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UK PLAYER CARE Date: Monday 9th May: Midland Hotel, Manchester

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Key Speakers

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UK Player Care schedule Welcome

Andrew Hussey Head of Football Logistics, West Bromwich Albion FC

Damian Hopley

Huw Jennings Academy Director, Fulham FC

Chief Executive Officer, Rugby Players Association

Jeremy Snape Sports psychologist, Sporting Edge

“The Player Care events were created to bring together like minded individuals to share expertise and discuss best practice surrounding player welfare. As you may be aware, the Premier Sports Network presents a series of invitation only events for senior executives from clubs, federations and agents. We also have partners who are specialists in their respective sectors offering support and advice to ensure that player’s interests are ring fenced. Showcasing the extensive work that goes on behind-the-scenes - Agents, Player Liaison Officers, Academy Directors, Education & Welfare Officers, Safeguarding Managers - will demonstrate how they ensure a player’s well-being off the pitch is as prosperous as possible. With leading names across the spectrum confirmed to speak, our new format will see the day sparking topical debate with intuitive panel sessions taking place. We hope you find the day enjoyable and insightful as we take you through the challenges that players and their advisors face in a career journey starting at youth level, then migrating to the first team and ending in retirement. “

Ian Thomas Personal Development Manager, The Players Cricket Assocition

Martyn Heather Head of Education and Welfare, Premier League

Haydn Roberts

Ian Braid

Head of Player Care, Manchester City FC

Chief Executive Officer, The British Athletes Commission

Mel Stein Chairman ,The Association of Football Agents

JP O’Reilly Team Manager, Saracens

Mick Shea

Ray Haughan

Education Tutor , West Ham United FC

Team Administration Manager, Liverpool FC

Moderator Adam Leventhal is an experienced broadcaster, journalist and author with over twenty year’s experience in the sports industry on radio, TV, print and online. He’s a popular TV presenter at one of the world’s leading 24 hour news channels Sky Sports News where he has broken many key news stories during his fourteen years at Sky. His extensive global travel has been a feature of a career that has seen him present and commentate live from every continent covering major sport tournaments from World Cups to Olympics to Wimbledon Tennis. He also reported on events that became global news stories. In 2007 he broke the news of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer’s death and subsequent investigation in Jamaica. A year later he reported from India during the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Aside from being an experienced event host, Adam is also an accomplished author, guest lecturer, media trainer, corporate hospitality & promotional campaign presenter. Clubs, companies or organisations interested in working with Adam please contact him at: [email protected] / Twitter: @adamleventhal THE

Ray Parlour Ex-Arsenal and Sky Pundit

Peter Fairchild Smith and Williamson LLP, Private Client Tax Partner

Simon Bayliff

Mark Lowther

Chief Executive Officer, Arete Management

Programme Director, Sport Leadership, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Karim Fatih

Kate Hays

Simon Barker

Alan Sykes

Head of Physiology, English Institute of Sport

Assistant Chief Executive Officer, PFA

Chief Executive,League Football Education

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Conference Programme Schedule 09:00

10:20

Breakfast, Coffee & Networking

10:40 09:40 09:50

Welcome from the Hosts Keynote Speech: Head of Player Care and Support

Haydn Roberts is Head of Player Care and support at Manchester City Football Club. Haydn has developed the concept of Player Care at the club and has built the foundations to ensure a players well-being away from football is protected at all times. Manchester City’s player care is unusually comprehensive, and sets the benchmark for attracting, inducting, and supporting new members of the squad throughout their time in Manchester. Haydn will offer a dedicated keynote presentation of how the department has supported more than 230 players and their respective families across the spectrum including, but not limited to, settling in the UK, driving lessons, education, visas and housing. Speaker: Haydn Roberts (Manchester City FC)

10:05

Coffee and Networking Break

Partner Presentation

Panel session : Working with Families

Often the closest and most important support network for a professional sports person is his or her family, in terms of emotional support and in some cases, in a professional capacity where family members act as agents. In this session, panelists will identify the best way families can support their sports playing relatives, and also how other key parties in a sports person’s career, e.g. clubs and agents, should work with a star’s family. Panellists: Andrew Hussey Huw Jennings Martyn Heather Mel Stein

11:20

Head of Football Logistics, West Bromwich Albion FC Academy Director, Fulham FC Head of Education and Welfare, Premier League The Association of Football Agents

