SELECTION OF ATTENDEES ISSUE TWO
SELECTION OF ATTENDEES ISSUE TWO LEARN FROM EXPERT SPEAKERS ROUVEN KASPER MANAGING DIRECTOR WIM JONK CEO MARCUS KAM CEO CHINA GERARD HOULLIER GLOBAL HEAD OF FOOTBALL BENJAMIN WAHL HEAD OF CHINA JAMES KITCHING MANAGING DIRECTOR FC BAYERN MUNICH (SHANGHAI) CRUYFF FOOTBALL AC MILAN RED BULL BORUSSIA DORTMUND KITCHING SPORTS DANIEL CRAVO SENIOR PARTNER CRAVO, PASTL & BALBUENA SERGI TORRENTS COUNTRY MANAGER, CHINA LALIGA FELIX WELLING DIRECTOR, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT VFL WOLFSBURG NIKOLAUS VON DOETINCHEM SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MEDIA - GLOBAL LAGARDERE SPORTS PINQI ZHAO CEO & CO-FOUNDER WANPLUS NICK DE MARCO BARRISTER BLACKSTONE CHAMBERS JUVAN WONG HEAD OF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, APAC MARK SUTCLIFFE CHIEF EXECUTIVE DANIEL STENZ TECHNICAL DIRECTOR NIKKI WANG HEAD OF SPORT BUSINESS, CHINA CORNÉ GROENENDIJK AJAX ACADEMY MANAGER SHOTO ZHU FOUNDER & CEO MANCHESTER UNITED HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SHANDONG LUNENG TAISHAN FC DELOITTE AFC AJAX OCEANS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
NEW ATTENDEES THIS ISSUE COMPANY JOB TITLE COUNTRY AFC Ajax Ajax Academy Manager Netherlands AFL Architects Director United Kingdom Clube Desportivo Monte Carlo Manager Macao City Football Services CBO UK Deloitte Head of Sports Business EDP Soccer Chairman United States FC Barcelona Head of Business APAC Spain FC Barcelona Business Development Manager Greater Asia Pacific HQ Spain FC Internazionale Milano Director of Global Youth Business Italy Future Lions CEO United Kingdom GHER & Asociados Founder and Partner Colombia Green Star Sports Commercial Director Green Star Sports General Manager Guangzhou R&F Soccer School Technical Director Hong Kong Football Association Head of Football Department Instituto de Turismo de la Región de Murcia Tourism Consultant Spain La Manga Club Sports Manager Spain Lagardère Sports Senior Vice President, Media - Global France LaLiga Integrity & Security Director Spain LaLiga Technology Development Manager Spain Mailman Head of Sport Mailman CEO Name: Andrew Collins Position: Founder & CEO Organisation: Mailman Group Need to Know: Andrew is the founder & CEO of Mailman, s leading sports digital consultancy. After acquiring Mailman in 2006, Andrew has transformed the company to become a global leader in digital strategy, now supporting the world s best sports properties including Manchester United, Bundesliga, NHL, NFL, Inter Milan and Kobe Bryant. Andrew is a cofounder at Fanstang, a celebrity marketing platform, founder at KAWO, a social media management platform and considered a pioneer in Chinese marketing and technology industries. He leads the group in global strategy, acquisitions and group partnerships.
NEW ATTENDEES THIS ISSUE COMPANY JOB TITLE COUNTRY Major League Soccer - MLS Director, Player Personnel United States Manchester City FC Partnership Marketing Manager United Kingdom Manchester United FC Sales Director United Kingdom Perform Group Head of Integrity United Kingdom Pinatar Arena General Manager Spain Pinsent Masons Partner United Kingdom Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. Technical Director SoccerDream Co-Founder & CEO Spain St George s Park SGP Account Manager United Kingdom St George s Park Senior Account Manager United Kingdom Star Lizard Global Head of Security and Integrity United Kingdom Star Lizard Integrity Analyst United Kingdom SV Werder Bremen Football Advisor Germany Teqonomy Consultant / Managing Director United Kingdom TAG Heuer Brand Activation Director Thomas Cook Sport () Sports Product Sales Manager Thomas Cook Sport () Director Sport Events Track160 ltd R&D Manager Israel Track160 ltd CTO Israel Track160 ltd Chairman Israel Unilumin Sports General Manager Unilumin Sports Director Name: Shoto Shu Position: Founder & CEO Organisation: OCEANS Sports & Entertainment Need to Know: Following stints advising the Chinese Football Association, Dentsu and several leading international brands, Shoto founded OCEANS Sports & Entertainment in 2006. Building on his prior experience with J-League and FIFA, Shoto landed Oceans first major partnership as the sole marketing representative for the 2007 FIFA Women s World Cup in. With a team now over 100 strong, OCEANS is one of the most important sports companies in and in 2014 became the first ports marketing agency to IPO in the Beijing Stock Market, cementing its place as a leader in the Chinese sports industry.
