Pearce Heads EIS Nutrition Team

 

by James Skitt - 10.03.10

The English Institute of Sport (EIS) is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeni Pearce as its Head of Performance Nutrition with immediate effect.

Pearce, who has been part of the Performance Nutrition team at the EIS for the past three years, has a wealth of experience working within elite sport as well as being regarded as a world leading expert on diet and nutrition.

“I am delighted to be offered this opportunity at such an exciting time for sport in this country leading into London 2012” Pearce told eis2win.co.uk

“With the spotlight on us, I have no illusions as to how much is at stake for the sports we work with and how much hard work lies ahead, but I hope we can build on the strong foundations of our Performance Nutrition team here, maintain our high standards and deliver the best possible service to our sports so that we maximise the opportunities for nutrition to have an impact on performance.”

An author of ten books on nutrition, Pearce has experience working with a diverse range of elite, developing and emerging athletes from boxers through to snowboarders in both her native New Zealand and Great Britain. She was also the British Olympic Association (BOA) HQ Nutritionist at the Olympic holding camp in Macau ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

After initially joining the EIS as Nutrition Lead in the South East working with UK Athletics, she has more recently been the Central Nutrition Lead working with English Cricket.

EIS Director of Sport Science Ken van Someren said: “I am delighted to welcome Jeni to the National Science and Medicine Team.  With her experience and skills, she is ideally-suited to lead the Performance Nutrition service and to contribute to the strategic development of sport science and medicine services in the EIS.”