Caroline is the Member Engagement Manager at the British Association for Sustainable Sport with extensive knowledge and experience in driving 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.

Jamie’s thirteen-year rugby career saw him captain his country on the international stage. He has played fifty-nine international sevens tournaments for Scotland and is their second highest try scorer of all time. He won Twickenham Sevens back to back in 2016 and 2017, has been to two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups and is a European Games silver medalist with Team GB. He has also played for Cambridge University in the Varsity match.

Alongside playing, Jamie is a leading voice in the sport and sustainability space. He co-wrote a letter to World Rugby demanding environmental action signed by hundreds of professional players and gaining international media attention. He then worked with his own union to galvanise sustainability action and helped set up an ESG group which baselined current activity and workshopped sustainability aims from which to write a sustainability plan. Jamie’s research at Cambridge University has focussed upon sport’s role in influencing the uptake of sustainable technology amongst fans in the transition to a net zero economy, and he has used his platform to speak about sport’s responsibility in light of the climate crisis and the positive impact it can and should be having.

He has spoken at COP28, Global Sports Week, Sport Positive, COG-X, and at the Hong Kong sustainability summit. He has also spoken on podcasts such as High Impact Athletes, Emergency on Planet Sport, the ESG engagement podcast and has co-presented an hour-long BBC radio show on sustainability at the Rugby World Cup. Jamie has picked up awards as the International Olympic Committee Sustainability Ambassador award winner, Mastercard’s Future XV of those shaping the future of rugby, and is sustainability ambassador for Scottish Rugby and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Lindita leads work on sectors engagement in climate action as part of UN Climate Change wider Global Climate Action work. She led development of both Sports for Climate Action and Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action and works closely with a variety of stakeholders to mobilise key actors and catalyse ambitious action towards decarbonisation. Before joining UN Climate Change, Lindita worked in public relations and coordinated projects promoting multi-stakeholder engagement in policy and sustainability. Lindita has an educational background in engineering, international relations and global energy & climate policy.

Hattie Park is the Sustainability Manager at Wimbledon, responsible for their Environment Positive strategy. She is an environmental sustainability specialist with fifteen years’ experience developing and delivering corporate sustainability strategies. At Wimbledon she is involved in everything from ensuring sustainability is integrated within regeneration plans for the site, to emission reporting, to delivering Championship-specific initiatives.  She joined the AELTC in February 2019 after 9 years as sustainability manager at the BBC.  

Senior Programme Coordinator, Sports for Nature, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
In her current role, Jana leads the Sports for Nature (S4N) Initiative’s Executive Team and looks after capacity building and strategic partnerships. Hosted by the IUCN, the Executive Team ensures day-to-day operations of the Initiative, including engaging Sports for Nature members in the Initiative’s activities, and helping develop sports’ capacity to champion nature.

Jana came into the role with an extensive sustainability-in-sports expertise and capacity building and project management experience having worked on sustainability, public affairs and sport diplomacy in the Olympic movement for a decade.

With over two decades of competitive basketball experience under her belt, Jana still enjoys the occasional pick-up game, but you will find her more often in the great outdoors hiking, jogging or leading yoga classes.

Julie is an experienced sustainability professional with a particular focus on challenging strategies, management and strategic social, environmental, economic and ethical advice for a wide variety of international projects. She has led teams in several offices and oversees initiatives in other areas where innovative solutions are provided to resolve particularly challenging strategies and projects. She has worked on numerous projects abroad including in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Oceania, North America, South America and the Bahamas.

Julie has facilitated workshops and been invited as a guest speaker at international conferences and has facilitated strategic meetings with government officials, NGOs and opinion formers. She works as an existing relationship manager with UN Agencies and has a thorough understanding of how societies and their institutions, economies and environments interact to influence sustainable development and the adaptability of livelihoods and communities to both environmental and political change.

Julie has a particular focus on leading the delivery of net zero strategies within highly complex environments and organisations.

