Our Sports Team
The members of our professional sports team are highly trained and experienced. Each client offers your event, broadcast and brand something unique.
Izzy Christiansen
Lioness, Broadcaster, Brand Ambassador, Motivational Speaker
Izzy is one of the UK's leading football pundits working across all of Sky Sports Football portfolio, BBC Radio 5 Live, as well being a key part of the team that delivered the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for Channel 7 and FIFA.
As a player, Izzy won 31 England caps, playing in the 2017 UEFA Euros and also won the She Believes Cup in 2019. She was pivotal in the last Manchester City side to lift the WSL title, leading to Izzy being crowned The PFA 2016 Women's Player of the Year. After success in England, Izzy signed for Olympique Lyonnaise Feminin, where she was part of their treble winning UWCL side. Izzy retired from professional football at the end of the 2022/2023 season.
Articulate, funny and engaging Izzy's sharp analytic eye has seen her become a big hit with major broadcast partners in the UK and overseas.
Away from Broadcast, Izzy has successfully completed her UEFA B Coaching Badge, and is a passionate event speaker appearing recently on stage at the European Club Association in Berlin, as well as delivering inspiring and motivational stories to the next generation of sports athletes and leaders.
JEN BEATTIE MBE
Footballer, Broadcaster, Influencer, Motivational Speaker
Jen is one of the most experienced current professionals involved in world football who was awarded an MBE in 2023 for her services to football and charity.
In February 2024, she joined the NWSL to play for Bay FC in the USA, calling time on a fabulous career in the WSL where she played for Arsenal and Manchester City.
A former Scotland international, away from playing the game, Jen's an in demand broadcaster working on both Men's and Women's Football, and something of a TikTok and Instagram star!
Jen is now pursuing a career in the media after deciding to hang up her playing boots. She's part of CBS Attacking Third line-up in the USA and is also the co-presenter of the BBC's Women's Football Weekly Podcast. You can also see her regularly working on Sky, ITV, BBC Scotland and hear her on on BBC Radio 5 Live.
A passionate advocate of a healthy lifestyle, Jen is a committed vegan. In 2021 she won the Helen Rollason Award at BBC's Sport Personality of the Year in recognition of her work since being diagnosed with breast cancer, just a year earlier.
RACHEL CORSIE
Scotland, Aston Villa, Broadcaster, Motivational Speaker
Rachel is a born leader. She is the current captain of the Scotland Women's National team and her club side, Aston Villa.
As a professional footballer Rachel is well placed to deliver fantastic and relevant analysis of the game which she does for the BBC, Sky, RTE and Talk Sport working across Men's and Women's Football.
On the field, Rachel was the captain who led Scotland's Women in their first FIFA World Cup in 2019. She played every minute for her country in France. She's at the centre of their bid to qualify for the 2025 UEFA Women's Euros. She's currently third on the all-time appearance list for Scotland Internationals with 154 caps.
She presents a regular podcast for BBC Scotland with Leanne Crichton.
She's a brilliant and inspiring event and after dinner speaker, talking guests through her remarkable career which has seen her move from a job as a qualified Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young to becoming Scotland's Women's captain.
KAREN BARDSLEY
Lioness, Football Leader, Broadcaster, Motivational Speaker
Karen Bardsley won 82 caps for England, played in seven major international tournaments including the 2019 FIFA World Cup, and also represented Great Britain at The Olympic Games.
She made her Lioness debut in 2005, and played her club football in the USA, Sweden and England, ending her career with Manchester City after signing for them in 2013.
Karen was raised in California to Mancunian parents. She's an avid and vocal champion for change in women's sport. She's become an insightful voice working on Men's and Women's football for the BBC since announcing her retirement in 2022.
As well as broadcasting, Karen works as a project officer for Manchester City Women, sits on the Manchester Football Association board, and Chairs the Greater Manchester Women’s football board.
Karen is an amazing inspirational and motivational speaker where she will surprise and entertain guests with some unexpected tales... including her visit to meet The Obama's at The White House.
GILLY FLAHERTY
Lioness, Broadcaster, Motivational Speaker
Gilly retired from professional football in the 2022/23 season.
Until recently, she held the record number of appearances within the Barclays Women's Super League having played her football at Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham and Liverpool. She also won 9 caps for England.
In a stellar playing career, Gilly, won the UEFA Women's Cup, FA Women's Premier League Cup, seven FA Cup's and finished as a runner up on three other occasions. She won four WSL titles, three Continental Cups, four FA National Premier League titles, a two time winner of the FA Community Shield and one U19 European Championship medal with England.
There's little she hasn't achieved on the pitch, and off it is fast making a name for herself as a co-commentator and pundit who brings warmth and a common touch to her live football appearances.
You can hear Gilly regularly on Sky Sports and BBC Sport where she worked as a pundit on the Women's 2023 FIFA World Cup.
ELLA WYRWAS
England, Saracens, Diversity and Equality advocate working with people with learning disabilities in sport.
Ella is a current England Rugby Union international.
The twenty-four year old scrum half is one of the Red Roses exciting new generation players, with an outstanding season in 2023.
Ella plays her club rugby for Saracens in the Premier-15s, the top flight competition of women's rugby union in England. She was part of the title winning Saracens side in 2018 whilst also representing England at U20s.
She studied Biology at Nottingham University, where she was awarded a rugby scholarship. Ella juggled her degree while playing for Loughborough Lightning and working part-time.
Her breakthrough into the England squad in the 2023 Six Nations Championship saw her rewarded with a full-time Red Roses contract in autumn of that year, which enabled Ella to quit her accountancy job and focus on fulfilling her enormous potential on the pitch.