Entries by Susan Groves
The Women’s Sport Collective Webinar ‘Ready for the Board Game’
Rowena Samarasinhe speaks to the Women’s Sport Collective about her experiences in the boardroom as well her tips and advice for getting onto boards.
Level Law retains The Legal 500 tier 2 position for sports law specialists
We are pleased to share that Level Law has retained it’s tier 2 position amongst the country’s highest-ranking sports law specialists in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500. We at GENSport are equally proud that The Legal 500 have recognised Rowena individually in the Next Generation Partner group. The Legal 500 has for 33 […]
Rowena appointed member of National Sports Council of Sri Lanka
We don’t often use the word, thrilled, but in this case it is the best word to describe how we at GENSport feel about Rowena’s appointed to the National Sports Council of Sri Lanka. Today was their first meeting which Rowena joined via Zoom from London! Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa appointed the new members whose […]
Rowena joins PSA Board!
GENSport is excited to announce that Rowena has been appointed to the Professional Squash Association Board of Directors! We are looking forward to working with PSA World Tour and progressing the exciting sport of squash!
Diversity and Representation of Women in Sport: an InSport Education hosted Webinar
Rowena recently took part in a webinar organised by InSport Education discussing the representation of gender and diversity in sport, specifically women hosted by Dr Rob Wilson. A recording of the webinar is available on crowdcast.io. Register with your email address and a link will be sent to your inbox.
What The Footie?! Podcast
Another week, another podcast! This time it’s football and talking Euro 2020, the 2020-21 Football Event Calendar exploring aspects such as the commercialisation of football, the potential rise of multi-city events post COVID-19; UEFA vs FIFA and postponing the Woman’s Euros.
In Her Corner Podcast
Rowena was honoured to be the opening guest on the new podcast series In Her Corner hosted by Liseli Sitali. In Her Corner is dedicated to celebrating and empowering woman in sport both on and off the field.
Promoting woman’s empowerment, GENSport partners with Fossil
GENSport is excited to partner with Fossil to promote women’s empowerment! As part of that initiative Rowena spoke on disrupting the gender divide at Innovators Serendipity earlier this week in Zurich.
Dow Jones Business: Disruption in Sport
In September 2019, Rowena was invited to join a panel at the Journal House Singapore in partnership with the Dow Jones Business conference in Singapore, to discuss “Disruption in Sport: Successful Adoptions and Continuing Challenges”.