Been in the football industry since 2010, first directly involved in the Club Operations for Necaxa and since 2014 in the Stadium, during this time we have organized many events, of course soccer related, but also NFL, Concerts, FIFA Congress. During this time we were able to bring Cruz Azul as a tenant, and currently we are fully committed to the remodelation of the stadium and to the FIFA 2026 World Cup to be inaugurated in the Estadio Azteca.

Serves as the global President of Nolan Partners, the world’s leading retained executive search firm for sports, media, and entertainment. The firm specializes in recruiting board members, C-level executive , and Vice Presidents for the top clubs, leagues, federations, broadcasters, gaming developers, sports bettors, and brands.

Purpose-driven sports educator and innovator with experience of 25+ years of coaching & coaching education in various countries and continents (South Africa, Mozambique, Brazil, Turkey, USA and Germany). Sports scientist and UEFA-A-License coach with a strong belief that coaching education needs to change and improve that all coaches are better prepared to promote social and emotional competencies in Youth Sports. Experience of working with elite teams like the U17 National Team of Mozambique or Eintracht Frankfurt Youth teams. Founder of social-profit organization Football for Worldwide Unity aiming to positively impact Youth through free coaching education for coaches in countries with limited access to coaching knowledge.

Salvador Carmona graduated in Economics from the University of Arizona in 2012, in addition to obtaining a Master in International Management from IE Business School. After working for ESPN, the Spanish Basketball Federation and the NBA, he specializes in the field of advanced statistics founding Madribble, in 2016, for basketball professionals, and Driblab, in 2017, for football professionals.

Professional background in Investment Finance and Strategy with a focus on project development and building successful operating teams.
Worked at Manchester United FC 2012-2015 as part of the Directorate Group specialising in areas such as; commercial strategy, corporate finance, scouting, hispanic player transactions.
Currently the President of Albion FC in Uruguay with a view to creating a new reference point for professionalism in football for the South American Region.
In his spare time, he enjoys taking his young family to Albion matches, running silly distances and climbing as many Andean mountains as possible.

I am a mathematician and economist by training, but I have always been interested in football, so I have worked in sports management for over ten years. I have been a strategic consultant on more than 50 projects in the sports industry. She worked in the football federation and was involved in developing women’s football. I graduated from the UEFA football manager program and now lead two social non-profit projects in inDrive. One of them is a project of free football training for children in disadvantaged Supernovas regions. Supernovas works in 6 countries, and more than 2000 children are regularly involved in the project.

Victoria Gamboa Ross is a professional in communication and political science with over twenty-seven years of experience, specializing in analysis and strategic planning, government and corporate relations, and consulting for both public and private sectors.

Victoria is the first woman to preside over a professional men’s football league, serving as president of UNAFUT. She has also excelled in politics, media, academia, and the social sector. She ran for vice president of Costa Rica in the 2018 elections. Additionally, she was president of the Dr. Anna Gabriela Ross Foundation, has served as Academic Director of Advertising and Marketing programs at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT), and as a lecturer in the International Relations program at the Universidad Nacional (UNA), as well as host and producer of the political and current affairs daily radio show Contexto 360. She is a Fellow of the tenth class of the Central America Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN), as well as a Change Agent of the Frederich Ebert Foundation. Her passionate focus on social good has propelled her as a member of the Rotary Clubs of San José and Belén, the Professional Women’s Network of Costa Rica, the Association for Leadership and Social Advancement of Women (ALAS), a member of the Advisory Council of the think tank Vía Costarricense, director of the Latin American Union Against Women’s Cancer and the Latin and Ibero-American Association Against Cancer, and a board member of the National Film Center of the Ministry of Culture and Youth.

Her academic achievements have made her a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Golden Key International Honour Society.

