Rowena Samarasinhe is a former athlete who is a sports lawyer and commercial sports consultant. Rowena works with some of the largest sporting federations, brands, teams and athletes on the planet but is most passionate about changing perceptions in the industry. Rowena is often not only just the only female in the room, but she is …
Reshmin is a multilingual journalist and sports presenter, broadcasting for BT Sport, TalkSPORT, Discovery Plus, BBC Sport and most recently, a lead presenter with beIn Sports in Qatar, fronting the FIFA World Cup 2022. She is a pioneer in her field with many “firsts” as a British Asian woman. She has spent over a decade …
Leon Mann is a British sports journalist and diversity and inclusion advocate. He was born in London, England, and began his career as a football commentator before transitioning to sports journalism. Mann has worked for various media outlets, including the BBC, ITV, and Sky Sports. Mann is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion in …
Jamil Qureshi is one of today’s foremost practitioners of performance enhancing psychology and is an expert in high performing teams. Jamil has enjoyed working with a rich diversity of the most talented business and sports people and teams in the world, helping six individuals get to World Number 1. In 2006, he was appointed as …
David Jones is a leading sports presenter and host of Sky Sports biggest live football shows Super Sunday and Monday Night Football. David has hosted hundreds of live outside broadcasts for Sky from England internationals to cup finals, play-off finals, Champions League games, and the Football League. He took over as the host of Super …
Dean is currently CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Data Services a division of RELX a FTSE 15 company. Over the last 25 years Dean has had a successful corporate career growing businesses, building high performing teams and developing people in Data and Technology businesses such as Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer and FTSE, Private Equity and …
Tim has spent over thirty years working and leading in some of the best known global consumer goods companies: Diageo, PepsiCo, and The Coca-Cola Company. He has recently joined pladis – the owner of the iconic McVIties biscuit brand – leading their business in Western Europe, Africa and Asia working out of The Netherlands. Most …
Marcus is currently working on the “next big thing” and helping small, medium and large companies and institutes formulate their technical and innovation strategies for the next industrial revolution. Until March 2021, Marcus Weldon was the Corporate Chief Technology Officer for Nokia and was responsible for coordinating the technical strategy and driving technological and architectural …
Jeremy Schwartz is an inspiring speaker and ‘superstar’ storyteller who shares his CEO & MD expertise from the world class consumer and retail companies – L’Oréal, The Body Shop, Coca-Cola and Pandora. Topics include organisational mindsets of market leaders, profiting from sustainability and purpose and innovating consumer focused cultures. Schwartz’s leadership roles created huge value …
Rory Best is a former professional rugby player from Northern Ireland. Born on August 15, 1982, Best played his entire career as a hooker, primarily for Ulster and the Irish national team. Best began his rugby career playing for Banbridge RFC before being signed by Ulster in 2004. He quickly established himself as one of …
