After Dinner Speakers: Louise Goodman, Bob Geldof, Michael Clarke Duncan

Louise grew up in the small town of Alresford in Hampshire where her interest in motorsport was first sparked by local resident and Lotus grand prix driver Derek Warwick. Although she was a keen follower of F1 Louise had no plans to follow a career in the sport. Instead, she went to London where she briefly worked for an architects' firm. She soon tired of life behind a desk, though, and opted to travel around the States. While visiting Florida she was introduced to the Editor of 'Powerboat and Waterskiing' magazine. She was offered a job and quickly graduated on to covering big international powerboat events. After more travelling she returned home with the offer of a job from Tony Jardine - now an ITV-F1 colleague - to work for TJ's nascent PR company. From this she landed the role of PR officer for the Leyton House F1 team before she moved on to join Eddie Jordan's new team. Over the years she has worked with some of the best drivers in the world in her PR capacity, including the likes of Mika Hakkinen, Rubens Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella. In 1997 Louise was approached by ITV and invited to join Murray Walker and Martin Brundle presenting the ITV grand prix programme as roving pit-lane reporter.