Mie Øestergaard is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Strategist, who specialises in working collaboratively with organisations to implement new initiatives to increase diversity and help create more inclusive cultures and industries.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Mie about her life and career journey, the sobering highs, and lows of working in diversity, equity, and inclusion, the value of each of us being introspective about challenging our own privilege. And why recent changes in the sports industry have given her hope for a brighter and more inclusive tomorrow.

After a much-needed break, we’re back with an episode featuring the impressive and inspiring Catherine Becker, Head of Media at Electronic Arts where she leads on media communications for Europe across all sport and games titles such as the world-famous FIFA and Madden.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Catherine about creating more inclusive policies to enable women to progress and thrive in the workplace, why diversity, equity and inclusion is good for business and her three career-defining lessons.

To learn more about Catherine’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major streaming platforms.

In this episode, we meet inspirational Hayley Bennett, a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant who works with some of the world’s most famous brands to help them improve gender equality, race equality, and employee wellbeing. Hayley’s career began in the world of football where her work involved empowering football’s future leaders and educating stakeholders in the game on diversity and inclusion.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Hayley about being intentional about creating inclusive cultures on and off the pitch to enable people to be their full selves, the challenges facing sport and society in addressing race and gender inequalities, and the work Hayley’s doing to inspire more young black girls to play the beautiful game.

To learn more about Hayley’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major streaming platforms.

Episode 23 sees us meet the wonderful Sue Anstiss MBE, who hosts award-winning women’s sport podcast, The Game Changers, and also currently the CEO of Fearless Women, a company with a powerful ambition to drive positive change for women’s sport.

In this episode of In Her Corner we talk to Sue about starting over after a career setback, her journey in setting up her hugely successful women in sport podcast, The Game Changers, and the importance of creating spaces that truly reflect women’s diverse identities and experiences in order to achieve a more inclusive sports industry for all women.

To learn about Sue’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major streaming platforms.

Episode 21 sees us meet the incredible Andrea Ekblad, lead for Partnerships – Acquisitions & Content Strategy at beIN Media Group where she oversees rights-partnerships with beIN Media Group’s top 20 rightsholders as well as leading on all women’s sports and beINSPIRED projects which aim to develop strategic partnerships to showcase the best women’s sports competitions in order to grow viewership audiences and commercial opportunities for women’s sport.

In this episode of In Her Corner we talk to Andrea about growing audiences and fans of women’s sport, dealing the social and professional challenges of being a single mother working in the sports industry and the value of staying focused and rooted in your purpose in order to achieve your life goals.

To learn about Andrea’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major streaming platforms.

Episode 20 sees us meet the magnificent Stephanie Corker, an Account Director at Wasserman, a global sports, entertainment and culture marketing agency and Co-Founder of Lived Equity a Diversity & Inclusion Community, that aims to provide a safe and inclusive platform for diverse professionals and allies to connect, support and learn from each other.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Stephanie about her journey to becoming an ally, how we can all create more equitable experiences for underrepresented groups in sport and beyond as well as the importance of business leaders taking visible ownership and accountability for embedding diversity, equity and inclusion as a key part of their company’s business operations and culture.

To learn about Stephanie’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major streaming platforms.

This week's episode is focussed on sharing In Her Corner Host, Liseli Sitali's "Reflections" on the lessons learned from the incredible women, we have had the honour of celebrating through sharing the story of their journey. Having an episode to reflect on the insights shared so far feels apt in a week when we’re commemorating those who lost their lives to defend our civil liberties.

Without the selfless sacrifices of the countless men and women, we would not have the opportunity to create this platform. It also feels apt to take a moment to celebrate the significant strides that women have made in recent history, namely Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice-President, Dr Kathrin Jansen being on the brink of developing a COVID-19 vaccine and of course In Her Corner's previous guests continuing to smash countless glass ceilings.

Episode 16 sees us sees us meet Melita Emanuel-Carr, an inspirational and impressive professional basketball player who is making waves on and off the court. Melita has represented Team England and Team GB in all age groups and made history with team England by winning a silver medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Melita about balancing athlete welfare and the pressures of winning, the role of the modern-day athlete as an activist and why the sports industry needs to be more proactive in taking ownership of tackling gender and socioeconomic inequalities.

To learn about Melita’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major streaming platforms.

Episode 8 sees us meet the formidable Zarah Al-Kudcy who is a true Driving Force and the Head of Commercial Partnership Development at Formula 1® . Zarah's role entails leading F1’s creative strategy and solutions for both future and current sponsorship partners as well as chairing F1’s Diversity & Inclusion steering group.

In this eighth episode of In Her Corner, we’ll talk to Zarah about the importance of making sacrifices to chase your dreams, driving change to better achieve gender and racial parity in sport and why luck is simply preparation waiting for an opportunity.

Episode 7 sees us meet sees us the phenomenally talented Maggie Murphy. Maggie Murphy is the General Manager at Lewes FC, the world’s only club to distribute revenue equally between its male and female teams. Maggie has an exemplary background working in anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and human rights having worked for Amnesty International and Transparency International to name but a few.

In this seventh episode of In Her Corner, we’ll talk to Maggie about why sport needs to be more ambitious in tackling gender and socioeconomic discrimination and how Lewes FC is levelling up the playing field between the men and women’s game.

Episode 6 sees us meet the irresistibly cool Bex Smith, who is Global Executive Director of Women’s Game for COPA90, the world’s largest independent football media business. Prior to becoming a top sports business executive, Bex enjoyed an illustrious career as a professional football player captaining New Zealand at two World Cups and the Olympics. At club level she won everything there was to play winning a coveted treble with VfL Wolfsburg by winning the UEFA Champions League, German League, and German Cup.