Scottish Franchise Business Breakfast

Roger Black
Keynote Speaker

Roger Black is one of the country’s most successful sportsmen having represented Great Britain for fourteen years at the highest level in the world of athletics. He is particularly admired for his triumphs over adversity, overcoming serious injuries and a rare heart valve condition to go on to become a world champion.

Throughout his athletic career, Roger won fifteen major Championship Medals including European, Commonwealth and World Championship Gold Medals. His greatest achievements were winning the Olympic 400 metres Silver Medal in 1996 and being part of the Gold Medal winning 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 1991 World Championships. He was British Men’s Team Captain and was awarded the MBE in 1992.

Roger has several television presenting credits to his name including covering various high profile sporting events for BBC Sport, including the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the World Athletics Championships 2001 in Canada and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He has also made regular appearances on prime-time television programmes including A Question of Sport, They Think It’s All Over, Tomorrow’s World and Celebrity Mastermind.

Still one of the UK’s most popular speakers, Roger continues to inspire and motivate audiences throughout the UK and Europe.