One-to-One Interview: A Winning Mindset

The former England Cricketer, Jeremy Snape has the combined experience of being a successful International cricketer and coach and providing innovative performance ideas for teams and leaders. He has the advantage of drawing on real life experiences from his playing and coaching career and which is underpinned by a Master’s Degree in Sport Psychology. Jeremy will take to the stage to showcase some very successful corporate clients delivering team culture, leadership and executive coaching programmes. On the sporting front Jeremy has held roles as Performance Coach to the South African Cricket Team as well as to Shane Warne’s victorious Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Jeremy has rapidly become one of the most recognised names in sport psychology, offering key insights to national newspapers, Sky Sports and BBC Radio 5 Live. Speaker:

Jeremy Snape (former England cricketer; now sports psychologist – Sporting Edge )

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11:50

Panel Session: Behaviour Management

In any industry, an out-of-work misdemeanour can seriously damage the reputation of employee and employer, but when it happens with sportspeople, the media spotlight heightens the impact for both player and club. Not only, therefore, does the support network for a professional sportsperson work hard to minimise the negative impact of bad behaviour off the pitch, so too does it work hard to make sure it doesn’t happen in the first place. In this session, panellists discuss what approaches work to ensure sportspeople are the role models off the pitch just as much as they are on it. Panellists: JP O’Reilly Mick Shea Dr Philip Cooper Simon Barker Kate Hays

12:30 12:40

13:15

14:15 14:30

Lunch


Keynote Speech: Team Administration Manager


The English Premier League is the wealthiest and most exciting football league in the world. Its popularity has centred around its teams’ ability to attract the world’s most talented footballers, who help create a sporting spectacle unrivalled in the sport, week in, week out. In this keynote presentation, Ray Haughan, Team Administration Manager from Liverpool FC will discuss his day-to-day role, which involves being the link between players and management staff, ensuring that the processes are in place off the pitch for a player to perform on it to their maximum ability. Ray has become a key facet of the club’s on-going campaigns throughout the years. He will offer a fascinating insight of how the big club in the North West of England takes Player Care very seriously and is a key part of the club’s mandate.

Coffee and Networking Break

Speaker:

Team Manager,Saracens Education Tutor ,West Ham United FC Owner, State of Mind Assistant Chief Executive Officer,PFA Head of Physiology, English Institute of Sport

Ray Haughan Team Administration Manager, Liverpool FC

14:45 12:55

One-to-One Interview: View from Former Professional

The former ex-Arsenal legend and Sky Pundit - Ray Parlour -will discuss his incredible journey from his first debut game against Liverpool in 1992 to the end of his career in 2007. Ray will also showcase how he overcame off-the-pitch challenges and how he managed with being in the spotlight such as when he scored that 30-yard goal against Chelsea in 2002 and then to go on and win the FA Cup with Arsenal FC. Speaker: Ray Parlour

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Panel Session: Non-Football Perspective

Football dominates the sporting conversation in the UK, but there is huge network of clubs, agents and other athlete support networks who work hard, day-to-day, to ensure a professional sportsperson’s life off the pitch, track or court is as prosperous as it is on it. In this session, panellists from outside football will discuss what approaches to player and athlete care work well, what don’t, and what the world of football can learn from best practice outside of it. Panellists: Simon Bayliff Ian Thomas Ian Braid Damien Hopley

Chief Executive Officer, Arete Management Personal Development Manager, The Players Cricket Assocition

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15:25

15:35


The Premier Sports Network in with association with: Panel Session: Supporting Non-Sporting Interests

The career of a professional sports person is short, and often when they retire in their 30’s, sport is all they have ever known. Unfortunately, the ‘what next’ scenario is all too common particularly when retirement is looming and which can then be too late. History is littered with examples of recently retired sportspeople who have suffered bankruptcy, depression and alcoholism. In this session, panelists discuss what support needs to be offered to professional sports people during their career – financial, educational and vocational – so that a plan is in place when their sporting career comes to an end. Panellists: Mark Lowther Senior Lecturer & Postgraduate Programme Director, Sport Leadership, Cardiff Metropolitan University Peter Fairchild Private Client Tax Partner,Smith and Williamson LLP Alan Sykes Chief Executive , League Football Education Karim Fatih, CEO, A Better Perspective

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