Zarina Bahdur is a sports business professional who works as a consultant while serving as the Head of Operations for Goal Africa.

Taruka Srivastava is a former Asian Games athlete (she represented India in Soft Tennis in China, 2010) and has been working within the sports industry for a decade now.

She is also a British Council GREAT Scholar and has a Masters Degree in Sports Journalism from Sheffield Hallam University. She has worked as a media consultant with DFL Digital (Bundesliga), Manchester United, iSportconnect and UNICEF. She forwas merly APAC correspondent for The Drum and has also worked in #FIFAU17WC as Venue Press Officer and Hockey World Cup 2018 as Communications Specialist. She also writes for the World Economic Forum, Forbes, Huffington Post among others.

She has extensive experience in sports communications as well as government communications. Currently, she is working as media consultant and using her skills in creating impactful content and engagement.

Andrew is a seasoned professional with 13+ years of global experience working with large brands across Strategy, Sales and Account Management roles. He has recently pivoted his career to sports where he leverages his primary skills - strategic thinking, customer relationship management, mapping needs to solutions and effective communication - in combination with his recently completed Master’s degree from AISTS (International Academy of Sport Science and Technology). He helps iWorkinSport to improve its commercial strategies in the increasingly competitive sports and entertainment landscape.

Anna Hellman is Director at ThinkSport.

ThinkSport (www.thinksport.org) is the first network that brings together the variety of sports-related expertise and excellence in Lausanne, the Canton of Vaud, across Switzerland and beyond: from sport organisations, research and development institutes, educational bodies, businesses, health institutions, the public sector to international organisations and NGOs.

Founded by the City of Lausanne, the Canton of Vaud, the Swiss Confederation and the International Olympic Committee, ThinkSport’s aim is to facilitate new partnerships, knowledge sharing, creative thinking and innovative projects, and in doing so, drive progress in sport. Our ambition is to transform silos into a hub of collaboration.

Babatunde Buraimo is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Management and Economics and Director of Studies, Football Industries MBA (FIMBA) at the University of Liverpool.

Cristina Pales is Marketing Director at Johan Cruyff Institute.

Greta Bodino is Chief People and Culture Officer at Juventus Football Club.

Alexandre is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the retail and sport industry.Skilled in Business Development, Negotiation, Management, Strategic Planning and Marketing. He has a strong academic background with 3 Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused on Finance, Retail and Sport and Technology from high level universities.

Lara Preite is Group Leader Talent Acquisition at FIFA.

Phil Gegan is former Managing Director at Soccerex.

Raphael Fiche is Global Senior Manager Employer Value Proposition at adidas.

Didier Rossi is Global Head of Human Resources at FIBA.

Rui Biscaia is Associate Professor (senior lecturer) at University of Bath.

Tim Palmer is Managing Partner - Sports, Media & Entertainment at Grace Blue Partnership, and former Senior Vice President, Global Recruitment at Endeavor.

Vincent Schatzmann is the General Secretary of the Centre Internationale d'Études du Sport (CIES).