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2023

Frederic Bertrand

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Mahindra Racing CEO and Team Principal Frederic Bertrand joined the Indian race team in November 2022, ahead of the ninth ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Season. Frederic, known as Fred within the team, is highly respected within the industry and previously spent a decade working for the FIA, most recently as Director of Formula E and Innovative Sports Projects. Currently, he is leading Mahindra Racing into a new era for the team, as they look to return to the top step of the podium where they belong. Fred was born in France and now lives around the world, including Switzerland and the UK.

Benjamin Lévêque

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Benjamin Lévêque worked for 10 years as a consultant for I Care & Consult, a Paris based company, developing strategies and environmental performance forboth organizations. As from 2019 he has been in charge of carbon and biodiversity impact assessments as well as avoidance, reduction and contribution action plans within the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
 

Tony Stevens

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Having been with Tottenham Hotspur for more than 15 years, Tony has made the progression from a junior Club journalist to Head of Public Relations, now overseeing all non-football communications and the Club’s corporate social responsibility strategy. A lifelong fan from Hertfordshire, Tony has been heavily involved in the planning and delivery of key events, including the Finale of White Hart Lane and the opening of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tony plays an active role in raising the profile of the Club’s substantial off-field work – managing player engagement with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation programmes and official charity partnerships, engaging with key stakeholders within the Club’s local community, driving the Club’s sustainability strategy and developing key fan-facing communications. Tony has also been instrumental in helping to grow the Club’s global fanbase, assisting in the planning and delivery of international tours, liaising with key international media and building relationships with Official Supporters’ Clubs.

Claudio Tomasi

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Claudio Tomasi is the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Argentina, where he assumed duties in April 2021.

He previously served as Resident Representative in Türkiye (2016-2021). He previously held positions as Deputy Resident Representative of the UNDP in Cuba (2012-2016), Nicaragua (2008-12) and the Dominican Republic (2003-2007). With UNDP, he also worked in Panama as Assistant Resident Representative (2002).

Prior to his commitment to UNDP, he worked for the European Union and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in India, where he began his career in international organizations. During his career of more than 20 years in the field of sustainable human development, he has cooperated with a wide range of international, national and local actors on three continents.

Claudio Tomasi is a sociologist, of Italian nationality. He has a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London (UK) and graduated in Sociology and Social Planning from the University of Sociology of Trento (Italy).

Jeanette Bain-Burnett

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Jeanette’s role has responsibility for ensuring integrity issues and inclusiveness are central to England’s community sport and physical activity system.

She joined Sport England in 2022 from the Trussell Trust, where she was Director of Participation. Jeanette’s also held a variety of senior roles for the Greater London Authority, including Head of Community Engagement and Assistant Director for Communities and Social Policy.

She’s also a former Director of the African Diaspora Dance Association (ADDA) and strategic consultant for clients including Arts Council England, Creative Lives and BBC Arts.

Rita Nehme

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Rita Nehme is an environmental, social, and governance specialist whose work and passion are at the nexus of sport and sustainability.

Ruaidhri Dunn

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Ruaidhri is currently Head of Procurement and Sustainability at The English Football Association (also incorporating Wembley National Stadium and St George’s Park). He has run Procurement at The FA since 2017 and took over Sustainability in January 2023. In July this year, The FA launched their Sustainability strategy for the period 2023-28, entitled Playing For The Future. Wembley is an ISO20121 accredited venue, and The FA is signatory to the UN S4CA framework. This year for the first time, The FA is including Climate-Related Financial Disclosures within its annual reporting.

He is a Procurement professional by background, with 15 years spent in previous roles both within sport (London 2012, Rugby World Cup 2015) and in other industries (Deloitte, Sainsbury’s). He also sits on the Board of the FA pension scheme as a member-nominated trustee.

Andrew Lamb

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Andrew Lamb is a sports marketing professional who has held a number of partnership development roles in sport over the last 17 years. These roles have included stints with Sale Sharks (rugby), and Manchester United and Everton (football), before stepping into the world of offshore sailing with The Ocean Race.

In Andrew’s current position with The Ocean Race, purpose is at the heart of the partnership programme he leads and is the central focus when securing new partnerships. This is primarily driven by the Race’s objectives around ocean health (and the role of a healthy ocean towards a sustainable planet), and gender equity, with all teams of The Ocean Race comprising of a mix of genders. Partners are backing these areas of focus and finding ways to leverage it to support their own business objectives in the spaces of equality & diversity, sustainability and nature protection.

Naomi Angell-Hicks

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Creative collaborator, expert communicator and coach. Strategist and ‘what if’ thinker. People-focused executive leader.

Passion for catalysing positive change for people, purpose-driven organisations and society; building connections, unlocking insights and creating breakthroughs.

Background in sustainability and international development and experience working across private and charity sectors alike. Working at Executive level with Board & C-Suite, with experience across a breadth of issues ranging from Olympic & Paralympic sport to food security, climate resilience, education and human rights.

Collaborated with the likes of Tesco, HSBC, Aviva, Jaguar Land Rover and Sky, alongside Unicef, WWF, VSO and the Aga Khan Development Network to share a few previous partners, connectors and collaborators.

 

Emily Iveson-Pritchard

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Emily Iveson-Pritchard has worked in the events industry for 14 years with a background in commercial sales. They began engaging with their passion for sustainability during their MBA at Central Saint Martins & Birkbeck with her focus moving to the sustainability of virtual events as part of her thesis. Emily now works as the Head of Sustainability for Surrey County Cricket Club. In this role they lead Surrey County Cricket Club’s work in sustainability including the design, further development, and implementation of their sustainability strategy with a focus on hosting and staging sustainable events.