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ADVISORY BOARD
dato’ windsor Zhang Jian john david yang edmund chu deco managing director CEO, d20 sports GENERAL SECRETARY & general secretary ceo EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (international) former international, asian football wanda sports SECa portugal CHINESE FOOTBALL confederation ASSOCIATION
SERGI TORRENTS Jianhong Liu aNDREW COLLINS rowan simons john kelleher general manager - president CEO founder CEO greater china penguin sports MAILMAN GROUP club football beijing totum sport laliga
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HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS : rio li ZENG GANG Senior Manager of Sports lI sHUANGFU diandian chen nikki wang vice president co-founder Co-founder head of sports business china Business Development pp sports lanxiong sports ecosports deloitte bytedance
todd sitrin SVP & GM - Competitive Gaming Paul Rogers jordi camps patrick stüber scott munn Head of digital media md, apac head of china chief executive Division as roma fc barcelona bundesliga international city football group china ea sports
patrick murphy marius lorenz juliano belletti mahajan nair tristan chen ceo sportive co-ordinator, china former international head of club licensing GENERAL MANAGER DDMC FORTIS borussia dortmund brazil asian football confederation ANCHOR SPORTS, HUPU
David Yang carlos casal rufio zhu emanuel medeiros senior manager, asset Senior Specialist in Sport daniel stenz vp, operations co-founder & ceo technical director publishing Projects Development mailman group siga Shandong Luneng Taishan FC adidas football laliga
Corné Groenendijk Zhou Jie luo ranfeng erkut sogut Manager Ajax Coaching Deputy Director of david hornby marketing vp agent - mesut ozil VP OF SPORT Academy Sports News sports money football agent education mailman group AFC Ajax xinhua news agency
javier davila alexandre dreyfus XIANMIN LIU nina lavicka daniel cravo sports architecture business ceo MANAGING PARTNER implementation specialist partner development manager, idom socios.com ENTERTAINMENT WORKS analyticom cravo, pastl & balbuena SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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AD Cantolao Sports Director Peru
Adidas Football Senior Manager, Asset Publishing China
Alinea Sports Managers CEO United States
AS Roma Head of Digital and Social Media Italy
Asian Football Confederation - Head of Economic & Commercial Department China (AFC)
Autism Soccer Founder - CEO United States
Avery Dennison Corporation Global Director Team Sport United Kingdom
Belletti Arena Co-Founder Brazil
Bodymaster Pacific Co Ltd Sales Manager Hong Kong
Bodymaster Pacific Co Ltd Director Hong Kong
Bytedance Senior Manager of Sports Business Development China
China Sports Culture Professor China Development Centre Chinese Football Association - Information Dept Director China (CFA) Chinese Football Association - Executive Vice Chairman China (CFA)
Coaches across Continents Chief Executive Strategist United States
Coaches across Continents On-Field Educator United States
Consulate General of Kingdom of Head of Economic and Commercial Department China the Netherlands in Guangzhou
DDMC Fortis CEO Switzerland
Duo Sport Group-Shanghai-China Founder China
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DATO’ WINDSOR JOHN
GENERAL SECRETARY, ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION Dato’ Windsor John joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as an Executive Director in 2012 before being appointed as the Deputy General Secretary shortly in 2013. He took over as the AFC General Secretary in 2015 and has been instrumental in the implementation of the AFC’s new Vision and Mission, under the guidance of the AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa. Throughout his career, Dato’ Windsor has also been entrusted by FIFA in various senior capacities including five FIFA World Cups including the first in Asia as well as the 2009 and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the Copa America Centenario USA 2016. His expertise and attention to detail has also produced positive results across the AFC’s ever-improving competitions with the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia, the AFC Under-23 Championship Qatar 2016 as well as the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, all achieving new records and milestones on multiple fronts, including spectatorship, fan engagement and T.V viewership. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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EA Sports SVP & GM Competitive Gaming United Kingdom
Football Agent Education (FAE) Mesut Ozil's Agent United Kingdom
Genius Sports Commercial Partnerships Manager Australia
Guizhou Hengfeng FC Deputy General Manager China
Guta Inc. CEO & Founder United States
Guta Inc. Sales Manager United States
Hi-Pod Inc. Owner United States
Its Just Football Director United Arab Emirates
La Manga Club Football Sales Director Spain
Lanxiong Sports Project Manager China
Liberia Football Association Senior Researcher - Women’s Football Liberia
Liga de Fútbol Profesional - LFP Country Manager, Greater China Spain (LaLiga) Liga de Fútbol Profesional - Senior Specialist in Sport Projects Development Spain (LaLiga)
Linzi Football Museum President China
Liverpool FC Partnerships Manager - China United Kingdom
Mailman Head of Sport China
Manchester United FC Project Director APAC United Kingdom
Pinatar Arena Football Coordinator Spain
Pinatar Arena Sales Manager Spain
PPTV Sports Vice President China
