Clarke Carlisle is a former Premier League footballer with a vast wealth of experience across many sectors through to executive and governance level. He played professional football for 17 years, over 550 appearances across all 4 leagues in England, and received England U21 international honours. Clarke has been at the forefront of addressing key social issues. He presented 2 award winning documentaries for the BBC, “Is Football Racist?” and the critically acclaimed “Football’s Suicide Secret”, the latter being seen as a watershed moment in addressing Mental Health within sport and society. More recently he was appointed to the Expert Advisory Panel for the government’s Fan-Led Review into Football Governance, working closely with the Chair, Tracey Crouch CBE MP, on the Player Welfare and ED&I strands of the report. Clarke is currently an ambassador for Betknowmore, a gambling harms charity, MIND and Lancashire MIND”