Leaders' Content Director David Cushnan is back with the stories of the sports industry week, while Editorial Director James Emmett chips in with two more conversations from last month’s Cannes International Festival of Creativity.

England and Arsenal footballer Alessia Russo was first to drop in to the Sport Beach, hosted by Stagwell, for a chat about working with brands, and learning from the creative and marketing worlds.

Then climber Alex Honnold, perhaps best known for his Free Solo film, stopped by to discuss how to tell the best sports stories and balancing performance with commercial work.

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For the fifth year in a row, Leaders in Sport is partnering with The Women’s Sport Collective and Women in Football to offer funded places at October’s Leaders Week London for women and nonbinary people working in sport. For more information and to apply visit leadersinsport.com