Dominic has over three decades of experience in senior management, working within diverse, dynamic, challenging environments within the sports, events, leisure, entertainment, hospitality, food & beverage and retail sectors, with a proven track record in successfully delivering outstanding service, operations and increased returns.
Previously being the hands-on Operations Director/ Managing Director at Crystal Palace Football Club from 2000-2010, where he was accountable for the strategic planning and coordination of the UK & USA business operations with full responsibility for commercial development, operations, p&l, and personnel, with annual revenues of circa £25Million in the Championship league and in excess of £100million in the English Premier League.
He then went onto create JSP sports business consultancy in 2011 to provide best in class commercial and operational solutions globally for stake holders and major brands within professional sports and the events industries to increase profits, reduce their cost and enhance customer experiences.

Dominic was also the CEO and co-founder of Bizpedia Partnerships Group Ltd. An exclusive high end business club aimed at business owners connecting and creating trusted environments where impartial advice and pioneering alternative methods, created opportunities & delivered measurable improved performance and outcomes to both members businesses & their personal growth.

Prior to these roles Dominic was Operations Director at the Pocket Phone Shop managing the growth of the telecoms business, in the mobile boom of the mid 90’s. Culminating in the business being successfully sold to T-Mobile in the summer of 2000 for circa £75Million.

Before that Dominic was an award-winning Construction Director for a household national builder, working on their most prestigious projects across London.

Over the years Dominic has been involved in multiple investments and ventures, from emerging tech, renewables, film production to property, as well as being a serial seed investor in emerging areas such as Lithium, AI, renewables, mobile payments, biotech and plant-based food & beverage.

Lungi has worked in professional football for just under a decade, leading several operational departments. Forming part of a senior management team that supports the board of directors, she is efficient in planning, organising, and working collaboratively to influence, design and deliver initiatives, essential to the accomplishment of the business.

She is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham City Football Club, having spent several years at Charlton Athletic. Her responsibilities vary from looking after the women’s team to safety operations across company sites.

She is a Director with Women in Football, having joined the board in May 2018 and has been an integral member in moving the organisation into its next phase of growth, influencing the industry at a truly revolutionary time.

In October 2018, she was named as a NextGen Leader for 2019 – one of 30 rising professionals from across the UK sports industry.

Lungi is especially interested in developing people and believes in the balance of diversity and representation at all levels of football.

Ben Kensell joined Hibernian FC in the summer of 2021 as Chief Executive. He is one of the most highly regarded leaders in football, who spent three years as Chief Operating Officer at Norwich City before joining the Hibees.

The Englishman shares a vision with Hibs owner Ron Gordon – to take Hibs to the next level both on and off the field at Easter Road. Kensell is eager to make Hibernian FC an industry leader in Scotland and has a strong plan to take the Football Club to the next level.

Before joining the Hibees, Ben helped successfully guide the Canaries to promotion to the Premier League and oversaw a significant growth in turnover and commercial income during his three years as COO. Working in football for over 16 years, Ben enjoyed spells at Charlton, Arsenal and Norwich and has previously worked across a multitude of different sporting events including Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix and Royal Ascot.

Tom has worked within the professional game for over a decade. He started at Portsmouth FC as an intern, working in every department before settling in the marketing department in a full-time role.

During his time at the club he experienced two relegations, two administrations and an FA Cup Final. The highlight of his time at the club was receiving the Family Club of the Year award in 2012. This achievement marked a stark change from the clubs failure to achieve the Football League’s family Excellence standard just a year earlier.

From Portsmouth, Tom moved to Cardiff and in the first year, he oversaw increased matchday hospitality revenue by over 200% from the previous season as well as leading us to the 2013 Family Club of the year Award.

He then moved to Brighton & Hove Albion as Head of Marketing where he was responsible for our sales strategies for all club commercial channels including ticketing, commercial, retail and non-matchday events. Tom worked at the club during their promotion to the Premier League and was responsible for overseeing their sales and marketing strategy on their multi-million pound five year hospitality renewal project.

In 2015, he received the Rising Star Award at the Stadium Business Awards in Barcelona and in 2016 he was part of the inaugural Sports Industry Next Gen programme.

Tom has recently been promoted to the post of Chief Executive Officer at Bristol Rovers Football Club becoming one of the youngest CEO’s in professional football.

Professor Sue Bridgewater PhD is Director of the Centre for Sports Business at University of Liverpool Management. After an early career in marketing with Forbo and Unilever, Sue has had a lengthy career in Higher Education working for Warwick Business School and University of Liverpool Management School as a Professor of Marketing. She has published a number of papers in international journals in the areas of marketing, international business and football management. Sue has also authored and co-authored books including Football Brands, Football Management, International Marketing Relationships and Innovation in Marketing. In her capacity as Director of Executive Education, Sue has worked with blue chip clients including Ford, Nestle, Philips, IBM, KPMG, HSBC. In football, she has worked with a range of clubs, leagues and governing bodies nationally and internationally, most recently with the League Managers Association and UEFA.

Alongside her academic roles, Sue has a number of involvements with football practice. She is on the Board of Women in Football. She directs the LMA Diploma in Football Management, is on UEFA’s Research Jury and has recently authored a module for UEFA’s Certificate in Football Management on Women’s Football.

As Equality Advisor to the Board of the FA Premier League, Paul led the development and implementation of the No Room for Racism Action Plan. He is also a member of the panel which assesses the progress of Clubs against the requirements of the Premier League Equality Standard. Prior to that he was a partner at PwC, the global professional services firm, where he served on the Management Boards of the firm in both the UK and in Africa and provided corporate finance advice on a wide range of projects including the financing of stadiums at Arsenal, Wembley and Ascot Racecourse.

Outside football he is a Non-Executive Board Member at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Metropolitan Police. He has for many years been involved in diversity and inclusion in business and was awarded the OBE for his work in that area in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List.

 

Liam has more than 20 years of experience working in football and communities, having started his career via an apprenticeship and working his way up to become chief executive of Lincoln City.

He is responsible for the day to day running of the Imps on behalf of the fans, directors and investors, including heading up a seven-man senior management team, and more than 150 employees. He joined Lincoln City in the summer of 2017 as they returned to the EFL, helping guide the club to a further promotion to League One where they reached the 2020-21 play-off final.

Prior to joining Lincoln, Liam spent 16 years in various roles at Doncaster Rovers and the wider Club Doncaster group – starting as an apprentice funded by the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) and graduating to a spell as Foundation chief executive then chief operating officer of Club Doncaster.

That rise through the ranks culminated in Liam being inducted into the National Apprenticeship Hall of Fame in 2007. The Hall of Fame recognises outstanding achievement in enterprise and business from those who started off their working life through an apprenticeship scheme.

Liam also holds voluntary offices including chair of the English Football League Trust (EFLT), director of Lincolnshire County FA, trustee of Lincoln City Foundation, along with ambassador roles at the Asian Sports Foundation and XP Free School Trust. He has underpinned his public and private sector service with high-quality education and training: with a postgraduate certificate in strategic leadership (University of Chester), Diploma in Leadership and Management (ILM), along with being a graduate of the Kennedy Senior Leaders training programme

Liam is married to Jenna, who also has a distinguished career within sport and education. They have two children, Arthur and Jonah. His interests include football, golf, motorsport and spending time with his family.