Tiberio is Associate Professor in Sustainability Management at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, a public University located in Pisa, Italy. His research interests range from corporate environmental management to sustainable consumption and production, from Environmental performance and LCA to circular economy. He is author of more than 60 international publications and project manager of numerous international projects funded mainly by European Commission. At Sant’Anna University he coordinates the Sport Sustainability Management research area, focused on environmental sustainability activities applied in different sports like Football, Biathlon, Athletics, Floorball, Canoeing, Sailing.

Prince Osisiadan is a Lawyer, Engineer, and Sustainability Expert with extensive experience across mining, oil & gas, construction, finance, transport, hospitality, tourism, and sport. He has previously worked with global industry leaders, including AngloGold Ashanti and Newmont Corporation.

He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and is an alumnus of KNUST, GIMPA, the University of Twente, and the University of Cambridge.

Prince is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and the Ghana Institution of Engineering, and holds professional certifications as an ISO 14001 Lead Auditor and a Sustainability and Climate Risk Professional (GRI & GARP). He is also a GRI-certified trainer in sustainability reporting.

He is the CEO of SUCCA Africa Ltd, and serves as a Board Member (African Region) of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, a member of the International Bar Association, a Steering Committee Member for Sport20, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra.

Sonia, originally from Mexico City, holds degrees in International Relations, Development Studies, and Sustainability Studies. Between 2011 and 2016, she worked in international development and the youth climate movement, where she discovered the potential of sport for sustainable development. A lifelong athlete, she became intrigued by how alternative sports might contribute to social and environmental good. Her Msc research supported this, leading her to pursue a PhD in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management at NC State University, where her research focused on examining the link between alternative sports (including Indigenous, Native, Aboriginal, and Folk sports), prosocial and pro-environmental behaviour, and mental health.

For over 20 years, Dr. Sheila Nguyen has championed the protection of our planet through the power of sport. Her impact has been recognized globally — named the inaugural Regional Leader (Oceania) by Sport Positive, awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership by BASIS (2022), and listed among the Australian Financial Review’s Top 100 Women of Influence (2019).

As Head of Sustainability for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, she led groundbreaking initiatives to embed sustainability into one of the world’s biggest tournaments. She also co-founded the Sports Environment Alliance, uniting sport and planet leaders to protect the places where we play.

Guillermo founded and has been Director of Acting Green Forum since 2021. A specialist in marketing and sports tourism, with more than 30 years’ experience, with the concern and challenge of professionalising the sports industry mainly in the southern hemisphere and promoting the importance of sports as a platform to achieve the goals of the SDGs, and the fight against climate change working with all stakeholders from athletes to leaders.

Allen is the official Sustainability Advisor to the NBA Green program and serves as Environmental Science Advisor to the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Clippers and Major League Soccer.

Dr. Hershkowitz is widely acknowledged to have created the movement to leverage sports to promote sustainability and, as the world faces its greatest climate emergency, he serves on the Steering Committee of UNFCCC Sport for Climate Action Framework. He led the effort to create the US-based Green Sports Alliance as well as Sport and Sustainability International. He also created the environmental
program for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscars telecasts, as well as the environmental program for the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Awards. In 2022 Dr. Hershkowitz was listed by Sports Business Journal among its short list of “Executives to Know in Sports Sustainability.”

Kevin is a professor at the Department of Kinesiology of National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, R. O. C. He specialises in sports marketing, event management, and sports policy. He has been intensively involved in international multi-sport events, including the Kaohsiung World Games 2009, Taipei Deaflympics 2009, and the Taipei Universiade, and now is helping the World Master Games 2025. He and his team are also deeply passionate about environmental sustainability and committed to 
taking concrete actions to mitigate climate change.

