Sir Dave Brailsford

Dave Brailsford is a sports performance specialist who was the performance director of British Cycling and led the team to major Olympic successes in 2008 and 2012. He began his cycling career as a competitive cyclist in France before earning a degree in Sports Science and an MBA from Sheffield business school. He joined British Cycling in 1996 as an adviser and progressed to become Programme Director and then performance director. He worked with multiple Olympic medal-winning cyclists including Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Jason Kenny, Victoria Pendleton, Mark Cavendish and Laura Trott.