• Nick Baker

    Founder & CEO | UK Padel High Wycombe, United Kingdom
    Nick Baker

    Biography

    Nick is the CEO and co-founder of UK PADEL, the UK's leading tournament provider and an established club operator. He is an avid racket sport player - and has represented GB at real tennis and Buckinghamshire at Padel. Nick has had a 25+ year career in the City as a Management Consultant. He co-founded Alpha Financial Markets Consulting and was instrumental in taking the company through its IPO in 2017. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of MAIA Technology, a London headquartered global FinTech firm. He is an active angel investor - backing nearly 100 start-ups across a wide range of sectors.

    Sessions

    09:30h
    Round Table | Global Padel Conference

    FROM BOOM TO BALANCE. Building a sustainable future for padel’s global expansion

    Dani Dios Zetterlind
    Dani Dios Zetterlind WME Sports Director MC
    Johannes Thomhave
    Johannes Thomhave Padel-TV CEO Moderador
    Nick Baker
    Nick Baker UK Padel Founder & CEO MC
    Pau Vergés Albareda
    Pau Vergés Albareda PANORAMIC - Padel Consulting Co-Founder MC

    #Padel World Summit 2025

    2026-05-26 09:30 2026-05-26 10:20 Europe/Madrid FROM BOOM TO BALANCE. Building a sustainable future for padel’s global expansion

    Behind every fast-growing market lies the challenge of consolidation. What can we learn from countries like Sweden or the UK, where the limits of growth are already being tested? This session explores how to transform early enthusiasm into a stable, long-term model — redefining success not by speed, but by sustainability, strategy, and cultural fit.

    Global Padel Conference
    Tue 26 09:30h - 10:20h Global Padel Conference Open Acess
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