Vivienne has over 15 years of experience working across corporate, public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors working at a senior level in HR, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion throughout her career. Vivienne is Non-Executive Director of Football at the London FA and since 2013, Vivienne has held the position of Chair of the Footballer’s Anti-Discrimination Disciplinary Panel for the FA. Recently became Arbitration and Mediation Panel Member for The Sports Resolution. She is currently an Advisor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Senior Leadership team, has held the position of Chair and Co-Ordinator of the CIPD Diversity and Inclusion Special Interest Group, and, Co-Chair of BAME Challenge by the House of Commons and Inclusive Employers. A public speaker and judge for events and experience of sitting on numerous committees and she’s also a member of Women in Football and has a keen interest and expertise in the sport.

Phil is one of the longest serving and highly respected CEO’s in the game having served 24 years at Crystal Palace FC. Phil is also a member of the FA Council, representing the Premier League and sits on the FA’s Professional Game Board.

In his past he played professional football for Norwich City and was the placekicker for the London Monarchs American Football team, winning the World Bowl at Wembley in 1991.

Dave Baldwin is the Chief Executive Officer of Premier League side Burnley Football Club

He previously held the same position with hometown club Bradford City.

On the pitch, the Bantams enjoyed great success during Dave’s time in office. In 2013, Bradford became the first club from the bottom division since 1962 to reach the League Cup final and then later that season returned to Wembley to win promotion to League One via the play-offs.

Since moving to Burnley – initially in November, 2014 before taking over as CEO in May, 2015 – Dave has overseen the day-to-day operation of a club that won the Championship title in 2016 and has since established itself in the Premier League, increasing turnover to in excess of £100m a year as one of the most sustainably-run clubs in English football.

Maintaining his links with Bradford, Dave is also chair of the Bradford Economic Partnership, leading a drive to increase Bradford’s economy by £4billion and get 20,000 more people into work over the next 12 years.

Paul Barber joined the board of Brighton & Hove Albion FC as Chief Executive in June 2012.

Previously, Paul became the first British football executive to lead a team in to Major League Soccer when Vancouver Whitecaps FC entered the league in March 2011. He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps from Tottenham Hotspur FC, where he was the Club’s Executive Director for 5 years.

In addition to 14 years working in professional football, Paul has held senior positions in major international companies such as Barclays Bank PLC, where he was a member of the retail board, Ogilvy & Mather, the US-based advertising and communications group, where he was Chief Executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Abbey National PLC, now part of Santander, the Spanish banking group.

Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale is one of the most prominent and respected women in sport, and the first female Director to be appointed to Everton’s Board.

Previously Everton’s Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO, Denise restructured the Club’s top-level operations on becoming Chief Executive in June 2018, a process that led to the appointments of Marcel Brands and Marco Silva as Director of Football and Manager respectively, the creation of the Club’s first Executive Leadership Team, and a move to new headquarters at the iconic Royal Liver Building on Liverpool’s waterfront.

Denise is currently leading the Club’s proposed move to a brand-new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and a visionary community-led legacy project for Goodison Park.

Initially arriving at the Football Club in January 2010, Denise developed and led a transformation strategy for the club’s charity Everton in the Community. Under her stewardship, Everton in the Community became a globally-recognised leader among football club community programmes, winning more than 100 local, national and international awards and being awarded multi-million-pound contracts and grants to deliver life-changing and life-enhancing community initiatives. Everton became the first Premier League football club to receive government approval for and then open a Free School.

Denise has appeared on the Top 50 Northern Power List, and was invited to attend a global conference for ‘Faith and Sport’ held at the Vatican. Denise became only the second ever recipient of the ‘Lifetime Role Model Award’ at the Football Is More Conference in Switzerland.

A longstanding advocate of sport and inclusive sport, Denise serves as Chair for the Special Olympics GB Summer Games 2021 bid panel. Previously Denise has served as a board member for Sport England, Deputy Chair to the Liverpool Commonwealth Games Advisory Board and acted as a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairperson of British Canoeing.

Dave Baldwin is the Chief Executive Officer of Premier League side Burnley Football Club

He previously held the same position with hometown club Bradford City.

On the pitch, the Bantams enjoyed great success during Dave’s time in office. In 2013, Bradford became the first club from the bottom division since 1962 to reach the League Cup final and then later that season returned to Wembley to win promotion to League One via the play-offs.

Since moving to Burnley – initially in November, 2014 before taking over as CEO in May, 2015 – Dave has overseen the day-to-day operation of a club that won the Championship title in 2016 and has since established itself in the Premier League, increasing turnover to in excess of £100m a year as one of the most sustainably-run clubs in English football.

Maintaining his links with Bradford, Dave is also chair of the Bradford Economic Partnership, leading a drive to increase Bradford’s economy by £4billion and get 20,000 more people into work over the next 12 years.

Paul Barber joined the board of Brighton & Hove Albion FC as Chief Executive in June 2012.

Previously, Paul became the first British football executive to lead a team in to Major League Soccer when Vancouver Whitecaps FC entered the league in March 2011. He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps from Tottenham Hotspur FC, where he was the Club’s Executive Director for 5 years.

In addition to 14 years working in professional football, Paul has held senior positions in major international companies such as Barclays Bank PLC, where he was a member of the retail board, Ogilvy & Mather, the US-based advertising and communications group, where he was Chief Executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Abbey National PLC, now part of Santander, the Spanish banking group.