Guest Speakers

Rishi has become a popular and recognisable sports broadcaster in the UK after representing a number of major television companies including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 during a career that first began in May 2002. He has appeared at some of the most high-profile events around the world covering golf, cricket, snooker, tennis and has represented the BBC at the last five Olympic Games. However horseracing has always been where his heart is and he remains an integral member of the talent teams at both ITV Racing and Racing TV. Rishi is also a Trustee of the Racing Foundation.

Tansy Challis has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Racing Foundation since 2023 having previously worked as Head of Grants and Programmes. Challis has over 18 years of experience working in the charity sector, including four years at the Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust in Cambridge and six years as Head of Fundraising at Racing Welfare. In her conference introduction, Challis will contextualise the importance of industry collaboration to secure and maintain horseracing’s social licence to operate.

Stu Rowson is a leading expert in helping sports and media organisations grow their reach and impact with Children and younger audiences.

With more than a decade of experience at the BBC in senior roles across BBC Sport, BBC News and Children’s, he led record-breaking growth across digital and social media platforms - from Newsround, to CBeebies Bedtime Stories and Children’s iPlayer.

As the founder of Lucky Socks media, Stu advises some of the world’s leading sports and media organisations on their approach to engaging the next generation, from ages 0-6 through to young adults and families.

In the past twelve months he has worked with UEFA, BBC News, the RFU, the R&A, FIFA and a range of sporting bodies - delivering everything from strategic consultancy to content and platform guidance and content production. He’s also a published children’s author.