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ZHANG JIAN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL SECRETARY chinese football association Zhang Jian is both Senior Vice President and General Secretary of the Chinese Football Association, having been so since 2013. Before becoming a co-opted member of the AFC in 2016, he spent two years as President of the East Asian Football Federation. He was elected to the FIFA Council at the 27th AFC Congress 2017 in Manama, Bahrain. The experienced Chinese administrator is also a member of FIFA’s Development Committee. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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PPTV Sports Project Manager China
Real Madrid CF Greater China Business Development Director Spain
SCORE Sports Founder China
Seca Worldwide Founder China
Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. Technical Director China
Socios.com Marketing Executive (China) Malta
Sports Money Journalist China
Sports Money Founder China
Sportsnomics Commercial Manager Mexico
Sportsnomics Editorial Director Mexico
Terraplas Chairman United Kingdom
Terraplas Director United Kingdom
Thomas Cook Sport (China) Business Development Manager China
Thomas Cook Sport (China) Sports Product Sales Manager China
Virtual Soccer Zone CEO & Founder Italy
Virtual Soccer Zone Business Developer Italy
Vitec Sales Manager United States
World Freestyle Football Commercial Manager - China Canada Association - (WFFA) World Freestyle Football Co-founder and Head of Global Partnerships Canada Association - WFFA
Xinhua News Agency Deputy Director China
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SCOTT MUNN
ceo, city football group - china Scott Munn has over two decades of experience as a key administrator across Australia’s leading sporting organisations. Starting his career with the Sydney Organising Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games, Scott transitioned to a position within the commercial operations of the National Rugby League (NRL), before joining Australia’s established code, the Australia Football League (AFL). Scott became Melbourne City FC’s Chief Executive Officer in their inaugural year in 2010, and in nine years with the Club he drove substantial growth across the sporting and commercial arms of the organisation, with ever improving results of the field, including the men’s first ever silverware in 2016 and back-to-back Championships for the women’s team. In 2019, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of City Football Group (CFG) China, and now oversees all of CFG’s operations in China. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
COMPANY JOB TITLE COUNTRY AFC - Asian Football General Secretary Malaysia Confederation AFC - Asian Football Head of Club Licensing Malaysia Confederation
AFC Ajax Business Development Manager Netherlands
AFC Ajax Head of International Academies Netherlands
Analyticom Implementation Specialist Croatia
Analyticom Implementation Specialist Croatia
Aydin Doganay Lawyer France
Biggleswade United FC Head of Digital Media United Kingdom
Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Head of China Germany KGaA Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Senior Manager International & New Business Germany KGaA Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Coordinator Football Shanghai/China Germany KGaA
Burnley FC Head of Football Development United Kingdom
Burnley FC Chief Executive United Kingdom
Campionia Owner Bulgaria
China Media Management Inc Chairman China Club Football FC China
Chinese Football Association - Media Manager China CFA Chinese Football Association - Senior Marketing Manager China CFA Chinese Football Association - Marketing Director China CFA Chinese Football Association - Media Director China CFA
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ZENG GANG
vice president, pp SPORTS As an experienced practitioner of the Internet sports and culture entertainment industry, Zeng Gang has been devoting to the whole sports industry chain construction among sports event operations, content platform and derivative industries. Zeng Gang used to work in CCID, Net263 and appointed as Senior President and Chief Editor of PPTV media, responsible for O2O service platform in 2016. With the working experience of multiple fields, Zeng Gang has accumulated rich experience in Internet-TV Content Operation, Smart-TV Game Business Management, and New Media Termination Service promotion. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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Chinese Super League General Manager China
Chinese Taipei Football Chief of International Affairs Taiwan Association
City Football Group China CEO Australia
Coaches across Continents Founder & Global Strategist United States
Cravo Pastl Balbuena Adv. Senior Partner Brazil
Dannemann, Siemsen Advogados Partner Brazil
Deloitte Head of Sports Business China China
Dentsu Inc. Team Copa America 2019 Japan
Department of Culture Radio Television Publication and Sports Director of Sports China of Hainan Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH Head of China Office Germany (Bundesliga) Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH Head of Marketing & Business Development, China Germany (Bundesliga)
EA Sports VP Global Brand Managment United Kingdom
Ecosports Founder China
Entourage Sports & Entertainment Head of Asia United Kingdom
EOS Sports Management Sports Agent Netherlands
FC Barcelona Managing Director APAC Spain
FC CSKA Sofia Coach Bulgaria
FC Girondins de Bordeaux International Director France
FC Internazionale Milano International Sales Director Italy
FC Internazionale Milano International Business Development Italy