She holds a Doctorate in Public Policy and Business Sciences from ICAP, a Master’s in Communication with an emphasis on Television Management from Universidad Complutense of Madrid, a Bachelor’s in Mass Communication and Journalism from Florida International University, and a Bachelor’s in Political Science from the University of Costa Rica, and she has a postgraduate degree as a Project Manager from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica.

Enthusiastic about system change and football (soccer) as a force for social good. With streetfootballworld we gather the best in class social enterprises that promise to increase and/or accelerate impact significantly by integrating football into their local solutions. Now trying to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem and mobilise the football industry to contribute efficiently to sustainably scale the impact.

Mariana is an outstanding and highly experienced professional in the field of women’s soccer in Mexico. With a solid academic background, she has a degree in Textile Design from the Iberoamerican University and she graduated from the National Head Coach Course of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF). Her passion for learning led her to obtain a Master’s Degree in Image Consulting, a Master’s in International Business and Soccer Administration, and a Global Executive MBA from the recognized IE Business School.

With a track record of almost 15 years in the development of professional women’s soccer in Mexico, Mariana was a key figure in the co-foundation of the women’s 7-a-side soccer tournament of Mexico in 2009 and has played a crucial role in the development of women’s soccer amateur and professional in both the FMF and the LIGA MX. Currently, Mariana is General Director of the LIGA MX Femenil and is the head of the project for Inclusion and Diversity in Soccer in LIGA MX.

An Avid Football and Sports Enthusiasts.

Former Professional Football Player represented top Indian football clubs like Mumbai FC, Minerva

Punjab FC, Churchill Brothers SC, Indian Bank S.C, IMG Reliance, EAGLES FC Kochi, Tata Football Academy Cadet etc.

Founder & Director of Thamizhan F.C, Chennai, India, and Managing Partner of Thamizhan Football Training Club LLC, Dubai, UAE, Thamizhan Group of companies, Doha, Qatar which provides international standard football training for children and sports infrastructure management across GCC countries for Grassroots & Youth Development Players.

Year 2019, Adopted around 75 talented players in the State of Tamil Nadu, India of various age-groups with yearly professional residential football program with Education, Accommodation, Food Inclusive all
free under Scholarships.

Only Goal Keeper from Tamil Nadu to be part of Hero Indian Super League Draft -2017.

Thamizhan Football Club Pvt Ltd provides young players with tools to develop their talent by providing a clear pathway from grassroots to senior football, especially targeting underprivileged children to an alternative career path on the stage of Asian and International football.

VISION

To be an Internationally recognized Academy that churns young and talented Indian footballers to represent the club on a National level and the country on an International Playing field.

MISSION

Identify local talent at an early stage.

Provide the best in class training facilities for the technical, tactical, physical, mental, and emotional growth of young and talented footballers.

To create opportunities to play in multiple competitions.

Increase the popularity and knowledge of football.

In the dynamic marketing services landscape, Bruno Lambertini emerges as a distinguished entrepreneur and Co-CEO of Media.Monks Content Practice, bringing invaluable insights to the S4 Capital Executive Committee.
In 2020, Bruno arranged the pivotal merger between Circus Marketing (an enterprise he co-founded in 2005) and Media Monks/S4, a transformative moment for the company. His leadership played a pivotal role in enhancing Media Monks’ Social capabilities and fostering strategic partnerships with esteemed brands such as Netflix, TikTok, Riot, BMW, Amazon, Google, Spotify, Meta, and Microsoft, among others.

Since assuming the role of co-CEO (Content) at Media Monks in 2023, Bruno Lambertini has continued to redefine organizational paradigms and cultivate client relationships. With his profound influence on the marketing and advertising sectors, he is a catalyst for industry innovation and advancement.

She graduated from São Paulo State University with a degree in Physical Education and has a Master’s and PhD in Sports Science from the State University of Campinas. For three years, she was the director of women’s football at Ferroviária, where she won the Brazilian Championship and second place in the Libertadores of America. She was also a team manager for the Brazilian women’s national team, working in two youth World Cups, Under 20 and Under 17 in 2022 and the Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023. Currently, she works as Director of Women’s Football at the São Paulo Football Federation.

