Martin Perry is a Para table tennis player competing in class 6 representing Great Britain. He is a double European Team Champion and a World Championships bronze medallist. Perry made his Paralympic debut at the Paris 2024 Games. Martin is also an advocate for reducing plastic waste and has been actively involved in campaigns promoting the use of reusable materials within the sports community.
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Susanna Sieff
Born and raised in the Dolomites. Environmental sociologist with a master’s degree in urban planning. Since 2001 she has been involved in environmental and social sustainability aspects for the organising committees of major international events: Winter Olympics, Asian Games, Universiade, Expo, World Ski Championships.
Among her most recent assignments, from 2018 to 2021 she was Sustainability Director for the World Alpine Ski Championships Cortina 2021. For two years she was Head of Sustainability for Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, the organising committee for the next Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Italy. In July 2023, she decided to join the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and became its first Sustainability Director.
Currently within FIS, she is working on the implementation of the IMPACT Programme – a roadmap to a more sustainable and inclusive snow sports ecosystem, dealing with issues such as the reduction of CO2 emissions, the protection of nature and biodiversity, and the circular economy.
David Wheeler
David is a professional footballer for Wycombe Wanderers FC in EFL League 1, the first Sustainability Champion for the players union the PFA, and an ambassador for sustainability in football charity Football For Future and Planet League.
David has used his position to promote better sustainability practices within the organisations he represents, whilst publicly calling out FIFA and UEFA for not showing the climate leadership that football needs. He was part of setting up a sustainability strategy and an EV scheme at Wycombe Wanderers, and hosting a workshop on sustainability and climate change for footballers with Football For Future.
Will Hutton
Will is the Head of Sustainability at the Premier League, where he leads the delivery of the Premier League’s environmental strategy. Previously, Will was previously Head of Sustainability at Beggars Group (the world’s largest independent record company), and fashion conglomerate Arcadia Group. Will has also worked as a consultant developing sustainability programmes for international brands and S&P 500 companies, including Gucci, M&S, Kering Group, The FA, and Welltower Inc. Will is a Trustee of Murmur, and charity working at the intersection of cultural industries and climate issues.
Ellen Jones
Ellen Jones, Head of Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) at Formula 1, joined in January 2022 to help steer the business’ sustainability strategy on the way to becoming Net Zero Carbon from factory to flag by 2030. As a sustainability leader, Ellen works across Formula 1’s ESG agenda to develop strategies and collaboratively deliver change programmes, already making huge progress across the business and wider sport within the first year in position and becoming a vital spokesperson for the sport in the space.
Upon joining F1, Ellen boasted a wealth of experience across a variety of subject areas including: carbon & energy, waste & recycling, packaging, sustainable sourcing and reporting. Her role now entails empowering the business to deliver on its sustainability objectives and manage the governance & reporting requirements. This also requires close communication with key counterparts at the teams, partners and promoters, as the sport as a whole continues to move forward in a positive way to become a sustainable entity. Under Ellen’s stewardship, Formula 1 has again achieved and retained the FIA 3* Environmental Accreditation, the highest level of recognition in this area.
Ellen’s drive and passion for a sustainable future has been long-standing having studied Architecture at Yale University and writing a thesis on how sustainable building practices can be communicated to the public through different media, before doing a Masters in Sustainable Environmental Design.
Rishi Jain
Rishi’s current position as Director of Impact, sees him being responsible for leading his organisation’s approach to sustainability through the lens of equality, diversity and inclusion and environmental sustainability.
Having worked in football for over 20 years, he has an expert understanding of successfully integrating strategy into businesses and ensuring positive change. Rishi is responsible for The Red Way; Liverpool Football Club’s holistic strategy that encompasses the clubs plans across all areas of business operations and ensuring that sustainability is embedded throughout. Rishi is a driving force for change and successfully works with colleagues and business leaders to ensure progress.
In 2022, Rishi presented at the United Nations in New York City at the launch of the UN’s Game Plan: a document implementing a plan of action to counter hate speech through engagement with sport. He has continued to work in partnership with the United Nations and multiple international organisations to implement this work across the US, UK and beyond, as well as featuring at multiple COPs and New York Climate Week.
