CIMSPA - Key Persons
Adrian is a CFO who specialises in scaling growth businesses across the Consumer, Tech and Media sectors. With over 20 years' experience in Finance he is currently advising several fast growth businesses on their funding, growth strategies and business planning. Adrian is keen to bring this experience to help support CIMSPA's growth plans and help implement its ambitious plans for its National Skills Academy.
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- Education Officer - Sports Governing and Member Bodies
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- Industry Policy and Development Coordinator
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- Regional Partnerships Manager
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- Member of the Appointed CIMSPA Board Trustee, Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee
- Member of Committee
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- Marketing and Communications Manager
- Marketing and Communications
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- Head of Workforce Policy and External Affairs
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- Membership Services Manager
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- Strategy Consultant and Health Expert
Elena is a Strategy Consultant and Health Expert working for a global management consultancy in the sport and physical activity sector. She leads the organisations' Health Practice which supports clients to better understand and harness the benefits of physical activity on population health.
She is passionate about supporting the next generation of young people to have better access to sport and physical activity, and to further their education and careers in the industry.
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- Chartered Membership Lead
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- People and HR Admin Officer
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- Interim Head of Governance and Compliance
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- Membership Services Officer
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- Membership Services Officer
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- Head of People and Culture
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- Marketing and Communications Specialist
Joelle is a marketing and communications specialist, currently Chief Marketing Officer at myHealthSpecialist.com. Having worked across leisure, sport and healthcare for 20 years, she is passionate about implementing strategies that benefit the health and wellbeing of the people.
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- Appointed CIMSPA Board Trustee and Chair of the Disciplinary Committee
- Member of Committee
Jon has over 35 years experience in sports and leisure management starting his career as a leisure assistant and working through various roles including Chief Executive. He is a member of the Moving Communities Board and has previously been a Director of CLUK and Chairman of Social Enterprise West Midlands. Jon has a professional Doctorate from the University of Birmingham and an MBA. He lives in Herefordshire with his family. Additional responsibilities with CIMSPA Chair of the Professional Development Board
Jon is currently leading brand partnerships and marketing strategy for McLaren Racing. Prior to this he spent 9-years working with Fuse, Omnicom Media Group's Sports & Entertainment marketing agency. Most recently he led Fuse's business in Asia-Pacific, prior to which he was director of strategy in EMEA working with clients such as Renault, Vodafone, Volkswagen, HSBC, Johnnie Walker and Carlsberg.
Jon has also authored a book on the future impact of technology on sport; Merge Sport.
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- Education Manager - Endorsement
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- Membership Services Officer
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- Director of Finance and Operations
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- Board and Committee Coordinator
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- Chairman of the Membership Committee
- Appointed CIMSPA Board Trustee and Chair of the Membership Committee
- Member of Both the School Board
Manos was appointed to the board in May 2018. He is the Chief Operating Officer at Saïd Business School and works closely with the Dean and the Board to shape and deliver the School's strategic direction. He leads the School's non-academic operations and the professional services which support the broad range of teaching, research and global facing activities of the Business School.
Manos is a member of both the School Board and the executive leadership team.
Before joining Saïd Business School, Manos had a 20-year career at Pearson, the world's leading learning company where he held senior commercial, operational and transformation roles working in the UK and Internationally across the examination and publishing sides of the business.
He is passionate about the power of education and life-long learning in unlocking personal and professional growth.
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- Board Advisor
- Chairman of the Nominations Committee
- Board Trustee Chair and Chair of the Nominations Committee
- Member of Committee
Marc Woods is a board advisor and gold medal winning Paralympian who has created and delivered leadership, behavioural and communication strategies and development programmes for a range of organisations working with senior executives in 32 different countries and 100 different nationalities. Marc's background is integral to his helping organisations perform to the best of their ability, in an ever-disruptive world. He competed internationally as a swimmer for 17 years, winning 12 medals from five Paralympic Games. Over time he became recognised for his ability to get the best from himself and the teams he was part of. Particularly interested in the attributes, behaviours and values that individuals bring to organisations to balance ‘positive disruption' and ‘fit', he is co-author of Beyond the Call and the Coomber-Woods Discretionary Effort tool.
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- Partnerships Co - Ordinator
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- Membership Experience Manager
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- Membership Services Officer
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- Partnerships Data Officer
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- Marketing and Communications Coordinator
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- Commercial Services Director
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- Head of Insight & Business Transformation
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- Communications and PR Executive
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- Skills Hub Manager - Wales
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- Partner
- Member of Committee
Rowena Samarasinhe is a Partner at niche sports, media and entertainment law firm Level. She is also Managing Director of GEN Sport, a full-service agency focusing on the provision of affordable and accessible legal and commercial consultancy services to organisations within the sports and physical activity sector.
She has an MBA in international sports management with over 12 years of dedicated experience in the sports industry - in football initially and then in athletics and other Olympic sports. In 2018, Legal 500 included Rowena in their "General Counsel Powerlist" recognising the most influential and innovative in-house lawyers around the world.
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- Head of Strategic Alignment
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- Partnerships Engagement Officer
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- Regional Partnerships Manager