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Dr. Bermon is Director of the Health and Science Department at World Athletics. He is a Sports Physician (MD) and Exercise Physiologist (PhD). Stéphane has worked with professional soccer and cycling teams, as well as professional athletes for three decades. He has also a clinical activity at the Monaco Institute of Sports Medicine and Surgery (IM2S). His research interests have been on Exercise Immunology, but he is for several years more focusing on Applied Science in Athletics, which includes Endocrinology and physical performances.

Frédéric Garrandes is the Scientific manager of the Health and Science Department at World Athletics. He holds a Ph.D in Sports and Exercise Sciences, with a thesis focused on neuromuscular fatigue in endurance and power athletes. Frédéric worked as a clinical research associate at the Monaco Institute for Sports Medicine for 12 years and taught at the Sport Science School of Nice Côte d’Azur University. At World Athletics, he oversees medical services at events, promotes sports science research, and contributes to training healthcare professionals in endurance medicine.

Maël Besson is an expert in the ecological transition of sport and the founder of Sport 1.5, an agency working with national and international federations, public authorities, clubs, equipment manufacturers and athletes on their environmental strategies. He previously headed the “Sport and Sustainable Development” office at the French Ministry of Sports and led the Sport programme at WWF France. His work includes France’s National Plan for the Adaptation of Sport to Climate Change, as well as climate risk studies and adaptation plans for World Rugby and the French Football Federation (FFF).

Nick Oldridge is a climate communicator and co-founder of the National Emergency Briefing (NEB). Originally from a business background, he now focuses on finding new ways to make climate science understandable, engaging and difficult to ignore. He co-founded Climate Science Breakthrough, which brings together scientists and creative communicators to reach audiences beyond the traditional climate conversation.

In 2025, Nick and his brother Simon created the National Emergency Briefing, bringing together ten leading UK experts and more than 1,200 politicians and leaders at Westminster Central Hall for an unprecedented, non-partisan briefing on the interconnected risks the UK faces from the climate and nature crisis.

That event has since grown into a nationwide public engagement campaign, taking the evidence into communities across the country and building growing parliamentary support for a prime-time televised emergency briefing to the nation, introduced by the Prime Minister and delivered by trusted independent experts.

Alex Moneypenny is a content creator, presenter and podcaster who is fast becoming one of the leading Arsenal commentators in the media.

In 2022, Alex launched The Different Knock YouTube channel, an Arsenal channel which covers the biggest trending topics and conversations at Arsenal. Approaching 150,000 followers across social media, Alex has built a strong & highly engaged online football community that love him best for his football insight, analyse & trademark humour.

Alex’s sharp rise in the industry has led to regular features and collaborations with several leading brands & broadcasters, including Arsenal, CBS, Sky Sports, BBC Sport, Talk Sport, Sport Bible and The Metro.

 

Over more than a decade at Husqvarna, Margaretha has built and led the company’s global PR and communications function, launching high-profile platforms such as Living City — the industry’s first annual sustainability and innovation summit — and the Husqvarna H-team, an ambassador program uniting the world’s leading arborists and loggers to shape the future of professional tree care. She also founded the Husqvarna International Biodiversity Advisory Board, bringing together senior academic experts to guide the company’s market and product development in support of global efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Her work continues to sit at the intersection of technology, sustainability and industry transformation — most recently reflected in Husqvarna’s inaugural Turf & Tech Conference, held at The Belfry ahead of the 2026 Husqvarna British Masters, which brought together leaders from The R&A, DP World Tour, BIGGA and the international research community to explore how autonomous technology is reshaping modern golf course management. Initiatives like this reflect Margaretha’s broader focus: driving executive visibility, thought leadership positioning and high-profile industry dialogue around sustainability and innovation.

Deeply engaged in efforts to safeguard natural habitats and biodiversity, Margaretha brings a career-long commitment to sustainable land stewardship to her communications work — helping translate corporate strategy into meaningful action for the green spaces we all depend on.

Olle Danielsson Klippinge is CEO of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup events in Åre, Sweden, one of the Nordic region’s leading winter sports destinations and a long-standing host of annual World Cup races. He is also co-founder of Nordic Sustainability Arena (NoSA), held alongside the World Cup and bringing together sport, business, research and policymakers to help secure the future of white winters. Food for White Winters originated within NoSA, with the Åre World Cup serving as a real-world test lab for exploring how local and sustainable food can contribute to the future of major sporting events.

Anna-Karin Quetel is Director of PLATE, a research centre for resilient meals, based at Stockholm Resilience Centre. PLATE leads research and innovation to support the transition towards a robust, sustainable and economically viable meal sector. PLATE is responsible for the research connected to Food for White Winters, an innovation initiative linked to the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Åre that explores how local and sustainable meals can contribute to more resilient winter destinations.

Born and raised in the Dolomites, she is an environmental sociologist with a master’s degree in urban planning. Since 2001, she has worked on environmental and social sustainability for major international events, particularly sporting events, including the Winter Olympics, Asian Games, Universiade and World Ski Championships. From 2018 to 2021, she served as Sustainability Director for the World Alpine Ski Championships Cortina 2021. She then spent two years as Head of Sustainability for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In July 2023, she joined the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) as its first-ever Sustainability Director.

Caroline is the Member Engagement Manager at the British Association for Sustainable Sport with extensive knowledge and experience in delivering sustainable operations and strategies within the UK Sport sector. Her role involves providing personalised support for all member clubs, venues, governing bodies and sports professionals to embed environmental and social best-practise in their organisations, championing and facilitating collaboration.

In her former role as Operations and Sustainability Manager at Southampton Football Club, Caroline was instrumental in the development and launch of the club’s sustainability strategy and was a major driving force behind some of the club’s most powerful environmental initiatives