Tennis ACT today announced that Dr Ruth Holdaway, MBE will be the keynote speaker at the ACT Sport & Leadership Brunch, Sunday 22 March at the Canberra Tennis Centre.
Dr Ruth Holdaway, MBE, joined Tennis Victoria as CEO in June 2019, after six years as CEO of Women in Sport in the UK. Named by national UK media as one of the 50 most influential women in sport in the UK and awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London for services to sport, Ruth brings a strong track record of innovation and leadership across the sport sector. Ruth’s achievements at Women in Sport include: increasing women and girls’ participation in sport through initiatives such as This Girl Can, #StrongIsNotASize and a national Women’s Sport Week; changing national policy in the UK to mandate sports boards have a minimum 30% women on the board; and driving change and collaboration in sport through leadership of national events such as the Transforming Sport and Empower Conferences. Since joining Tennis Victoria Ruth has created a more strategic leadership approach to decision making and led the rollout of a new social tennis initiative, Open Court Sessions, to over 3500 Victorians across 300 local tennis clubs.
The brunch is run in conjunction with the free community event Women and Girls Sports Day which will provide a vibrant atmosphere with a range of activities on site. After the brunch, guests will be invited to watch elite professional tennis with the Women’s Final of the ACT Claycourt International commencing at 12pm.
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