He is a Founding Fellow of the Advisory Board of Liverpool Hope University Business School, Chair of Trustees at Clatterbridge Cancer Charity [2] and was a visiting professor in the management school of the University of Liverpool and chairman of the advisory board of the higher education establishment UCFB.

He later worked as a journalist for the North West Evening Mail, based in Barrow-in-Furness, before joining the BBC's sports department in 1979.

[7] He had worked with the FA before joining as the chief executive, negotiating a number of TV rights deals for both the BBC and ITV.

Barwick worked with three England managers during his time at the FA – Sven Goran Eriksson, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello.

After launching his own sport and media consultancy, Barwick was approached to become the new Chairman of the Rugby Football League in January 2013, a position he held until April 2019.

Barwick was visiting professor of strategic leadership at the Management School of the University of Liverpool between January 2009 and June 2017.

[8] He has had three books published – The Great Derbies - Everton v Liverpool (with Gerald Sinstadt), an autobiography, Anfield Days and Wembley Ways and Are You Watching the Match Tonight, a history of football on television.