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SERGI TORRENTS
General manager - greater china laliga Sergi Torrents is an experienced international sports marketing expert with over 15 years in the industry and with 10 years of marketing and business experiences in China market and other Asian Markets as Japan and Philippines. He joined LaLiga as Country Manager Greater China and in this role is in charge of the league’s growth in the country. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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FC Schalke 04 Director of Strategic Marketing Germany
FC Schalke 04 General Manager- China Germany
Feed Construct Regional Director-Taiwan Virgin Islands, British
Feyenoord Rotterdam Manager International Relations Netherlands
Former International, Brazil Ambassador Spain
Future Lions CEO United Kingdom
GACP Sports CEO United States
GACP Sports Senior Partner United States
Gateshead Football Club Chairman United Kingdom
GOAL Global Editor-in-Chief United Kingdom
Goal Fun Chairman and CEO China
GotPro President United States
GotPro CEO United States
Hainan Football Culture Media. General Manager China Co. ltd Hainan Football Culture Media. Chairman China Co. ltd Hainan International Tourism Island General Manager China Exhibition Co.ltd
Hong Kong Football Association Acting CEO China
Hubei Football Association Vice Chairman & General Secretary China
Hupu Sports Business Development Director China
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rio li
SENIOR MANAGER OF SPORTS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BYTEDANCE Rio Li, ByteDance Senior Manager of Sports Business Development, focuses specifically on bringing global sports leagues, clubs and top athletes to ByteDance platforms including Toutiao ( 今日头条 ), Douyin ( 抖音短视频 ), Xigua ( 西瓜视频 ) and TikTok etc.
Rio and his team helped top European football leagues and clubs build up social media influence on ByteDance platforms as well as a global partnership with NBA. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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Hupu Sports Founder & General Manager China
HYT Group President China
IDOM Sports Architecture Business Development Spain
Jiangsu Suning FC Director of Business Cooperation Dept. China
Jon Tibbs Associates - JTA Managing Director United Kingdom
Kaiyu Zhu Ltd Volunteer United States
KORE Software Founder and President United States
Lanxiong Sports Co-Founder China
LISCR Football Club General Secretary Liberia
Mailman Sports Team Director China
Maître David Bonnan Lawyer / Football Intermdiary France
Nantong Zhiyun FC General Affairs China
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Lawyer Italy
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Head of Business Development - China France
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Head of International Development France
Penguin Sports President China
RIASA Director United Kingdom
Servette Football Club Geneve CEO Switzerland
Shepherd Compello Senior Broker United Kingdom
SIGA CEO Switzerland
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Patrick murphy
ceo, DDMC FORTIS With over 25 years of leadership experience in the global sports business, Patrick Murphy is the Chief Executive Officer of DDMC Fortis, the Asian Football Confederation’s newly appointed marketing agency. Previously Patrick was a driving force in the sale of media and sponsorship rights for the UEFA Champions League and Europe League. He is the Founder of Catalyst Media Group (International Champions Cup), and Synergy Sports (advisor to the Latin American Football Confederation CONMEBOL and the Brazilian Football Federation CBF). Patrick spent most of the 1990’s in Asian sports business in senior management roles at News corporation and ESPN STAR Sports. SELECTION OF ATTENDEES - ISSUE THREE
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Socios.com CEO Malta
Sports Money Marketing Vice President China
Stoke City FC International Projects and Club Ambassador United Kingdom
Stoke City FC Head of Operations - China United Kingdom
Stony Brook university Student United States
Tain Malta Ltd Head of Finance Malta
Tain Malta Ltd Business Development Director Malta
The FA Head of International Relations United Kingdom
The Football Business Academy - Founder & CEO Switzerland FBA The Football Business Academy - Partnerships Director Switzerland FBA
Totum Sport CEO United Kingdom
Tudu Mighty Jets Football Club Director International Relations Ghana
Tudu Mighty Jets Football Club President Ghana
Senior Vice President, Chairman of the Professional UAE Football Association United Arab Emirates League UAE FA University of Massachusetts, Student - Sports Management United States Amherst
Vokkero VP Sales France
Vokkero Business Development France
Wanda Sports China CEO China
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Senior Academy Director - China United Kingdom
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daniel stenz
technical director, shandong luneng taishan fc Daniel served several years in various positions and environments all over the world before joining Shandong Luneng Taishan FC in 2017. Helping 1.FC Koeln with promotion, establishing Union Berlin as an aspiring candidate for the top 20 teams in Germany and winning the Canadian Cup in the two most successful seasons in the history of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC can be seen as a validation of a concept that combines all the experience of traditional management with the innovation of new technologies to guarantee competitive advantage. BE PART OF GROWING THE GAME BE PART OF SOCCEREX CHINA
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