“National Sport Federations (NSFs) play a central strategic and regulatory role in the sport ecosystem and thus, it is in these organizations where good governance must begin”.4 Despite an increasing understanding that having a diverse board is a driver of effective board performance in sport,5 even in developed countries such as the United Kingdom (UK) there are numerous sport organization boards that are not diverse.6 There are several issues that can emerge regarding the composition of boards in sport federations, including gender diversity, leadership roles and occupational background. This paper empirically analyses several of these issues with regards to NSFs in the UK.