David is the Managing Director of the company and Race Director for all of our self-delivered events and Event Director for our partner events. David is responsible for the strategy, corporate strategic partnerships and sponsorship and overall event delivery within the company. A keen runner with over 20 years of project management experience, including a BSc (Hons) in Construction and Project Management, David enjoys the challenges of pulling together the planning and logistics for the events, as well as the dynamic experience of event weekend.

Tash is the Event Manager at Front Runner Events and Assistant Race Director at all of our self-delivered events and for our partner events. Tash took up running in 2014 following the announcement of Swansea’s first half marathon, several half marathons and marathons later Tash is still an avid runner. Tash joined the company in 2016 and is responsible for overseeing charity partnerships, event registration, marketing activity across all channels and supporting the Managing Director in his duties.

Nick co-founded Swansea Half Marathon along with David in 2014, since that time he has seen the company evolve into what it is today and although it remains a small but dynamic team he remains to be the lead in overseeing the operations and logistics of each event. This involves everything race and event related and includes all stages of event management from the planning to implementation of each event. Whether it be race route planning, event build, co-ordinating volunteer and crew, to race village design, he plays a vital role in ensuring a smooth ‘running’ on race day. Nick is an experienced long distance runner, dog lover and fitness fanatic.

Emma is the marketing director at Front Runner Events, she deals with the advertising, public relations, communications and marketing strategy. She helped set the company up with David and Nick and has enjoyed seeing the business grow and develop over the years. She also took up running as a result of working with team which has helped her gain a greater understanding of the expectation of our event participants making our team a truly grassroots organisation.

Steph is the Digital Content Assistant for Front Runner Events. Steph joined the company at the start of April 2019 as a university placement student, and was successful in receiving a part-time job with the company whilst completing her studies of Event Management. Her role includes assisting with social media and graphic designs along with live social media posts throughout our events.