The Neurodiverse Sport team

Directors

Caragh McMurtry

A young woman with blonde hair tied back, wearing a white top and small earrings, smiling slightly with a neutral background.

NdS role: co-founder, director & CEO

Experience: former Olympic rower

Passion: problem solving

ND: autism

Mikey Mottram

A young man with short dark hair and a slight smile, wearing a light blue shirt and a dark blazer, standing in an outdoor wooden pavilion with empty chairs in the background.

NdS role: co-founder & director

Experience: former elite rower & cyclist

Passion: exercise

ND: ADHD, dyslexic & dyspraxic

Paul Burrows

A smiling elderly man with glasses, wearing a beige blazer over a blue striped shirt, standing against a dark blue textured background.

NdS role: director and chair

Experience: 30+ years high-pressure management

Passion: rugby & rowing

ND: autistic, ADHD & dyslexic

Charles Freeman

A man with short, dark hair and fair skin, wearing a white shirt and dark suit jacket, standing in front of a light-colored wooden wall.

NdS role: director

Experience: former Sport England manager

Passion: sports (tennis) & ‘the arts’

ND: dyslexic & dyspraxic

Zoe-Jane Littlewood

Close-up of a young woman with curly hair smiling indoors.

NdS role: director

Experience: founder The Dyslexic Movement & TEDx speaker

Passion: equality & equity in sports

ND: dyslexic

Aurelia Deflandre

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NdS role: director

Experience: 15+ years in tech & neurodiversity lead at Google Ireland

Passion: running/triathlon

ND

Collaborators

Adam Williams

NdS role: StreetGames UK partner lead

Experience: organisational transformation within the John Lewis Partnership

Passion: family

ND: father and ally

Melanie Wincott

A woman with curly gray hair, blue eyes, and a friendly smile wearing a green shirt and a silver necklace with a circular pendant, standing against a pink background.

NdS role: admin support

Experience: publishing & accountancy

Passion: netball

ND: ally

Rhiannon Cooper

NdS role: head of social media

Experience: personal training & neurodiversity advocacy

Passion: functional fitness

ND: autistic

Poppy Robertson

A young woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a bright smile, wearing a green patterned shirt and layered necklaces, standing indoors in front of framed pictures and a plant.

NdS role: brand designer

Experience: graphic design student & swim teacher

Passion: graphic design

ND: dyslexic

Callie Poston

A woman in a black hoodie that says 'Women’s Sports' stands in an industrial-looking environment with machinery in the background.

Nds role: digital consultant

Experience founder of Forever Callie Media & co-founder of Racing Vesta

Passion: LGBTQ+ Advocacy and content creation

ND: ‘a splash of’

Faye Brown

A woman with short brown hair, wearing a rust-colored blazer and a dark patterned top, sitting indoors with a warm smile, in a well-lit setting with blurred background of people and furniture.

NdS role: design consultant

Experience: former senior motion graphics designer with clients including BBC and ITV

Passion: accessible teaching

ND: ally & advocate

The think tank

Dr Izzy Moore

A woman with wavy, shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes, smiling, wearing a purple gingham button-up shirt, earrings, and a necklace, against a plain gray background.

NdS role: research strategist

Experience: reader in sport & exercise medicine at Cardiff Met

Passion: equity in women’s sports

ND: ally

Niki Maclean

NdS role: think tank member

Experience: public services consultant and student of sports psychology

Passion: psychology

ND

Susie Grantham

NdS role: think tank member

Experience: bid management, submissions and marketing professional

Passion: family

ND: mother & ally

Our speakers

Courtney Buchner

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NdS role: speaker

Experience: stand-up comedy, writing, acting & sports content creation

Passion: being creative

ND: ADHD

Dan Smith

A man with a shaved head and blue eyes, wearing a black hoodie, against a plain light gray background.

NdS role: speaker

Experience: snowboarding, mountain biking, union rep

Passion: extreme sports

ND: ADHD, dyslexic & tourette’s

Shauna Clune

A woman with shoulder-length wavy dark brown hair, smiling, wearing a black ribbed long-sleeve shirt with buttons and layered gold necklaces, standing near a plain light gray wall.

NdS role: speaker

Experience: UAE Netball & rugby, CAMHS assistant clinical psychology

Passion: helping people

ND: ally & advocate

Ishmael Berdeau

A man trail running on a grassy hillside with a mountain in the background, wearing athletic gear, a backpack, and holding trekking poles.

NdS role: speaker

Experience: former elite cyclist & current ultra-marathon runner

Passion: running far

ND: autistic

Jamie Crowther

NdS role: speaker

Experience: researcher into youth, health & masculinity

Passion: youth sports

ND: ‘maybe!’

Our ambassadors

Kofi Josephs

A man sitting on a chair in a photography studio with purple and red lighting, wearing a black hoodie, camouflage pants, and a baseball cap.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: Great Britain & England basketball

Passion: mental health advocacy

ND: ‘traits of ADHD’

Mollie Knaggs

A woman in a black T-shirt with pink and white logos and text, standing outdoors on a tennis court. She has blonde hair tied back and is smiling while looking to her left.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: Great Britain pickleball & padel

Passion: women’s sports

ND: autistic

Chris Morgan

A man wearing a white cap and yellow vest carrying a large trophy with multiple striped elements.

Nds role: ambassador

Sport: Australian rowing (2008, 2012, 2016 Olympian)

Passion: family

ND: autistic

Fiona Shorten

A smiling woman wearing a cycling helmet with sunglasses on top, set against a clear blue sky.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: ultra-cycling

Passion: the transformative power of sport

ND: autistic

Austin Varco

A young man in a racing suit smiling at the camera, standing against a black background.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: elite motor racing

Passion: autism advocacy

ND: autistic ADHD

Holly Wilkie-Milne

Young woman with long hair smiling while holding a large silver trophy on an ice rink, wearing a white jacket with logos and a medal around her neck.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: Great Britain curling

Passion: reading

ND: ADHD

James Lodge

A young man with glasses in a red polo shirt, smiling, leaning over a billiards table with red, green, and yellow balls arranged on green felt.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: Great Britain disability snooker

Passion: disability advocacy

ND: autistic

Ben Marston

A young man in a black sports shirt with 'Team World's' logo is smiling and holding a trophy in a bowling alley.

NdS role: ambassador

Sport: England bowling

Passion: podcasting

ND: ADHD