Nic Coward currently chairs UK Athletics and England Golf and several other organisations both in and beyond sport. He began his career working as a lawyer for The FA and has since held leadership roles at many of the UK’s biggest sports rights holders including the Premier League, British Horseracing Authority and he advises an array of international rights holders across motorsport, football and a host of others. So it’s fair to say he’s thought long and hard about how sport works and when it doesn’t. This is a conversation about many different things, including people’s relationship with change, the effectiveness of sports organisations and the day to day job of leadership.

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