Kirsty Burrows is head of the safe sport unit at the International Olympic Committee where she is leading the drive to strengthen safeguarding in sport from the local to the international level, and programmes related to the protection and promotion of mental health and well-being in and through sport. Kirsty is also academic director of the IOC Certificate: Safeguarding Officer in Sport, a member of the Council of Europe’s Pro Safe Sport+ pool of international experts, and a board member of the International Safeguards for Children in sport alongside working towards her PhD and being mum to a fast moving toddler.