Our Ambassadorial Board is a network of respected leaders, athletes, journalists, academics and community champions who help amplify our mission, open doors and champion Sport for Change. Ambassadors are not company directors and do not hold legal governance responsibilities.
DR LIN SAMBILI-GICHEHA
Lin is passionate and committed to Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) and Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat. She supports 56 member states in leveraging sport for sustainable development, youth empowerment, and peacebuilding. With a PhD from Loughborough University, she has over a decade of experience shaping policy, research, and impact-driven sport initiatives worldwide.
JOHNNY PHILLIPS
Johnny is a broadcaster and writer working in the football industry. He has been a reporter with Sky Sports for over 20 years, covering the Premier League and also producing documentaries and features for Sky. Johnny has also authored three books about football. He is an ambassador for Wolves Foundation and patron of Show Racism the Red Card.
SIMONE STEWART
Simone is a proud Wolverhampton girl born to two Jamaican immigrants who has "always been passionate about storytelling and telling stories I want to see". Committed to helping young people and the next generation of creatives, she is an award-winning video journalist who has previously worked for BBC Sport and BBC News, where she won Best Digital Video Award for her story on the effects of knife crime in the UK, and is currently working at ITV Sport. In her spare time Simone watches Formula One and runs a podcast 'Wheel It Up F1' with two other Black women which has been featured in PodBible as one of the top six F1 podcasts.
DR CLAIRE JENKIN
Claire is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Development at the University of Hertfordshire. Her expertise lies in sport for development, sports diplomacy and community sport participation. She is also the Co-Chair of the Sport Development Network which bridges the gap between academia and practitioners. Previously, Claire worked in sport development in London, as well as at Victoria University in Australia.
DR DARAGH MINOGUE
Daragh Minogue (BA PGDip PhD) is an academic and occasional journalist. He is currently Associate Professor at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, and the Course Lead for their postgraduate sports journalism programmes. In 2018, he received an industry commendation for promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in journalism. His academic research focuses on journalism ethics and discrimination in sport.
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