We believe great things happen when you create spaces and start conversations.
We’re filling the (online) room with Decathlon team members, partners, former employees, suppliers, experts and third parties from all over the world.
The goal: to get the passionate Diversity and Inclusion people in one room and then learn a whole lot from each other. Sharing is caring.
Hannah Sprake - Championing inclusive, impactful and sustainable physical activity for everyone at Sport Marketing Surveys
Hannah has more than 10 years of experience working with a wide range of community and commercial sports organisations. Working at both operational and strategic levels, Hannah has hands-on experience of the value quality research and insights brought to driving effective programme delivery and influencing key stakeholders and business decisions.
Hannah has a passion for sport both as a participant and as a coach. Hannah plays hockey weekly for her local club and is also a qualified hockey coach with experience of coaching young players at club and county level.
Claire Godding - Senior Expert on Diversity & Inclusion and Societal Needs for the financial sector in Belgium
After most of my career at BNP Paribas Fortis I just joined Febelfin to start working for the whole Belgian Financial Sector, to share 10 years of experience in Diversity & Inclusion, in order to help banks :
- Reducing discrimination risks
- Identifying and reducing specific glass ceilings
- Attracting and retaining different profiles
- Encouraging Employee Networks
- Promoting more mix ( gender, cultures, ages, languages...) in teams at all levels
- Supporting the new Women in Finance initiative
D&I strategist with experience in equality, team dynamics, cross-cultural communication, community involvement, and international business development.
"The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer" - this Fridtjof Nansen phrase fully describes the work approach I appreciate. I strongly believe that each and every one of us is able to bring about a positive change. And when in teams, we can do unbelievable things that make this world more fair and inclusive.
Diversity is a fact indeed, but inclusion is our choice. The choice we make every single day.
Limerick-born Margot comes from a farming background and began her career working as a chef in several well-known establishments.
Margot became global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer with Sodexo in Sept 2018 and continued to build on the great work achieved in this area over the years .
In May 2021 , Margot left Sodexo to lead and become Global Group Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at ISS.
Margot is committed to furthering the Diversity and Inclusion and Belonging agenda within and outside work and is a member of different boards and NGOs to help advance the case for social and climate justice
Nova Sport is a mobile app that bring a University community together around Sport.
The idea is to integrate the student life trough Sports. Find people from your university community with whom you sports in common with, create spontaneous sport activities, see and join all the Sport Groups & Teams from your University. Also find your university sports offer, book courts/ sports sessions online.
18 universities and colleges in Belgium use the app with over 35.000 students.
After graduating from the Solvay Brussels School as a business engineer, Nikita worked for 2 years as a project and account manager in the tech industry in Montreal, Canada. At some point, she realised she wanted to have a bigger and more positive impact on society. That’s how she took an interest in social entrepreneurship. Back in Belgium, she first worked as a consultant in collective intelligence for the public sector, but it still lacked some hard facts. Then, she found the perfect combo at Sport2Be, a nonprofit organization that promotes social and professional integration through sports.
There, she's now in charge of the Job2Be program aiming at accompanying young people in difficulty towards their first professional experience.
Marketing and Communications Director at Décathlon Brazil
She’s 38 years old.
Master in Marketing and Communication - France
With 18 years of experience in marketing, communication and events, and 8 years in Digital and E-commerce.
Before Decathlon, she worked for two international companies : the American APC, in the technology sector, and the french Orange, in the telecommunications sector.
She worked at Decathlon Brazil for 9 years, launched the e-commerce activities. Now she's focus on the Marketing and Communications department with an extra-mission for the D&I country project.
Sarah’s favorite sports are dance, tennis and trekking.
Human Ressources Director (DRH) at Decathlon Brazil.
With more than 13 years of experience at HR, she already worked for companies like Kantar Group (social research, data analytics and brand consulting), Gafisa (Construction and real estate) and Bloomin Brands (Restaurant Holding company).
For the last 2 years, she is responsible for Payroll, Compensation&Benefits, Training & Development and Talent Acquisition at Decathlon. She is currently involved in Diversity & Inclusion, Employer Branding and Employee Experience projects.
She is graduated in Psychology at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and has a Master of Strategic Human Management from Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA). She has specialization in Change Management and Agile Methodologies.
Regina's favorite sport is jogging and other outdoor sports.