Haruki Sawada is Executive Director of Green Sports Alliance Japan, where he focuses on advancing the role of sport in shaping a blueprint for the future and enabling communities and corporations to access sustainable solutions. His work connects creative, practical approaches with stakeholders through the power of sport. Haruki holds a degree in Economics from Kyoto University (2002) and completed the coursework for a Ph.D. in Bioresources Science at Mie University in 2024. With a background across business, academia, and sustainability practice, he builds cross-sector strategies that link sport with climate resilience and social wellbeing.  

Stefan is Managing Director at Wagner – office for CSR, marketing and communications and Marketing Initiator and 1 st Chairman of Sports for Future e.V.

After studying economics, holding positions at the T-Mobile Team (cycling) and HSV (Bundesliga Club Hamburg) as well as the HSV foundation “Der Hamburger Weg”, Stefan trained as a CSR manager and has since focused on strategy development and advice on the topic of sustainability. Stefan works with companies in the district of Vechta and in sports for Darmstadt 98, the Climate Arena, Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Osnabrück, the German Ice Hockey League, Adler Mannheim and the German Football Association, among others.

At TSG Hoffenheim he has been responsible for the corporate development department since 2017, in which sustainability is a central anchor.

Stefan founded Sports for Future in 2019 and in 2023 initiated the international non-profit platform “SPORTS20” as a framework for a fully transformed sports world.

Aileen McManamon, is the Founder and Managing Partner of 5 Tool Sports Group, a certified B Corp. She also currently serves as the Board Chair of the Green Sports Alliance, a member-driven coalition of over 300 major leagues, teams, event organizers and their solutions partners, leveraging the cultural and market influence of sports to promote healthier communities where we live, work and play.

As the Chair of the Alliance, she has overseen its strategy evolution and the development of cross-sector and international alliances to accelerate industry and societal climate adaptation.

As a global thought leader in future-proofing the sports industry, Aileen works with major leagues, teams, and brands to align their revenue and partnerships with the environmental and social realities of today. 5 Tool also works with global brands to drive values-aligned, data-driven partnerships. The firm’s Sports Partner Score Card™ is an industry first due-diligence tool for assessing commercial partnership fit.

Aileen brings over 3 decades of expertise in global brand strategy and market intelligence and began her career in Europe, with FIAT and Alfa Romeo, leading their Tour de France and motorsports partnerships. After a 10-year stint in the technology sector, she returned to sport, as a General Manager in Minor League Baseball with the Oakland A’s. In 2008 she founded 5 Tool, working with the Olympic Games, FIFA Women’s World Cup, MLB, NHL, FIA, Indycar and the NFL.

She has been recognized by the UN Global Compact for her work in championing economic diversity and inclusion in sport, and named a Sports Business Journal Gamechanger for her pioneering work in socially and environmentally responsible sports management in the U.S. and abroad. 

Caroline is the Member Engagement Manager at the British Association for Sustainable Sport with extensive knowledge and experience in driving 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.

Jamie’s thirteen-year rugby career saw him captain his country on the international stage. He has played fifty-nine international sevens tournaments for Scotland and is their second highest try scorer of all time. He won Twickenham Sevens back to back in 2016 and 2017, has been to two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups and is a European Games silver medalist with Team GB. He has also played for Cambridge University in the Varsity match.

Alongside playing, Jamie is a leading voice in the sport and sustainability space. He co-wrote a letter to World Rugby demanding environmental action signed by hundreds of professional players and gaining international media attention. He then worked with his own union to galvanise sustainability action and helped set up an ESG group which baselined current activity and workshopped sustainability aims from which to write a sustainability plan. Jamie’s research at Cambridge University has focussed upon sport’s role in influencing the uptake of sustainable technology amongst fans in the transition to a net zero economy, and he has used his platform to speak about sport’s responsibility in light of the climate crisis and the positive impact it can and should be having.

