Acting Chief Executive Officer – British Horseracing Authority
Brant has more than 10 years’ experience at the BHA and in January 2025 stepped up from Chief Regulatory Officer to become acting Chief Executive Officer. 2025 was a turbulent year for the BHA, both internally and externally, and Brant has successfully navigated the organisation through those challenges.
Brant had been CEO for just a month when his chairman Joe Saumarez Smith was forced to stand down due to ill health and new chairman Lord Allen only took up the role in September.
In the Autumn, he led the BHA’s persuasive and successful ‘Axe The Racing Tax’ campaign, which highlighted the risks to racing and its jobs if betting tax on racing were to be increased.
Racing’s issues will not fade in 2026 but, in his first year in the role, Brant has shown the skilful leadership to meet them head on.