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Natasha Kaplinsky is one of the UK’s leading broadcasters having worked for Sky News, BBC and ITV.

Natasha is the patron of a number of charities and an Ambassador for Save The Children and President of Barnardo’s. In 2014 she became a member of the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission and in 2015 she was appointed by the Prime Minister to the board of the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation. Natasha is the Chair of The CORE & Co Foundation.

Adrian was appointed Executive Principal of Park View Educational Trust, now CORE Education Trust, in 2014. He became the CEO in 2016 and the Group CEO in 2022.

Prior to this, from 2012, Adrian was the founding Principal of Everton Alternative Provision Free School and 6th Form College.

From 2010, Adrian was part of the founding team of Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA), an arts academy set up in partnership with The BRIT School where Adrian was the Director of Musical Theatre from 1999.

Adrian set up the CORE & Co Foundation in 2020, a charitable organisation which supports children, young people and families through collaborative partnership initiatives.

Adrian is an independent Councillor for the LTA and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

A positive, highly motivated professional, possessing extensive knowledge in all aspects of her chosen career, including the ability to manage and motivate others, to achieve and deliver objectives.

With a strong operational background at a senior level, together with 20 years’ experience within the catering and soft FM support industry. Antonia utilises these skills – and has established and maintained good working relationships, in order to act in the best interests of her Clients.

Antonia’s main speciality is within the tactical services portfolio; auditing, benchmarking and tendering soft facilities contracts. Consistently monitoring these contracts, on behalf of her Clients, Antonia has a good reputation and a good majority of her work comes from Client recommendation.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete.  She competed in five Paralympic Games winning 11 gold medals, 4 silvers and 1 bronze and is acknowledged as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation. In addition to her outstanding Paralympic achievements, between 1992 and 2002 she won the London Wheelchair Marathon a total of six times.

Retirement has not slowed her down and Tanni has gone on to play a prominent role in public life. In 2005 she was made ‘Dame’ Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE for her services to sport, while in 2010 she was elevated to the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. With a particular focus on sport, disability, health, welfare and youth development she has made significant contributions to debates on welfare reform, assisted dying and sports governance. Amongst other positions she is a Non-Executive Director of the BBC, sits on the board of TfL, is Chair of ukactive, Chancellor of Northumbria University and President of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations. She also acts as an ambassador for UNICEF, the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and the sport for social change movement Beyond Sport. She is also a respected authority on disability sporting issues, a key part of the BBC’s Paralympic coverage team and a regular television and radio broadcast journalist.