COMPANY JOB TITLE COUNTRY 90 Mins & Beyond ltd CEO Japan AC Milan CEO & Asia Pacific Region Italy AC Milan Head of Communications, Italy Air Partner Plc Trading Manager - Commercial Jets UK United Kingdom B4Capital CEO Americas United States Blackburn Rovers FC Head of Sports Medicine United Kingdom Blackstone Chambers Barrister United Kingdom Borussia Dortmund Head of Germany Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH Head of International Business Development Head of International Sales, Exec. Director Branch General Manager Branch Germany Germany Germany Burnley FC Head of Football Development United Kingdom Burnley FC Chief Executive United Kingdom Chelsea FC Head of Partnerships Management, Asian Office United Kingdom Cravo Pastl Balbuena Advogados Senior Partner Brazil Cruyff Football CEO Netherlands Cruyff Football Director of Talent Development Netherlands Dannemann, Siemsen Advogados Partner Brazil Desports DDMC Presidents Office - Senior VP FC Bayern Munich Managing Director FC Bayern Munich Media Manager Feyenoord Rotterdam Manager International Relations Netherlands Football & Friends CEO Portugal Name: Wim Jonk Position: CEO Organisation: Cruyff Football Need to Know: After a playing career that included stints at Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan and saw him win 49 caps for the Netherlands, Wim moved into coaching and became Head of Ajax s famous Academy. Working closely with the legendary Johan Cruyff, he implemented the Cruyff Plan establishing a fundamental reform of the club and it s academy. He went onto to co-found Cruyff Football, where, as CEO, he oversees the safeguarding of Johan s football legacy by working with clubs and national federations to help them to play attractive football, produce home-grown players and adopt sustainable football strategies.
COMPANY JOB TITLE COUNTRY GesDep 2.0 CEO Spain Green Ireland International Operations and Tourism Manager Ireland Hong Kong Football Association Chief Executive Hong Kong SAR Huddersfield Town FC Commercial Director United Kingdom Huddersfield Town FC CEO United Kingdom Inspiration and Energy CEO Ghana Kitching Sports Managing Director Australia Leicester City Football Club Head of Partnership Engagement United Kingdom Leicester City Football Club Commercial Director United Kingdom Liverpool FC Partnerships Manager - United Kingdom Liverpool FC Head of Global Partnership Sales United Kingdom Lockton Senior Vice President United Kingdom Manchester City FC Chief Commercial Officer United Kingdom Manchester City FC Senior VP of Partnerships United Kingdom Manchester United FC Head of Commercial Operations, Asia Pacific United Kingdom Manchester United FC Head of Partnerships, Asia Pacific United Kingdom Manchester United FC Head of Media Partnerships United Kingdom Manchester United FC Global Sponsorship Sales Manager United Kingdom MediaCom Sport & Entertainment Monte Areo Sports Football & Law Head of Sport & Entertainment CEO United Kingdom Spain Neopoly GmbH Head of Marketing and Sales Germany OCEANS Sports & Entertainment Marketing Ltd. OCEANS Sports & Entertainment Marketing Ltd. Senior Manager of Football Department Founder & CEO Name: Pinqi Zhao Position: CEO & Co-Founder Organisation: WanPlus Need to Know: Pinqi Zhao is CEO & Co-Founder of WanPlus, one of the biggest esports media brands in reaching an audience of over 10 million Chinese esport fans and business people every month. He is a former business director of LAGOU.com and producer at Tencent. He established the first Esports data training and management platform in, and is a firm advocator of Esports professionalization.
COMPANY JOB TITLE COUNTRY Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Lawyer Italy Pinsent Masons Global Head of Sports United Kingdom Reading FC CEO United Kingdom Reading FC Owner United Kingdom Red Bull Company Ltd Head of Global Football United Kingdom Red Lantern Digital Media Director United Kingdom Red Lantern Digital Media Managing Director United Kingdom Seattle Sport Sciences President & CEO United States Seattle Sport Sciences Director of Sales United States Stoke City FC International Projects and Club Ambassador United Kingdom TEAM Destination Management Sales & Marketing Director South Africa The Football Business Academy - FBA Ticketmaster UK Founder & CEO Vice President, UK Ticketing and International Projects Switzerland United Kingdom Ticketmaster UK Business Development Director United Kingdom Time Fun Culture and Media Co.,Ltd Time Fun Culture and Media Co.,Ltd General Manager Assistant General Manager Tufan Professional FC LLC Chairman of the Management Board Azerbaijan Tufan Professional FC LLC Member of the Management Board Azerbaijan United Soccer Africa President & CEO United States VfL Wolfsburg Head of Corporate Development Germany World Soccer Memorabilia Limited Sports agent / Financial adviser United Kingdom Yutang Sports Business Development Zhuhai Huafa Sports Operations Management Ltd. Executive Director & General Manager Name: Rouven Kasper Position: Managing Director Organisation: FC Bayern Munich Need to Know: Rouven Kasper is the Managing Director of FC Bayern Munich, a role he has held since the inception of the new operation in August 2016, where he oversees the regional work of one of the world s biggest football clubs. Prior to this, Mr Kasper spent over 10 years working on different senior roles for Lagardère Sports, one of the leading Sports Marketing agencies in the world.
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