He has spoken at COP28, Global Sports Week, Sport Positive, COG-X, and at the Hong Kong sustainability summit. He has also spoken on podcasts such as High Impact Athletes, Emergency on Planet Sport, the ESG engagement podcast and has co-presented an hour-long BBC radio show on sustainability at the Rugby World Cup. Jamie has picked up awards as the International Olympic Committee Sustainability Ambassador award winner, Mastercard’s Future XV of those shaping the future of rugby, and is sustainability ambassador for Scottish Rugby and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Lindita leads work on sectors engagement in climate action as part of UN Climate Change wider Global Climate Action work. She led development of both Sports for Climate Action and Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action and works closely with a variety of stakeholders to mobilise key actors and catalyse ambitious action towards decarbonisation. Before joining UN Climate Change, Lindita worked in public relations and coordinated projects promoting multi-stakeholder engagement in policy and sustainability. Lindita has an educational background in engineering, international relations and global energy & climate policy.

Hattie Park is the Sustainability Manager at Wimbledon, responsible for their Environment Positive strategy. She is an environmental sustainability specialist with fifteen years’ experience developing and delivering corporate sustainability strategies. At Wimbledon she is involved in everything from ensuring sustainability is integrated within regeneration plans for the site, to emission reporting, to delivering Championship-specific initiatives.  She joined the AELTC in February 2019 after 9 years as sustainability manager at the BBC.  

Senior Programme Coordinator, Sports for Nature, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
In her current role, Jana leads the Sports for Nature (S4N) Initiative’s Executive Team and looks after capacity building and strategic partnerships. Hosted by the IUCN, the Executive Team ensures day-to-day operations of the Initiative, including engaging Sports for Nature members in the Initiative’s activities, and helping develop sports’ capacity to champion nature.

Jana came into the role with an extensive sustainability-in-sports expertise and capacity building and project management experience having worked on sustainability, public affairs and sport diplomacy in the Olympic movement for a decade.

With over two decades of competitive basketball experience under her belt, Jana still enjoys the occasional pick-up game, but you will find her more often in the great outdoors hiking, jogging or leading yoga classes.

Julie is an experienced sustainability professional with a particular focus on challenging strategies, management and strategic social, environmental, economic and ethical advice for a wide variety of international projects. She has led teams in several offices and oversees initiatives in other areas where innovative solutions are provided to resolve particularly challenging strategies and projects. She has worked on numerous projects abroad including in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Oceania, North America, South America and the Bahamas.

Julie has facilitated workshops and been invited as a guest speaker at international conferences and has facilitated strategic meetings with government officials, NGOs and opinion formers. She works as an existing relationship manager with UN Agencies and has a thorough understanding of how societies and their institutions, economies and environments interact to influence sustainable development and the adaptability of livelihoods and communities to both environmental and political change.

Julie has a particular focus on leading the delivery of net zero strategies within highly complex environments and organisations.

Tiberio is Associate Professor in Sustainability Management at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, a public University located in Pisa, Italy. His research interests range from corporate environmental management to sustainable consumption and production, from Environmental performance and LCA to circular economy. He is author of more than 60 international publications and project manager of numerous international projects funded mainly by European Commission. At Sant’Anna University he coordinates the Sport Sustainability Management research area, focused on environmental sustainability activities applied in different sports like Football, Biathlon, Athletics, Floorball, Canoeing, Sailing.

Prince Osisiadan is a Lawyer, Engineer, and Sustainability Expert with extensive experience across mining, oil & gas, construction, finance, transport, hospitality, tourism, and sport. He has previously worked with global industry leaders, including AngloGold Ashanti and Newmont Corporation.

He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and is an alumnus of KNUST, GIMPA, the University of Twente, and the University of Cambridge.

Prince is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and the Ghana Institution of Engineering, and holds professional certifications as an ISO 14001 Lead Auditor and a Sustainability and Climate Risk Professional (GRI & GARP). He is also a GRI-certified trainer in sustainability reporting.

He is the CEO of SUCCA Africa Ltd, and serves as a Board Member (African Region) of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, a member of the International Bar Association, a Steering Committee Member for Sport20, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra.

