Is a Nobel Peace Laureate, Olympic Laurel awardee, Bangladeshi economist, and founder of the Grameen Bank, the world’s first dedicated microcredit institution. He is one of seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the United States Congressional Gold Medal. He is also known as the “father of social business” and as one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.

Founder and Executive Chairman of S4Capital plc, the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising, marketing and technology services company he established in 2018.
In 2018, S4 combined with MediaMonks and MightyHive, which have since merged with over 25 companies. In 2021, the organization integrated into Media.Monks, the digital-first operating brand that connects content, data&digital media and technology services across one global team of 8,900 people in 32 countries.
Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million ‘shell’ company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion the day he left. Previously, he was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Company Plc.
He has been nominated as one of the TIME 100: The Most Influential People and received the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.

Javier Tebas Medrano (San Jose, Costa Rica, 1962), of Spanish nationality, holds a degree in Law from the University of Zaragoza. He has been a practising lawyer since 1987 and founded his own legal firm, specialising in Company Law and, subsequently, in sports and bankruptcy law.

Tebas’s direct involvement in football began in 1993, when he was named president of Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, a position he held until 1998 (a period during which the club competed in Spain’s Tercera Division and Segunda Division B). He later served as a board member at C.D. Badajoz S.A.D. and C.D. Toledo S.A.D. before being elected vice-president of LaLiga in 2001. In 2003 he headed up the G-30, a group representing 30 small LaLiga clubs that was set up to collectively negotiate their audiovisual rights. He has been LALIGA president since 2013 and was re-elected in 2016 and again for a further four-year term in 2019. In 2021 he was appointed as representative of European Leagues on the UEFA Executive Committee.
Tebas’s tenure as LALIGA president has revolved around three core areas; the introduction of a financial controls system which has enabled the clubs to restructure their finances; the collective sale of audiovisual rights which boosts the clubs’ revenue in a balanced way, and the league’s internationalisation strategy, which has seen LALIGA and its member clubs establish themselves as a benchmark reference on the global stage, not just on the field but in the entertainment industry as a whole. In addition, Boost LALIGA, the strategic project of LALIGA and CVC Capital Partners, was recently created to promote growth and consolidation in the areas of technology, innovation, internationalisation and the sporting sphere.

Chief Operating Officer at the Saudi Pro League tasked with implementing SPL’s transformation strategy designed to elevate the league to become one of the top-10 leagues in the world based on quantity of highest-ranking players in the world playing in the league, monetization of broadcast rights revenue and viewership, maximization of stadia capacity utilization. Carlo oversees competitions, operations, commercial, marketing, communications and content capabilities of the SPL. Prior to joining the SPL Carlo was contracted to Deloitte’s Sport Group to support the formulation of SPL’s transformation strategy.
Carlo served as VP General Manager for WWE in Asia Pacific (2020-2021) and earlier in the Middle East (2014-2020) where he was responsible for making the company and its products regionally relevant and culturally acceptable by establishing a multi-pronged strategy that localizes and customizes the brand for broader general appeal and greater accessibility to its fans.
Prior to joining WWE Carlo was Chief Executive Officer of Al Jazira Football Club, Al Ain Football Club and the new defunct UAE Football League. He previously served as Assistant General Secretary, Director Competitions at the Asian Football Confederation and VP for Corporate Strategy at the World Sport Group.

Sevilla FC professional footballer and former FC Basel, FC Schalke 04, FC Barcelona and Croatia National Team player.
Winner of the German Cup, Swiss Cup, La Liga, UEFA Champions League, Copa del Rey, Europa League titles, and finalist of the FIFA World Cup 2018 as well as UEFA Foundation ambassador and UEFA Football Management graduate.

Founder and CEO of Blue Crow Sports Group and the President of two football clubs… CD Leganés in Spain and Cancun FC in Mexico. He was recently the co-CEO of SportsTek Acquisition Company. Jeff spent sixteen years as a senior baseball executive before making the move into football. He worked for McKinsey & Company for six years, WL Gore for three years and has been a founder and senior executive at two venture backed technology start ups. He has an MBA from Kellogg (Northwestern) and a BS Engineering from University or Pennsylvania and a BS Economics from Wharton (Penn).

