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, Martyn worked with fans and industry to introduce licensed ‘safe’ standing in top flight football grounds. He also played a critical role in supporting the sport industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular as leader of the Government’s Events Research Programme which oversaw the safe return of live events, for which he was later awarded an OBE.

Prior to joining the SGSA, Martyn led the UK City of Culture programme and later served as a member of the Government’s expert advisory panel for UK City of Culture 2025.

Martyn is a Bolton Wanderers fan and used to work on the turnstiles at the Reebok (now Toughsheet Community) Stadium.

Event Partners and Supporters

International Sports Convention was a success! 🔥✨ From networking to gaining insightful industry perspectives and witnessing groundbreaking innovations, it was truly inspiring.

ViewLift

Thank you to all the International Sports Convention 2024 staff who really made this years event so welcoming. Nigel Fletcher at ISC. Thank you for your continued support of Clue Software. To all the new sports leaders and decision makers I met during the conference, thank you for your valuable time and for listening and hearing about the work we are doing in sport at Clue Software.

Phil Suddick

Head of Sport and Safeguarding

Clue Software

One of the absolute coolest settings for a Web3 panel… The National Football League (NFL) 🏈 locker room @ Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Stadium 🏟️ Had a fantastic time jamming with Robby Yung and Ronan Joyce at last week’s INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CONVENTION + diving into the plumbing of what makes this tech so profound.

Mark Epps

Comms & Web3

ATP Tour

Women’s sports sit in a distinctly different lifecycle to men’s, with a growing and modern fan base, presenting vast and unique commercial potential. Well done to INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CONVENTION Co-founder Magdalena Fletcher for recognising this moment and infusing so many female centric panels and sessions into this years conference seamless delivered by the exceptional events team at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

Leah Godfrey

CEO

Racing Vesta & Pink Door Creative

Two early-adopter, tier 1 rights holders, the UK’s leading urban youth marketing agency and WAVZE, coming together to discuss the powerful role that music plays in connecting with young sports fans. Thank you to the packed room for your interest in this subject-so many brilliant questions and observations during the session and the overwhelming number of kind remarks after the session! Brilliantly moderated by Adam Leventhal and produced by the great ISC team led by Nigel Fletcher.

Greg Davies

Co-Founder CEO

Wavze

Thanks for thoughtful and full of insights discussion on intersection of sports, culture & entertainment! Nigel Fletcher & Erin Gennard thanks for invitation to hashtag#ISCLondon2024, it was a huge honour to be part of such exceptional and inspiring event connecting sports & brands!

Darek Maciolek

CMO

BNP Paribas Bank Polska

I took my daughter to work today. As a breastfeeding mum, it was the only way I could do the job – moderating the International Sports Convention 2024. It struck me during a panel session on ‘Allyship in sport’ that this is what good male allyship looks like… Men supporting women to get the job done. So my thanks to Nigel Fletcher and the team at INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CONVENTION for being so accommodating for me and my girl.

Christina Macfarlane

Anchor

CNN International