Ken Van Someren

Advisor at Science in Sport

Ken was the former Director of Sport Sciences at the English Institute of Sport, leading the support of Great Britain’s athletes to their historic medal haul at the London 2012 Olympics. More recently, he launched and led the GlaxoSmithKline Human Performance Lab, an industry innovation centre committed to advancing human health & performance. He consults to sport & business organisations on high-performance strategy & infrastructure, to industry on product innovation and to business on performance & productivity. Ken is currently a Non-Exec Director and board member at the English Institute of Sport.