Sonia, originally from Mexico City, holds degrees in International Relations, Development Studies, and Sustainability Studies. Between 2011 and 2016, she worked in international development and the youth climate movement, where she discovered the potential of sport for sustainable development. A lifelong athlete, she became intrigued by how alternative sports might contribute to social and environmental good. Her Msc research supported this, leading her to pursue a PhD in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management at NC State University, where her research focused on examining the link between alternative sports (including Indigenous, Native, Aboriginal, and Folk sports), prosocial and pro-environmental behaviour, and mental health.

For over 20 years, Dr. Sheila Nguyen has championed the protection of our planet through the power of sport. Her impact has been recognized globally — named the inaugural Regional Leader (Oceania) by Sport Positive, awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership by BASIS (2022), and listed among the Australian Financial Review’s Top 100 Women of Influence (2019).

As Head of Sustainability for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, she led groundbreaking initiatives to embed sustainability into one of the world’s biggest tournaments. She also co-founded the Sports Environment Alliance, uniting sport and planet leaders to protect the places where we play.

Guillermo founded and has been Director of Acting Green Forum since 2021. A specialist in marketing and sports tourism, with more than 30 years’ experience, with the concern and challenge of professionalising the sports industry mainly in the southern hemisphere and promoting the importance of sports as a platform to achieve the goals of the SDGs, and the fight against climate change working with all stakeholders from athletes to leaders.

Allen is the official Sustainability Advisor to the NBA Green program and serves as Environmental Science Advisor to the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Clippers and Major League Soccer.

Dr. Hershkowitz is widely acknowledged to have created the movement to leverage sports to promote sustainability and, as the world faces its greatest climate emergency, he serves on the Steering Committee of UNFCCC Sport for Climate Action Framework. He led the effort to create the US-based Green Sports Alliance as well as Sport and Sustainability International. He also created the environmental
program for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscars telecasts, as well as the environmental program for the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Awards. In 2022 Dr. Hershkowitz was listed by Sports Business Journal among its short list of “Executives to Know in Sports Sustainability.”

Kevin is a professor at the Department of Kinesiology of National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, R. O. C. He specialises in sports marketing, event management, and sports policy. He has been intensively involved in international multi-sport events, including the Kaohsiung World Games 2009, Taipei Deaflympics 2009, and the Taipei Universiade, and now is helping the World Master Games 2025. He and his team are also deeply passionate about environmental sustainability and committed to 
taking concrete actions to mitigate climate change.

Haruki Sawada is Executive Director of Green Sports Alliance Japan, where he focuses on advancing the role of sport in shaping a blueprint for the future and enabling communities and corporations to access sustainable solutions. His work connects creative, practical approaches with stakeholders through the power of sport. Haruki holds a degree in Economics from Kyoto University (2002) and completed the coursework for a Ph.D. in Bioresources Science at Mie University in 2024. With a background across business, academia, and sustainability practice, he builds cross-sector strategies that link sport with climate resilience and social wellbeing.  

Stefan is Managing Director at Wagner – office for CSR, marketing and communications and Marketing Initiator and 1 st Chairman of Sports for Future e.V.

After studying economics, holding positions at the T-Mobile Team (cycling) and HSV (Bundesliga Club Hamburg) as well as the HSV foundation “Der Hamburger Weg”, Stefan trained as a CSR manager and has since focused on strategy development and advice on the topic of sustainability. Stefan works with companies in the district of Vechta and in sports for Darmstadt 98, the Climate Arena, Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Osnabrück, the German Ice Hockey League, Adler Mannheim and the German Football Association, among others.

At TSG Hoffenheim he has been responsible for the corporate development department since 2017, in which sustainability is a central anchor.

Stefan founded Sports for Future in 2019 and in 2023 initiated the international non-profit platform “SPORTS20” as a framework for a fully transformed sports world.

