Craig Umenyi
Craig is an SENr-Accredited Performance Nutritionist with over a decade of experience in elite sport including professional boxing, premier league football and F1 teams and drivers.
An Interdisciplinary Team
Key to the way PAP functions is our commitment to interdisciplinary working. We have developed a close-knit and interconnected team, spanning cutting edge academia and research through to highly skilled and dedicated hands-on practitioners.
At the core is our firm belief that through team working we can apply rigorous, evidence backed methodology with realistic, practical solutions. This ensures performance optimisation is highly-effective, targeted and goal-oriented.
Our Team
Working together to advance the evidence base in motorsport whilst delivering the highest standards of athlete development and person-centred client care.
Christian Vassallo
Christian is the PACE-MAP Principal Investigator, a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences and since 2013 has accumulated extensive experience within international cricket, Premier League football and elite motorsport.
Dr. Angus Perry
Angus is a committed NHS General Practitioner with a strong focus on health optimisation and lifestyle medicine. Alongside his clinical and digital health work, Dr Perry has collaborated with elite athletes, delivering advanced performance testing.
Sarah Harrington
One of PAP's Senior Performance Coaches, Sarah discovered her passion for sport performance and rehabilitation during her time as an athlete, later qualifying as a Physiotherapist and gaining a Master's degree in Strength and Conditioning.
George Dimitriadis
George has over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry and more than 12 years in clinical practice, bringing PAP a unique blend of expertise in sports performance, osteopathy, and elite athlete care.
Dr. Mark Waldren
Dr Mark Waldron is a Senior Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Sciences at Swansea University and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of New England, Australia. Mark is the PAP PACE-MAP Lead.
Georgia Adams
Georgia holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Sports Performance Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Sport and Exercise Science. Alongside her work at PAP, Georgia also works at a Premier League club, contributing across both the Boys' and Girls' Academies.
Jon Malvern
Jon is the founder and director of Pioneered Athlete Performance (PAP), a company now trusted by drivers competing from karting through to Formula One.
Joe Page
Joe is a Research Associate working on the PACE-MAP project at Swansea University, where his primary responsibilities include coordinating and delivering comprehensive physical assessments for driver-athletes, as well as leading targeted research projects that address motorsport-specific performance questions.
Dr. Jenny Peel
An exercise physiologist, specialising in thermal physiology and dietary supplementation, Jenny's doctorate thesis examined the effect of dietary supplementation on physiological and thermoregulatory responses - such as core temperature, sweating and vascular changes - during rest and exercise in hot environmental conditions.
Luke Selby
A performance coach in motorsport for nearly 10 years, Luke works with PAP contributing in both company operations and on-the ground coaching. Luke has worked with athletes and teams at the highest levels of their sport, from international rugby union, Premier League footballers, to top tier Netball and NFL Teams, assisting them improve performance and in preparation for competition.
Prof. Neil Bezodis
Neil is a Professor of Biomechanics & Technology at Swansea University. Over the last 20 years, he has worked in various capacities on a range of applied research projects with sporting partners such as the UK Sports Institute (previously the English Institute of Sport), British Athletics, the Rugby Football Union, Sport Wales, Swim Wales, numerous professional rugby and football (soccer) clubs, and now PAP.
