167: Lisa Parfitt on doing the business for women’s sport.

167: Lisa Parfitt on doing the business for women’s sport.

From Call To Action by Giles Edwards

August 1, 2025 · 59 min · Episode 167

About this episode

Lisa Parfitt discusses her contributions to women's sport and the importance of commercial partnerships.

This week we’re pushing our withered hamstrings way beyond their wretched limits, all in order to win the attention of our guest, sport and brand marketing super-baller Lisa Parfitt. In a career that has been, figuratively, one top bin after the other, Lisa has done more than most to give women’s sport a serious platform, particularly when it comes to those all-important commercial relationships. A star player in the efforts to land the Women’s FA Cup their first brand sponsorship, Lisa can be found on the prestigious pages of PR Week’s Power 100 for her work in pushing for greater representation for women in the sports business. Having gone toe-to-toe with the inequalities in the game in her time as both a Level 1 coach and director, she now devotes her considerable skills and stamina to creating better, fairer and more sustainable partnerships, sponsorships and culture in the game. In an episode with absolutely no time wasting, even for the occasional glug of branded energy pop, we ponder everything from the unique brand value of fans of women sport, to how the game is changing, in both sporting and commercial ways. This episode is proudly dedicated to Karen Earl. Follow Lisa…

People in this episode

Host: Giles Edwards

Guest: Lisa Parfitt

Topics covered

  • women's sport
  • sponsorship
  • commercial relationships
  • brand marketing
  • representation in sports

Keywords

  • women's sport
  • sponsorship
  • brand marketing
  • commercial relationships
  • representation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PR Week

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