Mike Rayner is associate head at the University of Portsmouth, UK with responsibility to provide academic leadership at strategic and operational levels for learning, teaching, assessment, and Global Engagement. Mike is a fellow of The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), fellow of the Chartered Institute for Sports, Management and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an academic member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Tom Webb is course leader for the MSc Sport Management and senior lecturer in Sport Management at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Tom is also senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy, publishes extensively on the subject of sports officials, and is the founder and coordinator of the Referee and Match Official Network.