// Our Purpose

Why do we do what we do?

Leaders on and off the field strive to develop and improve. Growth minded, they look to increase revenue, progress their career, extend their influence, broaden their network and advance their knowledge. They don’t stand still. They are looking for change.

Growth requires a catalyst, so Leaders in Sport creates the perfect conditions for sport and business to thrive – sowing seeds of change through new connections and relationships, new opportunities, new ideas and new perspectives.

We don’t just support growth, we make it happen faster by creating optimal conditions – bringing together the very best in the sports industry, both on and off the field. We accelerate the process by connecting members to the best conversations, the best connections, the best insights, the best solutions, the best opportunities so there’s no need to forge ahead alone.

// Our Vision

The world we want to create for the global sports industry

We want to create a world where collaboration delivers success and drives the sports industry forward.

Our offering

What do we offer the global sports community?

Events

Leaders organise premium events and conferences globally, bringing together the most influential individuals in the sports industry to catalyse discussion, explore the latest trends and drive the industry forward.

Community

Leaders have successfully created a series of communities that connects, influences, inspires and informs the top, industry-leading executives in the sport sector. This includes our renowned Leaders Meet Diversity and Broadcast Disruptors communities.

Intelligence

The Leaders Intelligence Hubs allows you to have the world of high performance sport and the lastest sport business intelligence right at your fingertips, with exclusive insights from the frontline of the industry. Explore our recent Specials Reports, podcasts, articles and videos.

Our Team

Meet the team

Management

James Worrall

Founder & Chairman

Simon Lau

Co-founder & Vice-Chairman

Laura McQueen

Managing Director

Marketing

Freddie Clarke

Head of Digital and Marketing Strategy

James Lewis

Senior Marketing Manager

Henry Breckenridge

Senior Content Manager

Lucy Galligan

Senior Marketing Executive

Zoe Thompson

Marketing Executive

Events

Hannah Redfern

Event Director

Joanna Purkiss

Senior Event Manager

Ellie Sharpe

Event and Awards Manager

Content

David Cushnan

Content Director

James Emmett

Editorial Director

John Portch

Editor

Cameron Macdonald

Content Producer

Membership and Product

Oliver Escritt

Director of Membership

Rachel Woodland

Senior Membership Success Manager

Matthew Stone

Senior Strategic Product and Content Lead

Luke Whitworth

Senior Performance Product and Research Lead

Sarah Evans

Senior Community and Account Executive

James Megaw

Business Development Executive, Membership

Lottie Wright

Community and Account Executive

Sales

Paul Daoud

Head of Sales

Harry Cripps

Business Development Manager – Team Lead

Aran Hayashi

Business Development Manager – Team Lead

Callum Watson

Business Development Manager

Jonathan Openshaw

Business Development Executive

Max Holland

Audience Development Manager – VIP

Will Wallis

Business Development Executive

Joe McCallum

Business Development Executive

Alice Shone

Partnerships

Simon Thomlinson

Strategic Partnerships Director

Robert Reid

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Javan Odegah

Strategic Account Manager

Stephan Pavlovic

Senior Partnerships Manager

Aidan Doran

Partnerships Account Executive

Isabel Watson

Business Development Manager – Partnerships

Finance

Pamela Watts

Head of Finance

Debbie Edwardes

Finance Manager

Renata Strank

Finance Assistant

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Press releases

See what’s going on in our world

9 Sep 2024 • News

High Performance Future Trends Research

3 Jun 2021 • News

Leaders and Facebook Bolster ‘Diversity Series’ and Launch New Initiatives for 2021

28 Apr 2021 • News

Leaders and Infront X collaborate in new partnership to present Leaders Live

23 Mar 2021 • News

Elite Performance Partners continue to drive the potential in high performance forward through renewed Leaders partnership

10 Mar 2021 • News

Leaders and Keiser partnership reaches special 10-year milestone

10 Mar 2021 • News

Leaders Performance Institute confirms the return of in-person events in 2021

9 Mar 2021 • News

LaLiga join the LeadersWeek.direct/ series as a Main Partner

15 Jan 2021 • News

Science in Sport join Leaders in Sport to provide pioneering performance solutions for teams and athletes

6 Jan 2021 • News

Jimmy Worrall appointed Chair of Leaders in Sport; Simon Lau appointed Vice Chair; Laura McQueen to assume day to day management responsibility

23 Mar 2020 • News

A note from Leaders CEO Jimmy Worrall

5 Feb 2020 • News

Elite Performance Partners and Leaders to create performance partnership

18 Dec 2019 • News

Abu Dhabi gears up to host Leaders and the sports industry next month

Careers

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Check out what life is like at Leaders and our current openings.

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