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Katie is a partner in the Safeguarding Unit at London law firm Farrer & Co. Her expertise spans safeguarding, education and employment law. She draws upon a decade of litigation experience in private practice as a barrister and advises sports organisations, schools and education business on all issues involving children, parents and staff.

A passionate equality expert, Lindsay has worked in the sport sector for almost 20 years. Currently Head of Equality in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team at Sport England she plays a role in delivering Sport England’s 10-year strategy, Uniting the Movement; contributing to the delivery of a step change in our understanding of the audiences that matter to us, the issues that impact on them and how they should be addressed so that this leads to greater diversity, inclusion and positive engagement in sport and activity.

In sport, Mike’s world leading research at Loughborough University has involved senior leaders across world sport, including those leading performance at London 2012, Rio 2016 & Tokyo 2020 for Team GB, Para GB, leaders at The FA, RFU, ECB and others in the USA, Canada, Australia & NZ sport systems. Examining what is needed from leaders to sustain high performance in today’s fast moving sport environment, has enabled Mike to identify approaches to leadership, focused on purpose, developing thriving cultures and growing the capacity of individuals and teams to sustainably lead high performance.

Joy is Head of Governance (Support) at Sport England and is responsible for managing the delivery of the Sports Governance Academy initiative by working in partnership with The Chartered Governance Institute.

Trixie is the Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Adviser at UK Sport where she provides technical leadership on EDI matters in sport, advising internally and across the UK high-performance sports system.

As Director of Children and Young People, Jayne has a wide remit of work which includes responsibly for leading Sport England’s work on safeguarding and welfare.

Spencer is Director of Strategy at CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport & Physical Activity) where he leads on Education standards and Regulation, Partnerships (Education/Employers/System Partners), and Workforce Governance.

Rob Morini is Head of Sporting System at UK Sport, where he leads the agenda for growing a thriving sporting system. This includes driving and supporting Governance, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), wider Organisational Health in National Governing Bodies and system development.

Kristen is currently Head of Volunteering at Sport England and has held that role for five years. She has led their national Volunteering Fund and worked on developing insight and projects to explore new approaches to increasing diversity and innovation in sport and physical activity volunteering.

Chris leads the implementation of The Football Association’s Code of Governance for County FAs. He has extensive senior leadership experience as a former Chief Executive, Director and Company Secretary. With this combination of experience, he was the natural lead for regional governance reform at The FA.