Celebrating women who
blazed a sporting trail

The sport practice at PSD has an outstanding track record of delivering high profile executive search and recruitment assignments for a wide range of sports businesses across the globe.

Serving business customers in more than 100 countries, we’re the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content.

With over 40 years’ experience, Getty Images’ sports pedigree is second-to-none. Our award-winning photographers capture the action and emotion of top-flight sport from all over the world, covering 20,000+ events each year. These include the world’s largest and most prestigious sport tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and, as official Photographic Agency of the International Olympic Committee, both Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Coutts is a private bank and a wealth manager with three centuries of experience in the management of the banking requirements of our clients, many of whom have represented the great, the good and the successful, and all of whom have appreciated the fact that they are dealing with expert bankers who have always been there to provide them with objective and practical advice.

We are very grateful for the support of the team at Crowe LLP, experts in providing expert advice in audit, tax and advisory services to charities, not for profit, corporate business, professional practice, pension funds and private clients.

Their network extends to 167 accountancy firms in 109 countries, all driven by partner involvement and a focus on relationship. Podge events is one of their clients as are several of the Sports Podge guests.

POWA index is the world’s first real time, dynamic, sport sponsorship analysis software. Our team of data scientists incorporate both traditional media and every relevant digital data stream, from social media to search to even the weather (!), in one easy to use dashboard, indexed visually in League table format, by Sport, Territory or Sector. Enabling you to make sense of Sport sponsorship valuations. We understand rights holders need to maximise the value from sponsors, and brands need to identify the right sponsorship and to amplify the effectiveness of their investment.

Sports provide diverse value and play a vital role in helping people to lead a prosperous and comfortable lifestyle. Mizuno not only supports sporting activities by offering better sporting goods but also develops products and services that make the most of the value of sports and actively spread that in daily life.

A leading global digital infrastructure provider with a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global network to deliver managed solutions to over 67% of the Fortune 500 companies.
Tata Communications owns and operates the world’s largest fibre optic cable network. They’re also powering businesses large and small, delivering services including everything from networking, unified communications, and media services to cloud computing, and network security. Reaching 99.7% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product of goods and services, Tata Communications enables faster and more efficient economic development and cross cultural communication and understanding throughout the world.

Tealium revolutionises today’s digital businesses with a universal approach to customer data orchestration – spanning web, mobile, offline, and IoT devices. The Tealium Universal Data Hub enables organisations to leverage real-time data to create richer, more personalized digital experiences across every team, technology, and customer touchpoint.

Pinsent Masons is a full service law firm which assists clients around the globe. The firm has more than 1,000 lawyers and offices in major cities worldwide including Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. They have built a strong reputation as being one of the UK's leading firms of lawyers to the sports and stadia sector and their highly specialist and multi-disciplinary sports team has extensive experience in providing relevant and concise advice which is easily interpreted and implemented. They are able to anticipate issues and opportunities, and manage them to achieve the maximum benefit for our clients.

CSM Live create and deliver award-winning brand and live experiences around the world. In sport they create the look and feel of the event, brand venues and often the wider host cities. They have delivered the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Ryder Cup, Glasgow 2014 and Formula E. In the corporate and public sectors they have regenerated public areas, provided temporary and permanent branding and fit outs, and organised company events, exhibitions and conferences.

Dave Marrable and Dave Hallam at Hub London always do a fantastic job in record-breaking time on our print collateral. The Hub London bring together decades of experience they provide a unique total print/media solution for clients and have been the official print partner of Sports Podge since the first one at Langan’s in 2006.

Tommy is a London based digital creative agency. We work with agencies, brands, companies and individuals alike. We believe in developing strategies to acquire and grow customers through rich, valuable digital experiences underpinned by technical excellence.

Start is a leading brand, retail and digital design consultancy. They are agents of change, consulting with brands to help them adjust to the evolving needs of their customers, and designing brand journeys that combine physical, digital and human interactions. Using specialist expertise in environmental, technological, communication and behavioural design, Start employs proven, bespoke methods to efficiently meet the needs of customers across brand, digital and retail experiences. Start believes in simplicity, relevance and brilliance, and through these principles designs new brand platforms that deliver extraordinary value for clients, and their customers.