Dr Hannah MacLeod is a double Olympic medallist, with the record-breaking Great Britain Women’s hockey team, culminating in winning Gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has a doctorate in Exercise Physiology and has helped build a successful specialist nutrition consultancy business. Hannah was born in Boston, Lincolnshire 9th June 1984 and grew up moving...Read More
Alex Danson MBE is an Olympic Gold Medallist and Captain of England & Great Britain Hockey. She is also one of Investec Click & Invest‘s sports ambassadors. Tell us a bit about yourself, background and your current role I was born in Southampton and raised in Odiham which has a real community feel. We didn’t...Read More
Sport gives you confidence in being in your own skin Danielle “Nolli” Waterman, England rugby union player and World Champion, told WeAreTheCity. She said: “The determination and competitiveness that sport brings has really helped me. Sport gives you the confidence in being you and the confidence in being in your own skin. You need tall,...Read More
Roz Savage MBE is an English ocean rower, environmental advocate, writer and speaker. She holds four Guinness World Records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row solo across three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian. She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken five million oarstrokes and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life...Read More
Annie Zaidi, Football Coach, sits down with WeAreTheCity to discuss her career journey so far. I come from a traditional Pakistani Muslim background. I studied BA Hons English Literature at Northampton University and went on to study an MA in Community Development & Youth Work Studies at Durham University. I have since obtained my Masters....Read More
Racing car driver, TV presenter and journalist Rebecca Jackson has achieved a remarkable amount during her relatively short career. She formed her own business from an early age, began racing professionally, carved a media and journalism career within the motoring industry and completed her “biggest achievement” – racing at 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite...Read More
I am a business woman, author and adventurer. I am a Chair with the Academy for Chief Executives, I own a company called Velocity Made Good and I specialise in igniting, inspiring and empowering business people to achieve. I am just finishing a Master’s Degree (MSc) in positive psychology – my Dissertation aims to launch...Read More
I was one of those children who couldn’t sit still! I was very competitive, often challenging the boys next door to obstacle races in my parents back garden, a member of most of the school sports teams and loved to ride my bike for hours. I liked to do problem-solving books for fun, creative in...Read More
