Cristina Capodici is a British–Italian finance operations professional based in London, serving as a Founding Member and Treasurer of the Executive Board of Portugal Rugby League. In this governance role, she is responsible for bank account controls (including dual-signatory access), budget preparation and monitoring, financial reporting to the Board and General Assembly, approvals and reimbursements processes, cashflow and reserves planning, sponsorship income tracking, and coordination of year-end accounts with the Fiscal Council and external support where required.

Professionally, Cristina has 9 years’ experience as a Payroll Manager within a payroll processing business, handling high-volume payments and controls for 40+ client companies and an average population of around 10,000 workers. She manages banking data onboarding, weekly reconciliation of payment requests, audit trails, management reporting to directors, and risk and disciplinary processes, using tools including Excel and Sage. She supports PRL to ensure transparent, accountable financial governance as the organisation grows.

Elizabeth De Jesus is a British–Portuguese governance and operations professional based in London, with fluent English and Portuguese. She is a Founding Member and serves as President of the General Assembly of Portugal Rugby League for a four-year voluntary term, providing independent chairing and governance oversight separate from the Executive Board. In this role, she chairs ordinary and extraordinary General Assembly meetings, ensures notices, agendas and minutes comply with the statutes and Portuguese association requirements, supervises elections and quorum/voting procedures, and manages member motions and appeals in line with constitutional process, liaising with the Fiscal Council for oversight alignment. She values volunteering and community development, and supports PRL to ensure transparent member-led governance as the sport grows.

Professionally, Elizabeth works in the financial sector as a bank operational leader, with prior experience as an operational manager and personal banker. She undertakes quarterly compliance training (including sanctions, AML and KYC), conducts regular financial controls and audit checks, and is trained to support disciplinary case processes. She also contributes to community sport as a committee member at Pegasus Taekwondo and is first aid qualified. 

Christina Sánchez de Beggs is an experienced higher-education administrator and community sport leader, with nine years’ experience supporting university programmes and student services, alongside extensive governance and operational delivery across sport and charity environments. She is known for meticulous record management, clear stakeholder communication, and the ability to interpret and apply complex regulations in practical settings.

Within community rugby, Christina brings nine-plus years’ coaching experience and five years’ experience as a Junior Section Fixtures Secretary (U6–U18) and Executive Group Officer, coordinating hundreds of league, festival and friendly fixtures per season, managing club calendars, pitch logistics and fixtures administration platforms, and contributing to disciplinary processes. She has also organised large-scale events, including a minis rugby fixture involving over 400 players and coaches across six clubs.

She served as Chair of a registered school charity (PTA), leading a committee of 20+ volunteers and raising over £30,000 in two years through compliant event planning, budgeting, risk management and governance (AGMs, elections, GDPR and Charity Commission duties). A qualified Level 2 rugby coach and experienced senior first aider, she holds multiple RFU/England Rugby CPD and first-aid accreditations, including concussion awareness and paediatric first aid.