During a long career as a law enforcement professional, Gary was involved operationally in several national and international investigations to protect children from abuse and exploitation perpetrated by the use of the Internet and technology.
After leaving, he then turned his fulltime attention to sport. A passion for sports coaching, particularly football, has allowed him to work internationally with children and young people in diverse sporting environments at all levels, from participation and inclusion projects to supporting elite level performance development.
Now with over ten years’ experience of developing and implementing safeguarding in football and tennis, Gary currently leads the Safeguarding and Player Care Team at the International Tennis Federation, focussing on combining safeguarding and player care as separate disciplines, but intrinsically linked.
In the ever-changing landscape of safeguarding in sport, Gary has combined his extensive sports knowledge and experience to develop systems that provide safe and inclusive environments, recognise risk and prevent harm to all participants across sport.
