Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd (born on 9 October 1971, in Garforth), is a former professional rugby player, coach and administrator for the Rugby League. Rudd was the first Executive Officer He is a former player and coach for Scotland Students and Scotland ‘A’ teams. He was a director of Rugby and Development for Scotland R.L for the pathway leading to the National Team. He is also a former Assistant Team Manager for the Scotland Rugby League National Team. He has concurrently developed a career as a mechanical engineer in the cement industry and is founder and director of UK based cement consulting firm, Independent Cement Consultants (ICC).

Background

Rudd was born in Garforth, Yorkshire, UK. He was coached by the great Dennis Hartley. During his studies at Nottingham Trent University he played for the University student side, Midlands Universities (coached by the founder of Scotland Students R.L Malcom Reid), Nottingham City as well as for the Cambridge Eagles, playing in the fledgling London League, during his industrial placement year. for the Edinburgh Eagles in 1998 and 1999 He represented the Scottish team again at the 1999 Independent Student Rugby League World Cup responsible for the player pathway leading to the Scotland National Rugby League Team. He was manager and coach for the Scotland Students' Team until 2003, part of the first national Management Team to defeat France in France in 2003. He also became coach of the Scotland A team as well as Assistant Team Manager for the Scottish National Team, part of the first national Management Team to defeat France in France in 2003.

In 2004 Rudd was appointed as the first Executive Officer for the Rugby League European Federation. This role took him to many countries, including Georgia, Czech Republic, Jamaica, Serbia, Italy Pakistan, Russia, Lebanon, Morocco, Ukraine, Netherlands, Latvia and Germany to mention a few, where he worked to create new teams and cooperation between nations. He was responsible for establishing the European B and C Championships, which have been played annually since 2006 by second and third tier nations. During these championships he was occasionally asked to step in as referee.

Volunteering Rudd continues to train juniors as volunteer Head Coach at his local club: Elmbridge Eagles Rugby League Club and is the secretary of the London Junior League. Rudd also continues to coach on the Junior regional representative programme, the first stepping stone towards a career in playing professional Rugby League in the London region.

Mechanical engineering career Education and early career Rudd graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BEng in Mechanical Engineering in 1994. During his industrial placement year he was trained on the job by specialist engineers whilst involved in the precision engineering task of building Sizewell B nuclear reactor. He graduated from Leeds University with an Msc. in 1995 and attained an MBA at Edinburgh University in 1998.

Expert witness Rudd is a registered international expert witness, serving the cement and other heavy industries.