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James Beale is sustainability manager at Brentford FC, a Premier League football team based in west London. James is responsible for implementing the club’s environmental sustainability strategy focusing on five pillars: governance, climate, circularity, nature and engagement. Prior to working at Brentford, he was with Deloitte’s sustainability team for eight years, primarily working in the sports business group to advise sports organisations on all areas of sustainability

Lauren MacCallum is a dynamic and passionate advocate for climate action, with an impressive and diverse background that has made her a prominent figure in the fight against climate change. As the CEO of Protect Our Winters UK, she is at the forefront of mobilising the outdoor sports community to take action on climate issues.

With a career spanning both the literary and broadcast realms, Lauren is also an accomplished author and broadcaster, contributing her expertise and insights to the BBC and award-winning environmental and social films. Lauren’s ability to communicate complex environmental issues in a relatable and compelling manner has made her a sought-after voice in the world of climate communication.

Beyond her commitments to Protect Our Winters UK and media contributions, Lauren is unwavering in her dedication to preserving the UK’s natural landscapes. Serving on the board of the Cairngorm National Park, the largest in the UK, Lauren tirelessly works to safeguard and promote this invaluable region while amplifying the voices of ordinary working people in the pursuit of sustainable solutions.

Lauren MacCallum embodies the spirit of action and advocacy in the fight for a greener, more sustainable world, seamlessly blending her love for the outdoors, mountain biking and snowboarding with her commitment to addressing climate change.

Andy is passionate about the opportunity the sport and physical activity sector has to become more environmentally responsible and a beacon of positive change.

Andy has worked across Sport England’s environmental sustainability portfolio for the past 2 years: developing insight on what’s needed to create the conditions for change; putting inequalities and inclusion at the heart of the plans; delivering sector support to inspire and enable action; and shaping Every Move, Sport England’s environmental sustainability strategy and action plan. This sets out a roadmap for a positive and regenerative sport and physical activity ecosystem championing environmental sustainability and enabling greater opportunity for all people to participate in sport and physical activity, now and in the future.

Starting his career in the non-profit practices at Deloitte and Accenture, then leading a B Corps and most recently influencing national health & wellbeing policies at Sport England – Andy has worked across the sport, health and sustainability sectors for 20 years in finance, strategy and advocacy roles supporting organisations to drive their strategies through a focus on people, planet and prosperity.

Daniel Cade is a leading expert in responsible decision-making with 15 years of international experience in sustainability and ESG. As a consultant for World Taekwondo, he has developed and coordinated the implementation of their sustainability strategy and recently produced their first sustainability report. Through his consultancy, Responsible Sport, Daniel advises on strategic sustainability practices and emphasises education to drive impactful change. He is also the creator of the Sustainability in Sport Online Course, developed in collaboration with Global Sustainable Sport.

Briony Latter is a climate change researcher focusing on people and society. She is a Research Associate at the UK Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) at Cardiff University where she recently completed a PhD. She has worked across freelance, organisational and academic research roles and has a background in the creative industry and communications.

Her work covers public engagement, social transformations across different sectors and scales, and arts, culture and sport. This has included projects about sustainable audience travel to live music events, co-design research with older people about healthy ageing, climate conversations between hairdressers and clients, and low-carbon culture and practices in universities. Briony is also the Environmental Officer for the Welsh Fell Runners Association (WFRA), where she has set up their Environment Awards and created climate and environmental guidance for the fell running community.

Sander van Stiphout is leading the innovation and advisory departments of the Johan Cruijff ArenA and is part of the stadium’s Management Team for many years.

What drives Sander is to contribute to a sustainable stadium with great fan engagement. Sustainability does entail ESG as well as financial sustainability to be able to continuously adapt to changing demands of any kind.

To achieve tangible goals for the stadium and its main stakeholders Ajax, KNVB and the City of Amsterdam he drives innovation among ecosystem partners such as large corporates, government, knowledge institutes, SME’s and start-ups, using the stadium as a field lab.

Sander has worked on stadium projects worldwide and was involved in projects related to all recent major tournaments, such as the Russia and Brazil World Cups. Sander was special stadium operations consultant to the Qatar Supreme Committee in relation to the FIFA World Cup 2022 preparations. Currently he serves as an advisor to the French Ministry of Finance supporting the operations tender of the Stade de France.

Jack is Head of Public Policy and Business Lead for Sustainability at the LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Britain, and has worked at the organisation for nearly four years. As well as leading on all policy and public affairs work for the LTA, he helped develop, and now supports delivery of, the organisation’s first ever Environmental Sustainability plan, which was published earlier this year.

Prior to joining the LTA, Jack worked for a small sport-focused public affairs consultancy, working across a range of different sports to provide policy and public affairs support.

Jack also sits on the Board of the Sport and Recreation Alliance as a non-Executive Director.

Libi Newell is Head of Corporate Sustainability within the Sustainable Golf team at The R&A. Libi directs the organisations work across operational sustainability and leads development and implementation of The R&A’s Greenlinks programme for sustainable championships, embedding meaningful action within The AIG Women’s Open and The Open, focused on themes of low carbon, circular economy, social value and nature protection. Recognising golf’s intrinsic relationship with the natural environment, and the responsibility and opportunities that poses biodiversity is a core focus of The R&A’s Sustainable Golf teams global work.

With a background in conservation and master degree in Ecotourism Libi has now worked in sustainability in sport over the past 12 years Libi’s previous experience includes the Olympic and Commonwealth Games as well as supporting a range sport organisations as a freelance consultant prior to joining The R&A at the end of 2022.

Tiberio is Associate Professor in Sustainability Management at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, a public University located in Pisa, Italy. His research interests range from corporate environmental management to sustainable consumption and production, from Environmental performance and LCA to circular economy. He is author of more than 60 international publications and project manager of numerous international projects funded mainly by European Commission. At Sant’Anna University he coordinates the Sport Sustainability Management research area, focused on environmental sustainability activities applied in different sports like Football, Biathlon, Athletics, Floorball, Canoeing, Sailing.

Monica is a Senior Manager with WM Advisory Services. She oversees a team of consultants who advise built facilities in the sports and entertainment industry while working closely alongside WM’s brand and sponsorship team to infuse the company’s sustainability values across its sports sponsorship portfolio. With more than a decade of experience in sustainability, including nine years of work in sports and collegiate sustainability, Monica specializes in program development for responsible procurement, materials management, and stakeholder behavior change.

Before joining WM, Monica co-founded an independent consulting group focused on increasing the presence of sustainability in sports sponsorships. She continues this work at WM, both internally and for their advisory customers. Monica played a key role in designing the sustainability execution side of WM and Major League Baseball’s latest official sustainability partnership. In addition to a BA in Geography and Environmental Studies from UCLA, she has received an MBA from University of Colorado Boulder. Monica is also a LEED Green Associate, TRUE Advisor, and Loyola University New Orleans Environmental Communications Fellow.