Phil Smith will fulfil the role for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games while Penny Briscoe OBE will be Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Smith was deputy Chef de Mission for Britain's team at Pyeongchang 2018 and is set to reprise the role at Tokyo 2020, which will be his sixth Paralympic Games. 

He is Head of Sport at the BPA, a role which sees him responsible for the development and implementation of the Games Services Strategy for each summer and winter Games.

"It has been a privilege to be deputy Chef de Mission at recent Games and I am honoured and delighted to have the opportunity to step-up and be Chef de Mission for Beijing," said Smith.

"I have learned so much from working with Penny across multiple Games cycles and I am looking forward to continuing to work closely with her over the next four years to ensure that we provide a consistent level of world class leadership and support at both the summer and winter Games.

“It is a big responsibility but I am relishing the challenge and the opportunity to work more closely with our incredible athletes and staff as ParalympicsGB continues its journey to becoming a force to be reckoned with in winter sports.”

Meanwhile, Briscoe, who will be Chef de Mission in France in 2024, is currently preparing for Tokyo 2020 - which will be her ninth Paralympic Games and fourth as Chef de Mission.

Briscoe is an experienced member of ParalympicsGB and was at the helm when the team achieved a historic haul of 147 medals including 64 golds to finish second in the medal table at Rio 2016.

Two years later, she fulfilled the same role as ParalympicsGB secured its best ever performance at a winter Games, winning seven medals including a gold at Pyeongchang in 2018.

"I am incredibly honoured and proud to be asked to be Chef de Mission once again for ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024 and am equally proud that Phil will be taking the lead for Beijing 2022," said Briscoe.

“We could not achieve our ambitious goals without the incredible support of our talented and committed colleagues at the BPA who are all focused on our mission to be the world’s leading National Paralympic Committee.

“We will continue to work tirelessly to support the best prepared team and ensure all athletes and staff can thrive during these Games and deliver inspirational performances for the public to enjoy.

“Paralympic sport is becoming ever more competitive and complex so having a separate Chef de Mission for Beijing 2022 is a positive strategic move to ensure we have sufficient and substantial focus on both summer and winter Games and continue to be a world leading team in all we do.

“I am confident in Phil’s leadership and that he will ensure we create the optimum environment for athletes to excel in Beijing and build on the superb achievements of the previous winter Games.”

ParalympicsGB plans to send up to 250 athletes to compete across 19 sports at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, scheduled to take place from August 25 to September 6.