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Katie is Founder and CEO of BBC Award-winning charity Pledgeball. Experts in fan engagement on climate, Pledgeball spearheads initiatives that mobilise sporting communities, from grassroots to professional levels, to create meaningful impact for climate and nature.

Emma Foster-Geering, is the new Head of ESG at the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). Emma has spent over 15 years working in corporate sustainability all around the world. From the frontlines on major Australian infrastructure projects, to the global supply chains of luxury and fast fashion giants Burberry and Primark, to sitting on the Executive Board as Chief Sustainability Officer at Vivobarefoot – Emma has built a career defined by turning bold sustainability ambition into hard business results.

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.