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Tom Harris is the sustainability manager at Brighton & Hove Albion and is responsible for developing the club’s environmental sustainability strategy and leading on their carbon reduction plans to deliver on the commitment to become one of the most sustainable club’s in professional football and drive positive change within the local community. With over a decade of experience in sustainability and environmental management, Tom has worked with organisations in the public and private sectors to measure and reduce their environmental impact through strategy development, data analysis and project management.

Natalia Phipps is the Head of Advocacy at The Carbon Literacy Project, where she leads two teams in expanding the reach of certified climate education and action training, known as Carbon Literacy, across diverse sectors and organisations. Her work is at the forefront of driving transformative climate action on a global scale.

Since joining The Carbon Literacy Project in 2019, Natalia has pioneered the development of innovative Sector Toolkits, enabling entire sectors to effectively roll out Carbon Literacy training at scale, one of which being Sport. Developed alongside the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and UK Sport, Natalia led on the creation of The Carbon Literacy Sports Kit, aiming to embed climate action at all levels in sports organisations. The Sports Kit can be used by any sports club, venue or organisation to deliver Carbon Literacy training, empowering staff and players to take action on climate change.

Anna is a programme manager at Heard, working to collaborate and shift narratives across popular culture – with a focus on climate and nature. Anna’s work enables people to tell stories that will change hearts and minds, leading to a shift in the public mood towards from awareness to action.

Sam Barratt is Chief of Youth, Education and Advocacy at UN Environment Programme. He is responsible for the sports portfolio at UNEP, working on the Volvo Ocean Race’s Clean Seas sailing team and now leading on the Sport for Nature initiative with the IOC and IUCN.

In addition, he leads on working with governments and higher education to integrate sustainability and a green skills component into the formal education system as well as with sports, the video games industry and the youth movements to reinforce this agenda through non-formal education and their ability to reach billions of people.

Previously Sam worked as Chief of Public Advocacy for UNEP, Director of Communications for Avaaz and the Head of Press for Oxfam.

After having contributed to the creation of Energy Observer, the first hydrogen vessel to complete a world tour, Amadea is joining the Paris 2024 adventure. Her objective : to make the largest sporting event in the world, a lever to contribute to acceleration of the ecological and social transformation of sport and society. In charge of Environmental and Climate Mobilization issues, she is notably leading the definition of the Paris 2024 Food Vision, as well as communication fo all publics for more responsible Games.

Isaac Murray is an experienced ESG, Sustainability, and social value educator and facilitator. He is the Community Manager for ‘The Toolbox’, a free, knowledge-sharing platform founded in the sports industry by 11th Hour Racing, that enables its community to download, create, and share resources to integrate sustainability practices and strategy in their operations. Isaac has a background in the energy industry, the creative industries, Non-profit organizations, and events, with an academic focus on, Community Campaigns and Projects, Sustainable Regeneration, and Resilience; drawing on many sources to create valuable solutions for businesses and organisations at any scale

After spending more than 10 year supporting sponsors on different big events owned by A.S.O. (cycling, running, golf, equestrian sport, motorsports), I turned to CSR issues by entering the cycling department and taking the head of the CSR strategy of all the cycling event, in particular the Tour de France, 3rd event after the Olympics games and the Football World Cup. In 15 years, I have worked at promoting the bike for all and everywhere and reducing the TDF carbon footprint with all our stakeholders.

Jaime is the Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at World Rugby, the global governing body for rugby union. With over 15 years experience working in international sport relations, development and sustainability, previous roles prior to joining the international federation included event management and government administration. A passion for sustainability, collaboration and the transformative power of sports, particularly rugby, have all helped motivate Jaime across a wide range of professional and personal objectives and achievements.

His playing boots have been swapped for coaching ones and when not on or at the side of the pitch, he can be found out and about in nature or eyeing up the next gardening task on the list.

Peter Wearne has been the General Manager – Facilities with the Melbourne Cricket Club since 2006, and as such is responsible for one of the world’s largest sporting stadiums, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Peter is responsible for the strategic and operational performance of the built assets at the MCG. He is also responsible for the MCC’s environmental sustainability initiatives which have led to the MCG becoming one of the world’s most sustainable stadiums.

Peter’s expertise in stadium operations has been called upon by the West Australian Government to provide operational advice during the design process for the New Perth Stadium (now Optus Stadium) and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China for the Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong.

Peter is a founding member of the Sports Environment Alliance and it’s immediate past Chairperson and a past member of Deakin University Sports Management Industry Advisory Board.

Originally from Prague, Matous joined Mastercard 11 years ago in Sales & Business development. He spent the past 8 years in London, covering European Regional roles in Loyalty, Credit and ESG.

As the ESG head for Europe, he is responsible for Mastercard’s efforts to bring sustainable and inclusive solutions across the network. He also drives Fintech Product Partnerships in Europe.

Prior to joining Mastercard he spent 8 years in Management consulting with KPMG and PwC.

Matouš holds Master degrees from University of Economics Prague and Copenhagen Business School – CEMS.

Father of two daughters. Passionate rower.