"Diversity isn't just a good business value, it's good business."
Robert E Diamond Junior, President of Barclays plc

Sport in Britain has a long history of identifying, developing, rewarding and celebrating sportsmen and women from diverse backgrounds.

Today, black and minority ethnic athletes (BME) are an integral part of the fabric of sporting life, wearing the captains’ armband, inspiring teammates, challenging and beating the world’s best in individual sports.

Yet look off the pitch or track, at the structures of coaching, management and governance within sport, and you’ll find a shocking lack of diversity.

To find out more about the rationale behind SE Leaderboard read our 'Who's on Board?' report.

How do we translate the achievement of athletes on the field, into the achievement of leaders off the field? Can we inspire the next generation from our increasingly diverse communities not only to participate in sport, but to aspire to leadership? How can we extend diversity of thought and background into coaching and management?

Sporting Equals launched SE Leaderboard at our Leaders’ Symposium on 16th November 2010, which presented the business case for diversity. The event brought together Chairs, CEOs and senior decision makers from national governing bodies of sport including the Football Association, England & Wales Crikcet Board and British Cycling, together with policy makers and outstanding BME leaders.

Leading experts and senior figures including Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport & The Olympics, Rene Carayol MBE, Business Guru, Jennie Price, Chief Executive of Sport England, Brendon Batson, MBE Chair Sporting Equals and Densign White, Chair British Judo discussed sport and diversity.

Sporting Equals is committed to working with the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, the English Federation of Disability Sport and Sport England to improve gender, disability and race diversity within sports leadership.

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SE Leaderboard is a Sporting Equals initiative.  To find out more about the work of Sporting Equals visit our main website at www.sportingequals.org.uk.

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