Aileen McManamon, is the Founder and Managing Partner of 5 Tool Sports Group, a certified B Corp. She also currently serves as the Board Chair of the Green Sports Alliance, a member-driven coalition of over 300 major leagues, teams, event organizers and their solutions partners, leveraging the cultural and market influence of sports to promote healthier communities where we live, work and play.

As the Chair of the Alliance, she has overseen its strategy evolution and the development of cross-sector and international alliances to accelerate industry and societal climate adaptation.

As a global thought leader in future-proofing the sports industry, Aileen works with major leagues, teams, and brands to align their revenue and partnerships with the environmental and social realities of today. 5 Tool also works with global brands to drive values-aligned, data-driven partnerships. The firm’s Sports Partner Score Card™ is an industry first due-diligence tool for assessing commercial partnership fit.

Aileen brings over 3 decades of expertise in global brand strategy and market intelligence and began her career in Europe, with FIAT and Alfa Romeo, leading their Tour de France and motorsports partnerships. After a 10-year stint in the technology sector, she returned to sport, as a General Manager in Minor League Baseball with the Oakland A’s. In 2008 she founded 5 Tool, working with the Olympic Games, FIFA Women’s World Cup, MLB, NHL, FIA, Indycar and the NFL.

She has been recognized by the UN Global Compact for her work in championing economic diversity and inclusion in sport, and named a Sports Business Journal Gamechanger for her pioneering work in socially and environmentally responsible sports management in the U.S. and abroad. 

Caroline is the Member Engagement Manager at the British Association for Sustainable Sport with extensive knowledge and experience in driving 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.

Jamie’s thirteen-year rugby career saw him captain his country on the international stage. He has played fifty-nine international sevens tournaments for Scotland and is their second highest try scorer of all time. He won Twickenham Sevens back to back in 2016 and 2017, has been to two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups and is a European Games silver medalist with Team GB. He has also played for Cambridge University in the Varsity match.

Alongside playing, Jamie is a leading voice in the sport and sustainability space. He co-wrote a letter to World Rugby demanding environmental action signed by hundreds of professional players and gaining international media attention. He then worked with his own union to galvanise sustainability action and helped set up an ESG group which baselined current activity and workshopped sustainability aims from which to write a sustainability plan. Jamie’s research at Cambridge University has focussed upon sport’s role in influencing the uptake of sustainable technology amongst fans in the transition to a net zero economy, and he has used his platform to speak about sport’s responsibility in light of the climate crisis and the positive impact it can and should be having.

He has spoken at COP28, Global Sports Week, Sport Positive, COG-X, and at the Hong Kong sustainability summit. He has also spoken on podcasts such as High Impact Athletes, Emergency on Planet Sport, the ESG engagement podcast and has co-presented an hour-long BBC radio show on sustainability at the Rugby World Cup. Jamie has picked up awards as the International Olympic Committee Sustainability Ambassador award winner, Mastercard’s Future XV of those shaping the future of rugby, and is sustainability ambassador for Scottish Rugby and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Lindita leads work on sectors engagement in climate action as part of UN Climate Change wider Global Climate Action work. She led development of both Sports for Climate Action and Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action and works closely with a variety of stakeholders to mobilise key actors and catalyse ambitious action towards decarbonisation. Before joining UN Climate Change, Lindita worked in public relations and coordinated projects promoting multi-stakeholder engagement in policy and sustainability. Lindita has an educational background in engineering, international relations and global energy & climate policy.

Hattie Park is the Sustainability Manager at Wimbledon, responsible for their Environment Positive strategy. She is an environmental sustainability specialist with fifteen years’ experience developing and delivering corporate sustainability strategies. At Wimbledon she is involved in everything from ensuring sustainability is integrated within regeneration plans for the site, to emission reporting, to delivering Championship-specific initiatives.  She joined the AELTC in February 2019 after 9 years as sustainability manager at the BBC.  

Senior Programme Coordinator, Sports for Nature, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
In her current role, Jana leads the Sports for Nature (S4N) Initiative’s Executive Team and looks after capacity building and strategic partnerships. Hosted by the IUCN, the Executive Team ensures day-to-day operations of the Initiative, including engaging Sports for Nature members in the Initiative’s activities, and helping develop sports’ capacity to champion nature.

