Sonita Alleyne became Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 2019. A media entrepreneur, she founded Somethin’ Else, now a major UK production company. Her career spans arts, education, and governance, with leadership roles across cultural institutions, corporate boards, and public bodies, including the BBC Trust and British Board of Film Classification.

Sam Wallace has been chief football writer of the Daily Telegraph since 2015, and covers all aspects of the game: its politics, its finance, transfers and sackings as well the action on the pitch itself. Previously he was the chief football writer of The Independent for 11 years. His awards include football journalist of the year, scoop of the year and the Press Awards' sports journalist of the year. He has covered seven World Cups and six European Championships. He studied English literature at Robinson College (1994-97).

Matt Rhodes is Chief Strategy Officer at ELVIS. He is responsible for helping clients understand, buy and prove the commercial power of creativity, and for building the propositions, capabilities and revenue streams that will drive the business's long-term growth. 

He has spent over 20 years in the creative industries, beginning in research and consulting at FreshMinds before co-founding FreshNetworks, one of the first specialist social media agencies in Europe. He has since led strategy at WCRS, Engine and House 337. 

His focus is on building brands over the long term, solving complex behaviour change problems and demonstrating the value that follows. He helped the ECB build The Hundred into a £975 million investable sports brand by attracting new audiences to cricket, and MoneySuperMarket strengthen its market leadership by helping millions of people feel more in control of their finances. He has also worked with the Royal Air Force on recruitment for more than a decade and helped HM Prison and Probation Service apply behaviour change thinking to a complex justice challenge. 

He is also completing an MSc in Management and Leadership at the University of Manchester, with a particular interest in how organisations respond to AI and the change it creates. 

Grace Boswood serves as the Technology & Distribution Director at Channel 4 Television. In this key leadership role, she is responsible for all technology operations, including C4 Streaming, Playout, Critical Systems, Distribution & Partnership, Data and Enterprise functions and Content Management. Grace sits on the Executive Team.

Her position involves managing digital infrastructure, defining the technology strategy, implementing innovative tech solutions, and ensuring Channel 4 stays at the forefront of media technology in an ever-evolving digital landscape. Her work is crucial in supporting Channel 4's mission to deliver diverse and engaging content across various platforms to audiences throughout the United Kingdom.