Best pitch presenter you’ve ever seen:

Brad Jansen – purely for quoting MC Hammer with a straight face in a pretty big pitch (we won)

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Best sports marketing campaign (that wasn’t yours):

Beats by Dre Hear What You Want

 

Best agency (that isn’t yours):

Loads of great agencies, but we’re working with Demain Conseil at the moment and they’ve been awesome

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Best young industry talent:

Aside from my current team, Charlie Wright and Anna Afolabi are ones to watch

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Best sporting event attended:

The Great North Run – so much support all the way round the course. (The FIFA World Cup in South Africa was pretty cool too)

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Best sporting event on TV:

Formula E obviously, closely followed by the Olympics

 

Best brand ambassador: Danny MacAskill – Red Bull

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Best industry event or conference:

All the usual ones are great, but in terms of real learnings, I’m part of a cross sport Strategic Insight Group, which is fast becoming my favourite thing 

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Best film containing a scene depicting the sports business:

Jerry Maguire for the madness, Cool Runnings for the emotion

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Best bar or pub: I love The Alex in Wimbledon

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Best restaurant: La Merenda in Nice

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Best holiday resort:

Pongwe, Zanzibar is stunning, but the happiest of times in the South of France

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Best box set:

I don’t really do box sets, but have just started Killing Eve

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Best influence on your career:

Paul Downward at Loughborough Uni – supervised my PhD and always pushed me to think differently

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