Louise Martin (sports administrator)

Dame Louise Livingstone Martin, DBE (née Campbell; born 1946) is the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

[4] She married in 1973, adopting her husband Ian's surname,[2] stopped teaching in 1975,[4] and had two children.

She was President of Scottish Gymnastics from 1993 until 1999, and progressed to join the board of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland in 1995; four years later, she became its first female Chair, serving until 2007.

[5] She also chaired SportScotland from 2008 until 2016,[4] during which time she was responsible for managing an increased budget ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including £30 million of investment in new facilities.

In the 2003 New Year Honours, Martin was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to the Commonwealth Games";[7] she was promoted to Dame Commander in the 2019 New Year Honours "for services to sport".