A former female footballer and FA qualified coach Jacqui Oatley can often be found commenting on major football tournaments, including FIFA World Cups, Euros and Olympic Games as well as multiple FIFA Women’s World Cup events.
Jacqui Oatley has always had an innate passion for a wide range of sports, and as the UK’s first female darts presenter she’s hosted ITV Sport’s PDC tournaments since 2015. She has also reported on tennis, golf, rugby league and snooker events.
Fox Sports hired Jacqui in 2022 as their main USA commentator for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first woman to hold the position of play-by-play commentator in U.S broadcast history. She then joined the US play-by-play commentary team for the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League.
In 2016, Jacqui Oatley was awarded an MBE on the Queen’s New Year Honours List for her broadcasting services and dedication to diversity in football.
Jacqui is a strong advocate for women in sports roles, especially football and goes out of her way to promote female equality in the sport She is also ‘Women in Football’ ambassador and serves on the national committee of the Football Writers’ Association.
With over, 170,000 social media followers, Jacqui is confident in presenting sporting news across a range of media.
In August 2021, Jacqui co-hosted BBC’s Five Live’s Drive programme and was even a BBC commentator for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee procession in 2012. To read more about Jacqui’s TV credits, visit her presenter’s profile at Great British Presenters.
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Jacqui Oatley Sports Speaker
Jacqui is an engaging host, accomplished keynote speaker, and skilled moderator for panel debates and Q&A sessions. With a professional yet vibrant personality, she is a popular host who has compered events for FIFA, the Football Association and Premier League just to name a few. She has also fronted many non-sporting corporations and charities too, including Goldman Sachs and many educational establishments.
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Jacqui Oatley Corporate Speaking Clients
Just some of Jacqui’s speaking clients include;
- Ex-British Forces in business awards, ECA (General Assembly)
- FIFA Women and Football and Leadership conference in Zurich
- Inaugural Women in Football Conference at Wembley
- Wolverhampton Council – business breakfast host
- Nuffield Health club Rugby Q&A ‘with the legends’
- Premier League Collaborate 92 Conference
- Premier League Youth Development Conference,
- Wolves End of Season Awards Dinner,
- Sport Resolutions Conference,
- CISCO Q &A
- EFL Screwfix Q &A
- Women’s Network event at Goldman Sachs
- Association for Physical Education at St George’s Park
- Annual Black Country Primary PE and Sports Premium Conference,
- Manchester Metropolitan – Directorship course lecture,
- The FA England Women’s World Cup squad announcement
- The FA Women’s Football awards, FIFA Ballon D’Or event in Zurich
- MacDonalds Mum of the Year Awards
- Twitter UK Q&A
…. and many corporate awards events
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Jacqui Oatley’s Speaking Topics
Jacqui’s talks can be tailored to your business or event type, however, just some of her keynote speaking topics include;
- Women in football
- Jacqui’s career change, from Intellectual property (Brand protection) to journalism.
- Women in sports broadcasting.
- Diversity – she is a director of Women in Football
- Motivational speaking via career change
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To check fees and availability for Jacqui Oatley, contact Great Business Speakers on 0044 (0)1753 439289