Peter has more than 35 years of experience in gaming, sports and entertainment . He has held leadership positions as the Corporate Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business of Microsoft, heading the Xbox platform business, as President and COO of SEGA of America, where he oversaw the launch of the Sega Dreamcast, President of EA SPORTS,and Senior Vice President of marketing at Reebok International Ltd. Most recently he was CEO at Liverpool FC, and is now the owner of Santa Barbara Sky FC, an expansion club in the United Soccer League.

Farkhunda Muhtaj is Captain of the Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team and currently competes in the Dutch Eredevisie for Fortuna Sittard Vrouwen. Her social activism work champions gender equality, anti-racism education, refugee and newcomer support and humanitarian relief through sport and physical wellness initiatives. Muhtaj is the Co-Founder and Director of the Scarborough Simbas, a non-profit organization that uses sport to help ease the settlement journey of refugees and newcomers to Canada.

Off the pitch, Farkhunda is the Respect and Inclusion Ambassador at Respect Group, and an ambassador for UNHCR Netherlands, Common Goal, Penny Appeal Canada, and Women for Women International. Muhtaj also serves on the Canadian Child Rights in Sports Advisory Committee and Board of League 1 Ontario Women’s Soccer.

A prolific and sought-after speaker, Farkhunda brings her voice to stages and spaces around the world to speak on Global Active Citizenship, the Transformational Power of Sport and Capacity Building, Leadership in Time of Crisis, Growth Mindset, Women & Refugee Rights, and more. Named a Top 30 Under 30 Alumni by her alma-mater York University, Farkhunda has been featured in the BBC, CBC, AP News, NPR, Al Jazeera, People Magazine, Elle Magazine and more.

Rich is a 25-year entertainment, consumer products, and sports marketing veteran who has conceptualized and executed award-winning product launch campaigns. He is the winner of the 2018 Major League Soccer Marketing Executive of the Year Award and was included on the 2019 Adweek’s L.A. Brand Stars list. Before LAFC, he co-founded American-made menswear brand Exley, served as the Co-General Manager of the Los Angeles Matadors in the World Series of Boxing, was the Vice President of Marketing at Warner Bros. Television, and the Executive Director of Advertising and Promotion at CBS Paramount Television.

Rich is a co-founder of the LAFC Youth Leadership Program, Board Chair of the Bresee Foundation Youth Center in Los Angeles, member of the Delta Aeromexico Latino Outreach Leadership Advisory Board, and has guest lectured at MIT Sloan School of Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Emerson College Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, and California State University Long Beach.

For over two decades, Fernando Palomo has worked at ESPN Deportes and ESPN International as host of renowned shows such as SportsCenter and Fuera de Juego. Covering World Cups, World Athletics Championships, and the Olympics as well as announcing some of the most important games in European Nations Cups and the UEFA Champions Leagues.

With over 10 years of experience in sports management, Nuño is an executive specialized in business development, sales, and marketing, having worked in prominent roles with sports properties such as Real Madrid, LaLiga, and CAPITANES. Currently serving as the Chief Operations Officer of Capitanes, the only Latin team in the NBA G League, he oversees all team operations, managing a team of over 24 individuals. With a background in Law and Finance, he transitioned into the sports industry, bringing value to achieve ongoing success in both the sports and business domains.

Graduate in social communication, with a diploma and executive program in Sports Marketing. Former Marketing Manager at clubs Banfield, Velez Sarsfield and Rosario Central, Sports Marketing Coordinator at UCES Argentina and current Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer.

Alison Qualter Berna is the Global Strategic Partnerships Manager at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in New York. She oversees global partnerships in sports, film, TV, gaming and the arts.

Alison is also a iPEC-certified life coach, mindfulness teacher, and parenting coach.
          
