Michele Verroken will be contributing to the Sports Integrity and Athletes Rights symposium hosted by Justice for the 34 on Tuesday 21 November 2017, next Tuesday at the Melbourne University Law School in Carlton, Victoria.
Initially, Michele was a teacher and lecturer in human and sports sciences before taking a management role at The Sports Council in 1987, later UK Sport. Helped create the UK’s first Independent Anti-Doping Programme.
As Director of Ethics and Anti-Doping at UK Sport for twenty years, achieved a number of other firsts (ISO certified procedures for Anti-Doping which became the operating standards of the World Anti-Doping Code), professional sports Illicit/Recreational drugs programme,
Drug Information Database and whistleblowing line. Michele worked with the Football Association and Professional Footballers Association to introduce in and out of competition anti-doping programmes, including illicit, recreational drugs testing and intervention.
Michele is Commonwealth Games Federation Medical Commission Secretary, serves on several sports arbitration panels and is visiting lecturer for several university MSc courses. Graduated from the first ICSA Sports Governance and Administration course with Distinction.
Venue: University of Melbourne Law School, Theatre G08, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, 3053.
Date: Tuesday 21 November 2017
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $20 per ticket will cover venue and filming.
Donations: gratefully accepted.
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