The importance of female leadership in sport

On March 6, the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) will host its Annual Summit on Female Leadership in Sport, bringing together multi-industry leaders from across the global sports industry to champion integrity and gender equity in Sport. The summit will be held in New York City and hosted by one of SIGA’s founding members, Mastercard, at their Technology Hub.

This newspaper has long supported SIGA’s fight for integrity in sport and their battle to put gender equity front and center of the debate, and we are delighted to announce we will be media partners for the summit. In addition to livestreaming the entire event free of charge here on our website, we will be offering coverage of many of the vital issues raised.

At the event Sarah Castro, Director of AS USA, will be moderating the session “The Changemakers: Leading the Sport Integrity Evolution.” Looking forward to the summit, she said: “AS is delighted to continue our work with SIGA, serving as a media partner for their annual Summit on Female Leadership in Sport. Leading the charge for integrity and gender equity in sports, SIGA’s efforts are crucial, and we are committed to ensuring their message reaches a broad audience. This Summit is a vital forum, offering a platform for diverse voices to address some of the most important topics facing global sport. We look forward to bringing these critical discussions directly to our readers.”

SIGA and AS working together for good

Nuno Perestrelo, Director of Communication and Media at SIGA, expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership:

“Seeing a media giant such as Diario AS align with SIGA as Media Partner of the Annual Summit on Female Leadership in Sport is a testament to the work both SIGA and Diario AS are doing on a daily basis. From our first conversations back in 2021, it was evident that Diario AS was fully committed to helping sport achieve the highest levels of Good Governance and Integrity. Under the leadership of Vicente Jimenez and his team, Diario AS is a pioneer in the media landscape. am sure many will follow, and start taking Integrity as an indispensable pillar of the sporting Industry.”

Female leadership in sport

Ahead of the Summit, we spoke to SIGA’s global chief operating officer, Katie Simmonds, who said: “This is a summit to display and demonstrate female leadership and expertise on topics such as sports betting integrity, women leading the frontier for the technology evolution.”

“It’s about unlocking the power of networking,” Simmonds continued. “What I love about the summit is that it’s not a dull, typical conference. We’ve had a laughter, cheers and tears in the past. And so it’s a great, feel-good session.”

About SIGA

SIGA is the world’s leading organisation for Sport Integrity. As they explain, they “are creating a whole new landscape for the sports industry by delivering independent global rating and certification for world Sport to ensure it is governed and operates under the highest integrity standards: The SIGA Universal Standards.

“Funded by our Members, SIGA is a non for profit global independent organisation with one aim: To ensure the sport  industry is governed under the highest integrity standards so that the values of sport are protected.

“SIGA is the only organisation to bring together sport, governments, academia, international organisations, sponsors, business, rights holders, NGOs and professional services companies, from every region in the world, around a common cause of fostering greater integrity throughout sport.”