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SELECTION OF ATTENDEES ISSUE ONE 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 LAGADERE SPORTS PINQI ZHAO CEO & CO-FOUNDER WANPLUS NICK DE MARCO BARRISTER BLACKSTONE CHAMBERS NETWORK WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: TIME FUN MEDIA & CULTURE LTD HUAFA SPORTS LALIGA Time Fun are experts in hosting large scale events. Their management team have more than a decade s experience in the Chinese and International sports and media industry, and have accumulated many resources and connections allowing them to play a key role in uniting domestic and foreign businesses in the Chinese market. Huafa Sports are part of the 100% municipal owned Zhuhai Huafa Group, a diversified holding company with dozens of holdings or wholly-owned subsidiaries. With a focuis on sports tournaments and events, Huafa Sports operate the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai and aim to build the biggest sports operation platform in South. LaLiga is the organising body of the top two tiers of Spanish football (the Primera Division and Segunda Division). The top flight, currently known as LaLiga Santander, is considered the best domestic club competition on the planet, boasting some of the world s best players and Europe s most successful teams.
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 MEET THE GAME-CHANGERS 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 Inversiones Monte Areo SL Sports Lawyer Spain 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 Head of Sport & Entertainment United Kingdom Neopoly GmbH Head of Marketing and Sales Germany OCEANS Sports & Entertainment Marketing Ltd. OCEANS Sports & Entertainment Marketing Ltd. Senior Manager of Football Department President MEET THE GAME-CHANGERS 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 Co-ordinator South Africa The Football Business Academy - FBA The Football Business Academy - FBA Ticketmaster UK Head of Partnerships Founder & CEO Vice President, UK Ticketing and International Projects Switzerland 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 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 MEET THE GAME-CHANGERS 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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