Prior, Alison was the co-founder of Apple Seeds, a state-of-the-art all-in-one play space that served thousands of children newborn to five and their parents, first in New York, then in Dubai & Mumbai. She co-founded Songs for Seeds, a music education franchise with over 30 locations across the USA. Before that, Alison spent five years at UNICEF where she co-wrote a report for the UN Secretary-General about Sport for Development and Peace. She founded the first global office on Sports for Development, managing UNICEF’s partnerships with the IOC, FIFA, and sports-related NGOs worldwide.

Alison began her career at NBC News. She has an MPA in International and Public Affairs from Princeton University and a BA in Psychology from Boston College. She loves handstands, hiking in new places & most of all her three great kids.

Iñigo has a degree in Law from the Anáhuac University and has two master’s degrees, one in
Corporate Law from the Universidad Panamericana and another in International Law and
Sports Management by the ISDE, Higher Institute of Law and Economics of Madrid.
Before joining the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), Iñigo worked close to
10 years as a corporate lawyer, in charge of preparing all types of
contracts, participating in debt placements in Mexico and the United States and in issues
financial and regulatory compliance (before the BMV, CNBV, SEC and NYSE).
He joined the FMF in 2013 as International Affairs Manager, where he also
to legally advise the President, he was in charge of communication with FIFA and
CONCACAF. In 2015 he was appointed Director of International Affairs, acquiring
new responsibilities; has represented the FMF in different proceedings before the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (Lausanne, Switzerland).
He was Director of the Local Organizing Committee of the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico, he has
been General Coordinator of CONCACAF in tournaments such as the Champions League of
CONCACAF, CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América Centenario, among others.
Iñigo was Deputy Director of Mexico in the Joint Candidacy that competed and won the
headquarters of the 2026 World Cup, mainly in charge of the compliance part and the
coordination of work groups in the 3 headquarters (Mexico, Guadalajara and Monterrey)
with the Candidacy office in New York. I coordinate the Office for more than a month
of the Candidacy in London.
In 2017 he was appointed Deputy Secretary General and in 2019 Secretary General, being
responsible, among other matters, for the strategy and administrative management of the
FMF Commissions (Referees, Disciplinary, Dispute Resolutions and
Appeals), as well as the sports legal part of the FMF, the relationship with the
federal, state and municipal governments, embassies and other federations
international, as well as communication and compliance processes before
national authorities and international institutions, mainly FIFA and
CONCACAF.
In 2023, in addition to his responsibility as Secretary General, he assumed
Chief Legal Officer of the FMF / Liga MX, in charge of the corporate legal area of ​​the FMF and
of each of the Leagues defining the comprehensive legal strategy of the Company and
supervising, in addition to the sports legal part, the preparation of all types of contracts,
including sponsorship contracts for National Teams and Leagues, among others.

Giovanni is part of the Founding Team of Blue Crow Sports Group, an investment company focused on multi-club ownership based in Houston, and Vice President & GM of Cancún FC, the new club of the famous Mexican tourist destination. In the last two years, Giovanni took part in the creation of one of the most active soccer investment groups and led the acquisition and rebranding of Cancún FC. He previously worked for the prominent London-based investment group Aser Ventures.
In 2022 Sports Business Journal named him one of the New Voices 30 under 30 of the Sports Industry.

Giovanni is currently an advisor to several sports tech accelerators, startups, and sports education companies. He is also a Professor of Sports Finance at the Rome City Institute and has been invited for lectures and panels at several universities, including Columbia University, Bocconi University, and University of Miami.

AJ Swoboda leads Twenty First Group’s business in the Americas and his firm’s global Investment Intelligence practice. He has a decade of experience advising a wide range of investors and owners in sport (from UEFA Champions League winners to lower-division clubs). He also serves as advisors to commissioners and executives at major sports leagues as well as executives at sports clubs.

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.