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David Lighterness

John is diligent, paying attention to detail, delivers exactly as promised; John has a manner in operating where everything seems easy until one takes the time to look at the detail that John covers as a matter of course. John has tremendous organising capacity, and his skill is in making it look easy. John is direct, reliable and honest, and also a wonderful person to know.

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Spectator Sports
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Director of Sport Operations at the PTO.
      • Jan 2022 - Present
    • United States
    • Events Services
    • Bspoke Events Managing Director of Fun and Strategy
      • Jan 2015 - Present

      Launched Bspoke Events after having valuable time out since leaving Human Race after 24 years. Bspoke Events - creating specialist sporting events, refined and delivered for inspirational clients. Through Bspoke we launched the St Lucia Triathlon, Brighton & Hove triathlon, Dubrovnik Triathlon, Croatia, next one will be 15 Oct 2022 In Brighton, we created two events, the tri and the Brightonrun2music a fun music based running event. Brighton became the biggest closed road Triathlon on the South Coast, The first draft legal race for age groupers, First Women”s Only and first ever LGBTQ+ Triathlon. Don’t forget the children’s race and the Exciting Corporate Challenge. Creating sport in a fabulous locations. Inspiring change through sport with fun and challenge. Enjoy freelance triathlon Consulting on major events. Lots of interesting projects around where i can add value and help grow successful events and business opportunities. Always loved creating profitable and enjoyable events with a great team of people and crew. Remain and enjoy being involved in mentoring and supporting new business start ups.

    • United Kingdom
    • Events Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • MD and Founder Human Race
      • 1990 - Jan 2014

      Founded, operated and now sold Human Race which delivers over 50 multi-sport / single sport events per year. These range from road races, offroad races, womenOnly triathlon, open water swims, Cycling events, children's triathlons to large multi sport corporate events for clients such as HSBC, Tesco, GSK, Unilever, and even Jenson Button for the Jenson Button trust. It remains a leader in the multi sport world and market leader in developing events. Founded, operated and now sold Human Race which delivers over 50 multi-sport / single sport events per year. These range from road races, offroad races, womenOnly triathlon, open water swims, Cycling events, children's triathlons to large multi sport corporate events for clients such as HSBC, Tesco, GSK, Unilever, and even Jenson Button for the Jenson Button trust. It remains a leader in the multi sport world and market leader in developing events.

    • United Kingdom
    • Spectator Sports
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Triathlon Competition Manager, London Olympics 2012
      • Apr 2008 - Sep 2012

      Triathlon Competition Manager London Olympics 2012 Responsible for the successful delivery of the amazing Triathlon in Hyde Park at the London Olympics in 2012. An incredible day for my sport. 4.5 years of complex coordination and planning to deliver Millions of TV viewers, an iconic venue, great weather, 500,000 spectators, home soil and 2 GB medals: Could it have gone better? For me it was 4.5 years compressed into 4.5 hours.....! Sadly now all over now, great people, great memories, great experience. Now onto the next project...!

    • Triathlon Sport Competition manager Manchester2002
      • Dec 1999 - Aug 2002

      My first ever experience of a multisport Games, Organised the first ever medal event for triathlon in the Commonwealth Games. A showcase event which continued for 5 years after the CGs in the form of the Salford ITU world Cup. - a great legacy. My first ever experience of a multisport Games, Organised the first ever medal event for triathlon in the Commonwealth Games. A showcase event which continued for 5 years after the CGs in the form of the Salford ITU world Cup. - a great legacy.

    • United Kingdom
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assist Manager Kingfisher Leisure Pool
      • 1983 - 1989

Education

  • Kingston University
    DMS post grad, Business Administration and Management, General
    1986 - 1988
  • Edge Hill University
    Geography and PE (Hons), Geography
    1978 - 1981
  • Darwen Moorland High School
    1970 - 1977
  • Feniscowles County Primary School
    1965 - 1970

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