Sport & Business Networking Lunch – What lessons for the boardroom does sport teach us?
How to break down barriers in business and sport
Fancy attending a business networking event that will inspire you? Want to take lessons from the sports world that can improve your business?
Our Sport & Business Networking Lunch is designed for all those in business who want to meet like-minded business people and enjoy great food, great company and hear from some inspirational speakers.
Whilst on the face of it the worlds of sport and business are very different; our illustrious speakers will help highlight the lessons that can be learnt from applying sporting disciplines in the workplace.
With a stellar line up of speakers including Britain’s most decorated female Olympian, Dame Laura Kenny, who along with her five gold and one silver Olympic medals, has also won seven World Championship, 14 European Championship and two Commonwealth Games titles. She will be joined by Lara Morgan, a British entrepreneur with a track record of delivering exceptional accelerated growth having sold her first business, set up at the age of 23, for £20m, she also found time to finish 10th in the World Triathlon Championships in 2011. Hosting the panel will be Abigail Johnson, who is part of the BBC Five Live tennis team at Grand Slams.
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Networking Lunch Itinerary
12:00 Arrival and Networking
12:30pm Welcome from the ITF World Tour Tennis W100 Event and your sponsors
12:45pm Lunch is served at your table
1:45pm Panel Discussion – Sport & Business – What lessons for the boardroom does sport teach us?
2:15pm Q&A with the panel and audience
2:45pm Networking continues
3pm Event finishes
You are very welcome to stay on and watch some world class tennis after the event. Please note that entry to watch the tennis is NOT included in your Sport and Business Network Lunch but you can buy a tennis ticket for just an additional £5!
Networking Lunch Guest Speakers
Dame Laura Kenny |Former cyclist and Britain’s most decorated female Olympian
Dame Laura Kenny is one of the most recognised sportswomen on the planet and Britain’s greatest ever female Olympian. Adored by her fans as much for her personality as for her domination in the velodrome.
In winning her fifth Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Laura became the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games.
She has been awarded Harper’s Bazaar ‘Sporting Icons’ award alongside Dame Sarah Storey; and her and teammate Katie Archibald became ‘Sky Sports Team of the Year’ for their Madison gold medal in Tokyo at The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year.
Laura married fellow cyclist, Jason Kenny, in 2016 and between them they hold 13 Olympic Gold medals, which is more than some countries have achieved! They have two sons and Laura was made a Dame in 2022 and retired from cycling earlier this year.
Lara Morgan | Entrepreneur, Author and Philanthropist
Lara Morgan is a British entrepreneur with a track record of delivering exceptional accelerated growth. Her investment strategy in wellbeing products primarily is pinned to improving life’s journey. Investing as a family office she has a portfolio of seven consumer services businesses which she works to drive sales, leadership and innovation. She is an inspirational leader with a legacy of building world-class teams and aligning organisations behind a clear strategy.
Lara is a proud mother of three girls and a committed volunteer and philanthropist. She is actively engaged with various global non-profits. She is a world class engaging speaker only on subjects where she can bring direct experience and shared lessons. She has also commented live on current affairs and business issues with Sky and BBC News has been a finalist in Ernst Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award three times and a finalist in the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year Award.
She is a published author of the Amazon best-selling business book “More Balls Than Most” and is a co-founder of Start Up Britain. Taking all this in her stride, she also manages to train for charity bike rides and triathlon and came 10th in the 2011 World Triathlon Championships in Beijing.
Book Tickets
£35 per ticket | £350 for tables of ten | £30 for The Shrewsbury Club members
Book Tickets