI trainers, he managed Plymouth Ski Centre prior to running retail events and online sales company in the adventure sports industry.
Upon taking up the Alpine Director’s role on the BASI Board, Alex commented, “I am proud to have been voted on the Board of Directors for BASI. I have been a member of BASI for over 30 years and in that time I have seen many changes and developments. I feel that the association is in a stable and positive position from which it can grow and develop, with this in mind, I am looking forward to the challenges which no doubt will arise and to the role of being the voice for our membership.”
PUBLISHED 01/02/2011