Tatjana Haenni
Haenni was appointed in January 2023 by NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) as Chief Sporting Director, in her role she will collaborate with players, league officials, and stakeholders to implement sporting strategies that distinguish and sustain the NWSL as the world’s premier women’s professional soccer league. Additionally, Haenni will lead the development of procedures, policies, […]
Clare Briegal
Clare Briegal is CEO of World Netball (the International Governing Body). As executive lead for the Federation since 2013, Clare has driven the development and implementation of the Federation’s strategic plan, the rebrand of the Federation in 2021 and the development of its portfolio of events, including the Netball World Cup. Clare was elected to […]
Brigit Lee
A tech executive currently with Sony PlayStation and formerly at Amazon and Best Buy. Lee has over two decades of experience working with both start-ups and large companies to forge global, strategic partnerships and to build out new, innovative business models.
Emma Sykes
Emma Sykes has been working in European football for over 10 years and is currently UEFA’s senior women’s football development manager. Specialising in football development, Emma leads development projects and stakeholder relations across Europe with the aim to increase participation and professionalisation in the women’s game. This includes UEFA’s first women’s football strategy TimeforAction, funding […]
Alex Phillips
Alex Phillips has spent 25 years working at the highest levels of football globally. He is currently an independent consultant, whose main role is as Administrator of the World Football Remission Fund – the $201million that FIFA, CONMEBOL and Concacaf received back from the US Department of Justice after the 2015 corruption scandals. Alex worked […]
Dr Christina Philippou
Dr Christina Philippou is both a qualified accountant and a sport finance and forensic accounting lecturer. Her football finance research has been used by the UK government to support reforms in football governance, and she has been on government advisory panels on both men’s and women’s football. She wrote and leads the football finance courses […]
Dave Kitson
Dave Kitson is a former Premier League footballer for Reading and Stoke City. He started his career at Cambridge United before joining Reading in 2003. He became player of the year and top scorer in 2004, 2005 and the club’s record breaking 106 point title winning season in 2005/06. Dave was twice included in […]
Drew Barrand
Drew is the Chief Executive of British Swimming since May 2023, having been appointed to provide strong strategic and business leadership to take the organisation forward, on the back of hugely successful performances at the Tokyo 2020 Games and a busy and impactful series of competitions in 2022. Drew has more than two decades of […]
Kirsty Burrows
Kirsty Burrows is head of the safe sport unit at the International Olympic Committee where she is leading the drive to strengthen safeguarding in sport from the local to the international level, and programmes related to the protection and promotion of mental health and well-being in and through sport. Kirsty is also academic director of […]
Nicolas Evans
Nicolas Evans is the Head of Football Research & Standards within FIFA’s Technology Innovation Sub-Divison. He has been at the heart of standards creation, innovation management and the new data ecosystem at FIFA for more than a decade, leading research & validation efforts for new technologies. He is part of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of […]
