Sport
GSAL Futures Conference, 2024
- Session Choice #1
Panelists
Rich Williams (OL98) – broadcaster and live in-stadium sport event host
Sian Foley (OG04) – chair, Yorkshire Netball Management Board
Humza Rafique (GSAL14) – professional golfer
Susan Backhouse – director of research and professor of sport and exercise science, Leeds Beckett University
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Profile of panelists
Rich Williams
Rich left LGS in 1998 and went on to attend University of Leeds. He is a radio and television broadcaster and live in-stadium sport event host for events including Cricket World Cup, Rugby World Cup, Premier League Football and Championship Football.
Sian Foley
Sian (OG04) attended Liverpool John Moores University and Leeds Beckett University. She is the Chair of the Yorkshire Netball Management Board and was head of coaching of England Netball. She is currently also HR change manager at Direct Line Group.
Humza Rafique
Humza (GSAL 14) is a professional golfer competing on the PGA EuroPro Tour and MENA Tour. After leaving GSAL, he attended Wingate University in North Carolina, USA.
Susan Backhouse
Sue is director of research and professor of sport and exercise science in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. She had attended Loughborough University.