Caroline Rowland

Founder, Egoli Media (Formerly Founder and CEO of New Moon)

Best pitch presenter you’ve ever seen

Lord Sebastian Coe

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Best sports marketing campaign (that wasn’t yours)  Sport England, This Girl Can

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Best agency (that isn’t yours) 

That’s really tough. Great work is really the hero rather than the agency engaged to create it

Best young industry talent – I just have to give a shout out to every one of my young team in the Egoli London Office. They are proving that their generation can take on the world with professionalism, enthusiasm and compassion.

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Best sporting event attended  London 2012 Olympic Games

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Best sporting event on TV  Wimbledon (also best annual live event!)

Best industry event or conference

SportsPodge

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Best film containing a scene depicting the sports business

Moneyball

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Best book recommendation Daemon Voices : On Stories and Storytelling by Phillip Pullman

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Best bar or pub

Bar is Bulgari, Milan (best Negroni in the world, by some margin), Pub is Bull’s Head in Barnes (excellent organic dog treats!)

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Best restaurant

Riva in Barnes

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Best holiday resort

Zermatt

Best box set - Billions

Best influence on your career

Being a woman in a male-dominated sector

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Best dinner companions (min 4, max 6)  Michael Johnson, Martina Navratilova, Jack Whitehall, Esther Perel and posthumously, Nelson Mandela and Arnold Palmer

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Best job in the sports biz

Mine!!

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Best professional regret

Not accepting more corporate golf day invitations

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Best skill you most covet

Throwing a ball!

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Best trait you admire in others Vicissitude (I have a hard time changing my mind once an idea takes hold, but I’m working on that!!)

Best overrated virtue

Patience

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Best ambition

Paying it forward with the resources to really make a difference

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Best brand ambassador

Roger Federer