Voices that shape the Future of Football

“Lisa Baird was named commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League in February 2020. Most recently, she served as the chief marketing officer for New York Public Radio, a position she had held since 2018. Prior to her time with WNYC, Baird spent nearly a decade as the chief marketing officer of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. From 2005-2007, Baird served as senior vice president of marketing and consumer products for the National Football League.”

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team.

President of the San Francisco 49ers on February 15, 2016. Guido oversees all key business initiatives for the team. Guido also concurrently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Elevate Sports Ventures, which – launched in 2018 – works to bring comprehensive business solutions to the sports and entertainment industry that identify new revenue opportunities and bring new, innovative ideas to market.

Before being elected FIFA President, Gianni Infantino was the UEFA General Secretary since October 2009, having joined the organisation in 2000. He led a team of over 400 staff which has helped further strengthen both national team and club football in Europe and UEFA’s role as a respected and credible international governing body.

Tim Leiweke is a leader and veteran in the sports and entertainment industry with more than 35 years experience spanning multiple teams, leagues, and facility developments around the world. No one else has been recognized on both the Billboard Top 100 People in the Music Business and the Most Influential Sports Executives by the Sports Business Journal in the same year.

In his role as Managing Director of ECA, Charlie Marshall manages the daily operations of ECA and together with the leadership team works hand in hand with ECA’s members and key stakeholders on a wide range of strategic, commercial and political matters. He joined the organisation in November 2018 with a background of high-level international executive experience at the intersection of sports, media and technology.

Ronaldo Nazário de Lima has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Real Valladolid since 28th of September, 2018. In his sporting career, he won The World Football Championship with Brazil, in 1994 and 2002. He also was awarded three times with the FIFA World Player, and another two times with the Golden Ball.

The first female President of U.S. Soccer, Cindy Parlow Cone was re-elected to a four-year term on March 5, 2022, and is currently one of only seven female Federation presidents across FIFA’s 211 member associations.

Responsible for leading the Commercial division. In this capacity, Pellerano is responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships to maximize the commercial opportunities of the organization. She has direct oversight of the departments of Strategy, Business Development, Partnership Marketing, Digital and Emerging Technologies, Media Distribution, and Broadcast Productions. She is also a member of the executive leadership of the Confederation.

Ralf has grown up loving to compete. In video games, football or any other sport. While still going to university he joined forces with his brothers and friends and founded the now world-renowned clan, SK Gaming. Making a name of himself in the community he came across a group of young entrepreneurs from Cologne with whom he founded and grew ESL to the largest esports company in the world. Ralf’s belief that video games as the most exciting entertainment medium available today.

«WPP-founder Sir Martin is a global leader in the marketing and communications industry and his talk will be one of the must-see events at this year’s summit. Sir Martin turned WPP into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company in a remarkable 33-year stint at the helm of the company before moving on to launch S4 Capital in 2018.

Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Muhammad Yunus is the founder of the first institution who offered microcredits, and the father of the social business movement – two concepts that have now been replicated in most of the countries around the world. Over the last 40 years, Muhammad Yunus has created a large network of experts, now present in over 150 countries, helping to solve social issues and improving the lives of millions of people through social business in all the major industries.