Steve Cram, Chair of the Sportnation Panel
Chairman of the English Institute of Sport, Steve was the first man to run under three minutes and 30 seconds for the 1500 metres. He set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the mile, within 19 days in the summer of 1985. Steve combines his role as chairman of the EIS with work as a broadcaster with the BBC.

Tim Lamb, Vice Chair of the Sportnation Panel
Tim is Chief Executive of the CCPR (Central Council for Physical Recreation), an independent umbrella organisation for national governing and representative bodies of sport in the UK. Prior to this Tim was Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for eight years between 1997 and 2004.

Charlie Beauchamp
Charlie is founder of Access Sport, a charity which aims to increase youth participation at community sports clubs and in doing so tackle the issue of childhood obesity. Charlie has over 14 years experience in managing sponsorship programmes for sponsors of UEFA Champions League, FA Premier League, British Athletics & the British Lions.

Richard Caborn MP
Richard has been Labour MP for Sheffield Central since 1983. Until June 2007 Richard was the longest serving Sports Minister within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Richard has been appointed as Gordon Brown’s ambassador for a possible 2018 World Cup bid.

Chad Lion-Cachet
Chad is Chief Executive of Sportsworld, one of the world's leading providers of hospitality and travel based events. Sportsworld specialises in both arranging hospitality at established sporting events and creating more 'bespoke' events for its clients.

Jon Callard
Jon Callard was appointed Kicking Coach for the senior England Rugby team at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where the team made the finals. Jon is also a coach at the Rugby Football Union’s National Academy. Jon formerly played rugby union at full back for both Bath and England.

Myles Downey
Myles is Director of Studies at The School of Coaching in the UK, which he established in 1997 in association with The Work Foundation with the aim of developing coaches who can transform the performance of individuals and teams within organisations. Myles is author of Effective Coaching published in June 1999.

Patrick Duffy
Patrick is CEO of Sportscoach UK, the leading organisation dedicated to the development and implementation of coaches and coaching throughout the UK. Patrick has also been Director of the National Coaching and Training Centre (NCTC), since 1994. Prior to this, Patrick was a Lecturer at Thomond College of Education, Limerick and a teacher of physical education at St Declan’s College, Cabra, Dublin.

John Hicks
John is Head of coaching at the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), the world’s longest established sportsmen’s union. The PFA’s coaching department prepares its members for a secondary career within football, possibly within coaching or management.

Pinda Jagdev
Director of PE/Sports at Langdon School, a Sports College in East London since 1998, Pinda has led the formulation of successful bids for Sports College status, School Sports Co-ordinators and Training School. Pinda participated in the Education and Young People’s committee of the Lawn Tennis Association, the Board of Legacy Olympic Committee, and was the Youth Leader for the Young Ambassadors group who went to Singapore to support the successful 2012 Bid.

Dr Rod Jacques
Rod is Director of Medical Services at the English Institute of Sport and has been a Sports Physician for the last 16 years. Rod attended the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games with Team Great Britain and has been Medical officer to the British Triathlon team since 1990.

Fiona Neale
Fiona was Silver medalist in the 100-metre backstroke at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Fiona now acts as an advocate for disabled people to get more involved at all levels of sport. Fiona’s role involves close liaison with the English Federation of Disability Sport, Youth Sport Trust as well as working with disabled children and teachers on inclusion strategies in PE.

Stephen Neilson
Stephen is Chairman of both the British Handball Association (BHA) and the Scottish Handball Association and represents the sport on the National Olympic Committee. He has been involved with handball for 25 years, the last two year focusing on developing a fully established programme for the 2012 Olympic Games, which will be based between Sheffield and Denmark.

Hope Powell
Hope was appointed the first ever full-time National Coach of the women’s England senior football team in June1998, and took the England team to the Women’s World Cup quarter finals in China this summer. Hope is a fully qualified ‘A’ License coach and in 2003 became the first woman to achieve the UEFA Pro License - the highest coaching award available.

Micky Stewart
Micky is a former England cricketer and played first class cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club and eight Test matches for England national cricket team. Micky subsequently served as cricket manager of Surrey (1979 – 1986), England (1986 – 1992) and was Director of Coaching for the England and Wales Cricket Boards (1992 – 1997).