Jana came into the role with an extensive sustainability-in-sports expertise and capacity building and project management experience having worked on sustainability, public affairs and sport diplomacy in the Olympic movement for a decade.

With over two decades of competitive basketball experience under her belt, Jana still enjoys the occasional pick-up game, but you will find her more often in the great outdoors hiking, jogging or leading yoga classes.

Julie is an experienced sustainability professional with a particular focus on challenging strategies, management and strategic social, environmental, economic and ethical advice for a wide variety of international projects. She has led teams in several offices and oversees initiatives in other areas where innovative solutions are provided to resolve particularly challenging strategies and projects. She has worked on numerous projects abroad including in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Oceania, North America, South America and the Bahamas.

Julie has facilitated workshops and been invited as a guest speaker at international conferences and has facilitated strategic meetings with government officials, NGOs and opinion formers. She works as an existing relationship manager with UN Agencies and has a thorough understanding of how societies and their institutions, economies and environments interact to influence sustainable development and the adaptability of livelihoods and communities to both environmental and political change.

Julie has a particular focus on leading the delivery of net zero strategies within highly complex environments and organisations.

Tiberio is Associate Professor in Sustainability Management at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, a public University located in Pisa, Italy. His research interests range from corporate environmental management to sustainable consumption and production, from Environmental performance and LCA to circular economy. He is author of more than 60 international publications and project manager of numerous international projects funded mainly by European Commission. At Sant’Anna University he coordinates the Sport Sustainability Management research area, focused on environmental sustainability activities applied in different sports like Football, Biathlon, Athletics, Floorball, Canoeing, Sailing.

Prince Osisiadan is a Lawyer, Engineer, and Sustainability Expert with extensive experience across mining, oil & gas, construction, finance, transport, hospitality, tourism, and sport. He has previously worked with global industry leaders, including AngloGold Ashanti and Newmont Corporation.

He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and is an alumnus of KNUST, GIMPA, the University of Twente, and the University of Cambridge.

Prince is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and the Ghana Institution of Engineering, and holds professional certifications as an ISO 14001 Lead Auditor and a Sustainability and Climate Risk Professional (GRI & GARP). He is also a GRI-certified trainer in sustainability reporting.

He is the CEO of SUCCA Africa Ltd, and serves as a Board Member (African Region) of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, a member of the International Bar Association, a Steering Committee Member for Sport20, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra.

Sonia, originally from Mexico City, holds degrees in International Relations, Development Studies, and Sustainability Studies. Between 2011 and 2016, she worked in international development and the youth climate movement, where she discovered the potential of sport for sustainable development. A lifelong athlete, she became intrigued by how alternative sports might contribute to social and environmental good. Her Msc research supported this, leading her to pursue a PhD in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management at NC State University, where her research focused on examining the link between alternative sports (including Indigenous, Native, Aboriginal, and Folk sports), prosocial and pro-environmental behaviour, and mental health.

For over 20 years, Dr. Sheila Nguyen has championed the protection of our planet through the power of sport. Her impact has been recognized globally — named the inaugural Regional Leader (Oceania) by Sport Positive, awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership by BASIS (2022), and listed among the Australian Financial Review’s Top 100 Women of Influence (2019).

As Head of Sustainability for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, she led groundbreaking initiatives to embed sustainability into one of the world’s biggest tournaments. She also co-founded the Sports Environment Alliance, uniting sport and planet leaders to protect the places where we play.

Guillermo founded and has been Director of Acting Green Forum since 2021. A specialist in marketing and sports tourism, with more than 30 years’ experience, with the concern and challenge of professionalising the sports industry mainly in the southern hemisphere and promoting the importance of sports as a platform to achieve the goals of the SDGs, and the fight against climate change working with all stakeholders from athletes to leaders.

