Mike Rich
Mike Rich is the Group SVP Ad-Sales and Brand Partnerships, UK & Ireland and International at Warner Bros. Discovery and responsible for leading a 200 strong team, delivering communication solutions for WBD’s brand clients across all sectors, including sport, across the globe. Prior to WBD, Mike was EVP of Sales & Content Partnerships for Fox […]
Samuel Okafor
Samuel Okafor joined Kick It Out in 2024 from the banking industry, where he was most recently Executive Director at Coutts and NatWest. He was also a driving force in advancing the EDI agenda at NatWest Group, where he served for over two decades, additionally co-leading the Group’s Racial Equality Taskforce. Samuel grew up in […]
Chris Haward
Chris joined the Cricket Regulator after a long career in policing. His 34 years in policing culminated in Chris being the national Chief Constable lead for Serious and Organised Crime where he was responsible for combating the threat from organised crime groups. This included drugs importation, cyber crime, on-line exploitation and under cover policing amongst […]
Martyn Henderson
Martyn took up the position of Interim Chief Operating Officer at the Shadow Football Regulator in January 2024 following more than five years as Chief Executive Officer for the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA), the organisation established in the wake of the Hillsborough Stadium tragedy to drive up safety standards. During his tenure at SGSA, […]
Chris Barron
Chris started his career with L’Oréal on their management trainee scheme, before working in marketing in London, and then subsequently in the company’s global headquarters in Paris. He first joined Unilever in 2006 and has since then worked in London, Chicago and New Jersey. Since returning to the UK&I business over seven years ago […]
Jason Webber
Jason is an expert and leader in Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Sustainability who currently works at the Football Association of Wales (FAW) as a Senior Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Sustainability Manager. He has been integral in advancing the FAW’s EDI and Sustainability Programmes towards being a global leader in sport and has extensive experience as […]
Tarik Shamel
Tarik is the Chief Regulatory Officer at The Football Association. He is responsible for overseeing all integrity matters concerning on and off-field misconduct in English professional football including on-field disciplinary matters, crowd misconduct, betting, match-fixing, anti-doping, discrimination, public comment, financial misconduct, and intermediary breaches. The Regulatory Legal and Safeguarding Case Management teams also report into […]
Benny Bonsu
Benny Bonsu is a pioneering leader in the sports industry, currently serving as the Director of Content at Olympic Channel Services, a division of the International Olympic Committee (Olympics.com). Renowned for her groundbreaking work, Benny previously led the Women’s Sports Editorial team at GiveMeSportW, where she launched the first women’s- only sports platform, significantly boosting […]
Oriol Boix
Oriol Boix is Head of Digital Products & Membership at FC Barcelona. Within his responsibilities, he and his team are in charge of defining the vision and objectives of the FC Barcelona Official Website and Apps, in which integrating the Membership program, increasing revenue for all the business units, and activating Commercial opportunities play a […]
Pete Parmenter
Pete Parmenter is EVP Business Development at DAZN, the world’s leading sports entertainment platform that is available in more than 200 markets. In this role, he oversees partnerships with major mobile and telecom operators, platforms, retailers, brands and portals. Pete leads on distribution deals – making DAZN available on all screens – helping to drive […]