Craig Ranson

Craig Ranson is a results-driven executive and board leader with extensive experience in performance sport, healthcare, arts and education.

He was appointed as a Governor of The Royal Ballet School in February 2021 and is a member of the School’s Artistic Committee.

Craig is the Director of Health and Performance at City Football Group (CFG), where he leads the strategic development and delivery of integrated health, performance, and player support services across the organisation’s global football network.

With extensive experience in elite sport, Craig has held senior leadership roles spanning health, performance, strategy, governance, and multidisciplinary team development, including Lead Physio for England Cricket, UK Athletics and Welsh Rugby, and Director of Athlete Health and Data for the UK Sports Institute (previously the English Institute of Sport).

His work focuses on creating environments that help athletes perform consistently, recover effectively, and sustain long-term careers. He has a particular interest in the connection between physical preparation, wellbeing, talent development, and the systems that support high-performance cultures.

He contributes insight from elite sport to support the School’s mission of developing exceptional young dancers within a world-class training environment, and is passionate about fostering effective leadership and management in high-performance environments where talented people can thrive.