Allen is the official Sustainability Advisor to the NBA Green program and serves as Environmental Science Advisor to the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Clippers and Major League Soccer.

Dr. Hershkowitz is widely acknowledged to have created the movement to leverage sports to promote sustainability and, as the world faces its greatest climate emergency, he serves on the Steering Committee of UNFCCC Sport for Climate Action Framework. He led the effort to create the US-based Green Sports Alliance as well as Sport and Sustainability International. He also created the environmental
program for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscars telecasts, as well as the environmental program for the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Awards. In 2022 Dr. Hershkowitz was listed by Sports Business Journal among its short list of “Executives to Know in Sports Sustainability.”

Kevin is a professor at the Department of Kinesiology of National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, R. O. C. He specialises in sports marketing, event management, and sports policy. He has been intensively involved in international multi-sport events, including the Kaohsiung World Games 2009, Taipei Deaflympics 2009, and the Taipei Universiade, and now is helping the World Master Games 2025. He and his team are also deeply passionate about environmental sustainability and committed to 
taking concrete actions to mitigate climate change.

Haruki Sawada is Executive Director of Green Sports Alliance Japan, where he focuses on advancing the role of sport in shaping a blueprint for the future and enabling communities and corporations to access sustainable solutions. His work connects creative, practical approaches with stakeholders through the power of sport. Haruki holds a degree in Economics from Kyoto University (2002) and completed the coursework for a Ph.D. in Bioresources Science at Mie University in 2024. With a background across business, academia, and sustainability practice, he builds cross-sector strategies that link sport with climate resilience and social wellbeing.  

Stefan is Managing Director at Wagner – office for CSR, marketing and communications and Marketing Initiator and 1 st Chairman of Sports for Future e.V.

After studying economics, holding positions at the T-Mobile Team (cycling) and HSV (Bundesliga Club Hamburg) as well as the HSV foundation “Der Hamburger Weg”, Stefan trained as a CSR manager and has since focused on strategy development and advice on the topic of sustainability. Stefan works with companies in the district of Vechta and in sports for Darmstadt 98, the Climate Arena, Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Osnabrück, the German Ice Hockey League, Adler Mannheim and the German Football Association, among others.

At TSG Hoffenheim he has been responsible for the corporate development department since 2017, in which sustainability is a central anchor.

Stefan founded Sports for Future in 2019 and in 2023 initiated the international non-profit platform “SPORTS20” as a framework for a fully transformed sports world.

Aileen McManamon, is the Founder and Managing Partner of 5 Tool Sports Group, a certified B Corp. She also currently serves as the Board Chair of the Green Sports Alliance, a member-driven coalition of over 300 major leagues, teams, event organizers and their solutions partners, leveraging the cultural and market influence of sports to promote healthier communities where we live, work and play.

As the Chair of the Alliance, she has overseen its strategy evolution and the development of cross-sector and international alliances to accelerate industry and societal climate adaptation.

As a global thought leader in future-proofing the sports industry, Aileen works with major leagues, teams, and brands to align their revenue and partnerships with the environmental and social realities of today. 5 Tool also works with global brands to drive values-aligned, data-driven partnerships. The firm’s Sports Partner Score Card™ is an industry first due-diligence tool for assessing commercial partnership fit.

Aileen brings over 3 decades of expertise in global brand strategy and market intelligence and began her career in Europe, with FIAT and Alfa Romeo, leading their Tour de France and motorsports partnerships. After a 10-year stint in the technology sector, she returned to sport, as a General Manager in Minor League Baseball with the Oakland A’s. In 2008 she founded 5 Tool, working with the Olympic Games, FIFA Women’s World Cup, MLB, NHL, FIA, Indycar and the NFL.

She has been recognized by the UN Global Compact for her work in championing economic diversity and inclusion in sport, and named a Sports Business Journal Gamechanger for her pioneering work in socially and environmentally responsible sports management in the U.S. and abroad.