Sports, leisure, & health | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Sports, leisure, & health

  • Dr Matt Kearney

    Dr Matt Kearney is a General Practitioner and is the National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. In this role, he is leading work to help the NHS ‘get more serious about prevention’ of heart attacks, strokes and dementia by improving our performance in diagnosing and treating high-risk conditions like high blood pressure, raised cholesterol […]

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  • Professor Eileen Kaner

    I am a behavioural scientist and Professor of Public Health and Primary Care Research at Newcastle University. My research aims to improve health and well-being via the development of brief interventions to reduce risk due to alcohol, substance use and linked mental health problems. My work crosses the life-course and focuses on tackling social inequalities. […]

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  • Parisha Kanani

    Parisha joined Octopus in March 2018 as Group General Counsel and Head of Company Secretariat with responsibility and oversight for legal, regulatory and governance risk matters across its various divisions and group companies including financial services, property, healthcare and fintech. Parisha is also appointed as Company Secretary to Octopus Titan VCT, plc, the UK’s largest […]

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  • John Kampfner

    John Kampfner is a long-standing author, broadcaster, commentator and cultural entrepreneur. He established the Creative Industries Federation to much acclaim in November 2014, providing a single voice to all the UK’s creative sector. He led the organisation for four and a half years, putting the sector at the heart of political, economic and social decision-making […]

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  • Matt Jukes QPM

    Matt Jukes was appointed Chief Constable of South Wales Police in January 2018. Matt joined South Yorkshire Police in 1995 as a police constable on the streets of Sheffield, soon after being commended for his tenacity and courage in the arrest of a suspect following a post office robbery. Between 1997 and 2006, Matt went […]

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  • David Joseph

    David Joseph joined Universal Music in 1998 as general manager of the company’s Polydor label before moving up in 2002 to become managing director and later co-President of Polydor. In March 2008, he was promoted to Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK. Universal Music UK includes the labels Capitol, Decca, Island and Virgin EMI […]

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  • Danny Jones

    Danny Jones is best known for being one-quarter of the multiplatinum British pop rock group McFly, but the Bolton-born artist has also established himself as one of today’s premiere songwriters and producers. Jones’ genre-bending style incorporates elements of dance and hip-hop into the more traditional guitar-heavy pop rock sound that made him famous, and he […]

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  • Portrait of Liz Jolly

    Liz Jolly

    Liz Jolly has been Chief Librarian at the British Library since September 2018. She is responsible for teams delivering core activities such as collection development; services for researchers, learners, businesses and entrepreneurs; research strategy and digital scholarship; an extensive cultural programme of exhibitions, events, and the Library’s online presence. Liz has over twenty years’ experience […]

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  • Portrait of Julian Jessop

    Julian Jessop

    Julian is an independent economist with over thirty years of professional experience gained in the public sector, the City and consultancy, including senior positions at HM Treasury, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank. He appears regularly in the media and is well known around both Whitehall and Westminster. Most recently, Julian was Chief Economist at the […]

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  • Portrait of Andrew Jenkins

    Andrew Jenkins

    After graduating in Environmental Science, Andrew worked in product and packaging design management and development for several major manufacturing and retailing organisations including the Storehouse Group. Since joining Walgreens Boots Alliance his work has evolved from implementing processes to meet international environmental regulations to introducing and embedding a culture of holistic thinking on sustainability in […]

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