The purpose of CIMSPA’s Disciplinary Committee is to monitor the practice of CIMSPA members, partners and the organisation itself and to ensure that issues of misconduct are managed in a fair and consistent manner.
The Board of Trustees delegates authority to the Disciplinary Committee and subsequent panel to undertake work relating to the execution of disciplinary panel hearings and the imposition of disciplinary or performance sanctions, where they conclude that conduct was below acceptable standards.
The committee’s role
The role of the Disciplinary Committee and subsequent Disciplinary Panel is to:
- hear investigation reports and findings from misconduct investigations carried out by the CIMSPA executive team relating to Tier Four complaints
- convene a panel to hear an appeals escalation where the original appeal was heard internally by CIMSPA
- consider the points raised through the investigation and base their conclusion on the ‘balance of probability’
- through Disciplinary Panel hearings, where appropriate, impose sanctions along with associated outcomes and remedial action to members and partners whose conduct was below acceptable standards
- report on the results of Disciplinary Panel hearings to the Disciplinary Committee (responsibility of the Chair of the Disciplinary Committee).
- provide appropriate feedback to support decisions made at the Disciplinary Panel.
Committee members
Simon Gardner MCIMSPA (Chartered) 
Simon is a CIMSPA Chartered Senior Manager and has been a member of the Disciplinary Committee since 2019. He started his career as a sports coach in the private sector and then managed big leisure facilities both in the UK and Europe.
Simon then moved to the public sector and for 27 years had roles in sports development, leisure and culture management, regeneration, transformation and dispute resolution. Since September 2023, he has been working as a consultant in the culture sector. Simon has also been the Chair of the Training Committee at the Royal Yachting Association and a main board member.
Away from work, Simon is a passionate Welsh rugby supporter, an appalling golfer and has a keen interest in sailing, windsurfing and snow sports.
Greg Martin MCIMSPA 
Greg has worked in the sports and leisure industry for over 30 years and is currently sports operations manager at the University of Liverpool. Throughout his career he has worked in various roles within the industry, including general operations, estate management and design and build project management.
Greg believes that everyone should have access to good-quality physical activity and wellbeing services, and as a sector we must keep innovating and evolving how we deliver to achieve this.
Malcolm Stammers 
Malcolm is a retired CIMSPA member and has been living in Wales since the late 80s. He is still keen to be involved with the organisation, having been connected at various levels, starting within the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management.
He has been a member of the Disciplinary Committee since its conception, bringing an extensive knowledge of CIMSPA’s development to the group.
Malcolm is pleased to see where we are as a profession today and to have been part of many years of the development process.