In 2023, Rishi was named on the Pride Power List, and has previously been named on the Global Diversity List as a Top 20 Diversity Professional. His work led has to wide-ranging recognition at the European Diversity Awards, North West Football Awards, Inclusive Companies Awards, Sport Industry Awards and most recently, from Front Office Sports. In 2024, his work has been recognised externally no less than six times with recognition from inside and outside of sport, including at the Global Sustainability and ESG Awards where The Red Way was named as ESG Programme of the Year. He has worked consistently to lead the organisations he’s worked for to be awarded with the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level on multiple occasions, and the internationally recognised ISO20121 standard.
Prior to joining his current role, Rishi has held roles at Manchester United, Kick It Out and The FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board, where he has worked throughout his career to make a positive impact across society.
Shari Ramday
As the Sustainability Lead for NBA Europe & Middle East (EME), Shari Ramday is driving the NBA’s sustainability efforts in the EME region in support of the league’s commitment to the United Nations Sport for Climate Action framework. Drawing from over a decade of NBA event management experience spanning grassroots events to a host of Global Games in multiple markets, Shari is now leading all efforts to identify and implement the changes necessary to reduce carbon emissions and enhance positive environmental and social impact throughout the region.
Prior to the NBA, Shari worked at the Premier League Charitable Fund, established to distribute Premier League and partner funding to community projects focused on creating positive sporting, health, personal and education opportunities for all. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sports science from the University of Edinburgh and a master’s degree in business management from the University of London. Shari is passionate about the power of sport to drive positive environmental and social change and is determined to contribute towards leaving a positive legacy for future generations.
Julia Pallé
Julia Pallé is a leading expert on sustainability in motorsport and the international elite sport industry.
In her role at the world’s first all-electric motor racing series, Julia certified the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship net zero carbon since inception – the first sport in the world to achieve the standard.
While developing and implementing the sustainability strategy at Formula E, Julia has overseen a range of significant achievements that establish Formula E’s credentials as a leader of sustainability in tier-one sport.
Julia is also Sustainability Advisor for Extreme E, the all-electric SUVs series, bringing electric racing to some of the most remote corners of the planet to highlight the climate change challenges faced by different ecosystems.
Before joining Formula E, Julia was the Sustainability Executive at Michelin Motorsport.
Selina Donald
Selina is an award-winning leader focused on sustainability, environmental management and climate change, with expertise in high-profile events. Her epiphany moment came while working on the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies, which served as memorable bookends for the iconic London Games. As well as the Games, Selina has been part of other high-profile projects, including the England 2018 World Cup Bid, COP, the Rio Olympics 2016 and March4Women, as well as leading the sustainability strategy for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
The Bulb is part of the Trivandi company group and provides expertise across the globe on sustainability and legacy for sporting industry, venues and major events. Under Selina’s leadership, The Bulb has created and implemented award-winning sustainability strategies on a global scale, working across the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Japan. Achievements include, consultancy to the world’s biggest climate change event, COP28, an ISO-certified strategy spanning four continents, and leading the sustainability strategy for award winning brand activations for Sky, Google, Verizon and Microsoft.
Selina has been included in the ENDS Power List UK Top 100 Influential Environmentalists 2025, and sits on the board of industry leading organisations, isla and NOWIE. She regularly speaks at events on a number of topics including circular economy and sustainability trends.
Magdalena Nour
Magdalena Nour is a political scientist focusing on human rights and intercultural communication and has a background in international business, working on a c-suite level with sales and business development at Adecco for several years in Europe and globally. With the launch of Agenda 2030 and the global sustainable development goals, Magdalena framed her work to sustainability and in 2016 took the role as the CEO of an NGO working on diversity, equity and inclusion, DEI. Since 2021 Magdalena works as a strategic advisor with the overall initiatives needed in organizations to combine continuous value generating activities and sustainable development in all three dimensions, social, climate and governance, that is ESG. Since 2022 Magdalena works with Malmö FF, but also industrial and consultancy businesses as well as public sector organizations.
