17 January 2025 – Podium Analytics is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Anthony Seldon to its Board of Directors, effective January 16, 2025. Sir Anthony is a renowned historian, educational leader, commentator and author who brings a wealth of experience and innovation to the team.

Sir Ron Dennis CBE, Chairman and Founder of Podium Analytics, expressed his enthusiasm about the new addition to the Board. “We are thrilled to welcome Sir Anthony to our Board. His deep understanding of the Education sector and visionary approach will be invaluable. His expertise will bring further depth to our Board, and I am certain that Sir Anthony will be a huge asset to us.”

Sir Anthony also shared his excitement regarding the appointment. “I am honoured to have been asked to join the Podium Analytics Board. The charity’s commitment to creating an environment that puts pupil and player welfare first and aims to keep youth and grassroots participants playing the sport they love for longer, is something I am very passionate about. I look forward to collaborating with such a talented team and contributing to our collective success.”

The Podium Analytics Board consists of distinguished members who bring diverse expertise and leadership to the organisation, including:

• Sir Ron Dennis CBE, Chairman and Founder
• Peter Hamlyn, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Kristina Murrin CBE, CEO of The King’s Foundation
• Robin Fenwick, Founder, Right Formula
• Donald Mackenzie, Co-Founder and Honorary Co-Chair of CVC Capital Partners (CVC)

The addition of Sir Anthony Seldon further strengthens Podium Analytics’ commitment to innovation and excellence in its mission to reduce the incidence and impact of injury in sport.

ENDS

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About Podium Analytics

Podium Analytics is a registered charity (England, Wales and Scotland) with a vision to create a world with more sport and less injury. Founded by Sir Ron Dennis CBE, its mission is to significantly reduce the incidence and impact of sports injury, with a focus on youth and grassroot sport. Podium’s team is made up of hand-picked specialists with proven expertise in business, academia, science, technology and sport, who share in a sense of responsibility for shaping a safer legacy for sport.

SportSmart is the schools and clubs programme from Podium Analytics, which has been developed to support the on-the-ground needs of PE teachers and sports coaches. The programme includes tools, educational information and insights to prevent, monitor and manage injury – all while driving greater understanding of grassroots sport and trialling new protocols in the real world.

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About Sir Anthony Seldon

Sir Anthony Seldon is a widely-respected authority on all matters relating to education, AI, Number 10 and Britain’s prime ministers. His first book on a prime minister, Churchill’s Indian Summer, was published forty years ago. He has since written or edited more than 50 books, many of which are best-sellers, including definitive insider accounts of the last seven prime ministers. Sir Anthony served as honorary historian of Number 10 Downing Street, chair of the National Archives Trust, and has interviewed most of the senior figures who have worked in Number 10 in the last fifty years. His most recent books are – The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way (2022), Johnson at 10: The Inside Story (2023) and Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister (2024).
 
For 20 years he was a transformative headmaster, first at Brighton College and then Wellington College, one of the country’s leading independent schools. From 2015 to 2020 he served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham. In 2023 he was appointed Head of Epsom College for 18 months following the sudden loss of the Head.  His foresight, vision and understanding of AI and its huge impact on education is renowned. He has now returned to Wellington College as the Founding Director of Wellington College Education to lead its development and evolution of global education, and to shape and refine what education should mean in the mid-21st century.