Graduated in Law from the Universidade de São Paulo where she specialized in international law. While studying she was granted several scholarships amongst which the Sasakawa fund for young leaders. She was an international public and private law teacher for 10 years for more than 5.000 students. She wrote articles on international contracts and arbitration. She has been working in the football industry for 25 years, during which time she received different awards for industry quality and was the only business partner the late Mino Raiola ever had. She is co-founder and President of The Football Forum, honorary President of the Italian Agents Association and Board Member of the English Association of Football Agents. She is fluent in 6 languages.

Born in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Nick began his career at Electronic Arts in 1995, working on 10 FIFA titles spanning 7 years. Following time leading franchises and a studio at THQ, Nick returned to EA in 2009 to help guide EA SPORTS to where it sits today at the intersection of gaming, entertainment, and the real world of sports.
After leading the EA SPORTS golf franchise, he moved back to Vancouver in 2012 to lead the FIFA Ultimate Team business before taking on the role of EA SPORTS FIFA GM in 2019. Nick now holds the role of SVP / GM for the EA SPORTS FC franchise overseeing a team of more than 1000 employees speaking 20+ languages across the EA Vancouver, Bucharest, Cologne, and Seoul studios.

Brings over 30 years of extensive stadium, sports, project finance and infrastructure expertise. In aggregate, Mr. Carey has over $140 billion in financing experience. Before joining the firm in 2004, Mr. Carey was the head of the Transportation and Infrastructure Group at Citigroup, where he focused on large, complex infrastructure financings. He continues this effort now at Goldman Sachs with a focus on innovative financings in the municipal market, ranging from revenue bond credits and project financings for sports facilities, large toll roads, ports, and public private partnerships (P3s) in the US.

He has extensive project finance and credit structuring expertise related to long-term debt for sports teams and stadiums and has helped finance over $14 billion of facilities for professional and college sports franchises. This experience in executing project financings is in a variety of markets including municipal, investment grade, bank loan, and high-yield.Mr. Carey earned an AB in Economics from Harvard College in 1983.

Chief Executive Officer of German football club Fortuna Düsseldorf, looks back at 20+ years of experience in the football business, including managing positions at FC Schalke 04, FIFA, Real Madrid and Siemens.

Is a football manager and a former professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County, Newcastle United and England.
The centre back’s playing career at the highest level spanned two decades and saw him lift silverware including: two Premier League titles, four FA Cups and a League Cup.
Sol was an integral part of ‘The Invincibles’ Arsenal side which remains the only team to have gone an entire league season undefeated, in addition to being one of few footballers to surpass 500 Premier League appearances.
Making his England national team debut in 1998, Sol earned 73 caps and captained the side on three occasions over the following 11 years.
He became the first player to feature for England at six major international competitions consecutively, and was named in the team of the tournament at both the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and the UEFA European Championship two years later.
Upon his retirement from professional football in 2012, Sol completed a Pro Licence course with the Football Association of Wales and was appointed assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in 2017 before later coaching with the England Under-21s squad.
Sol went onto become manager of Macclesfield Town and saved the club from relegation on the final day of the season, before later taking charge of Southend United.
Away from football, Sol is an advocate for BAME opportunities in sport and financial education among young sportspeople.

Is the Founder and CEO of VOICEINSPORT, a digital platform keeping girls in sport through mentorship, content and access to the top experts in sport psychology, nutrition and women’s health. She is also the Founder of the VOICEINSPORT FOUNDATION, the global non-profit supercharging sport science and research for women athletes and advocating for equality. Strack has over 20 years of experience at the intersection of sports, lifestyle and technology, spending 14+ years at Nike as Vice President of Express Lane, GM of Nike Skateboarding, GM of Nike Training, and time at Rag & Bone, where she served as a Board member and CEO. Strack has successfully created 2 game changing organizations that are putting the voice of women athletes at the center of the sports industry. Her innovative approach to technology and community building is bringing together the top elite athletes like Allyson Felix and the top Experts around a common mission to bring more VISibility to women and elevate their VOICE.