Ricardo Fort
Bio
After 25 years working for some of the most well-known companies and nearly a decade successfully leading global sponsorship teams at Visa and Coca-Cola, Ricardo Fort founded Sport by Fort Consulting to help sponsors, leagues and athletes make successful investments in the industry. His extensive experience working with major global organizations and his knowledge of negotiating sponsorship deals worth over $2 billion make Fort an expert with unique skills to help investors evaluate, decide on and negotiate partnerships.
At Coca-Cola, Ricardo led the company’s global portfolio of sports and entertainment partnerships, including the International Olympic Committee, FIFA, UEFA, McLaren F1 team, record labels, movie studios, the gaming industry and other worldwide sports and entertainment properties. Prior to this role, Ricardo was the SVP of Global Brand, Product & Sponsorship Marketing at Visa, where he was responsible for all global consumer marketing initiatives including branding, advertising, digital, design and sponsorships.
Shaun Harvey
Bio
With a career in professional football that commenced in 1993 at Scarborough AFC, over 30 years later and after spells at Bradford City, Leeds United and as CEO of the EFL, it is the bright lights of Wrexham that are now keeping occupied Shaun Harvey. Having left the EFL in 2019, he formed his own consultancy business, Wantaway Limited that provides services to many involved directly or on the periphery of the football business, including FIFA & Macron. At Wrexham, he took on the role as the Strategic Advisor to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney upon their purchase of the Club in 2020. He is credited as the guiding hand behind the clubs back-to-back-to-back promotions to the EFL Championship (2nd tier) from the National League (5th Tier) that is the subject of Disney / FX’s multiple Emmy winning ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ docuseries. Following the appointment of a new CEO and leadership team, now serves as a Director of Club as the journey towards the Premier League continues.
Malph Minns
Bio
Strive is a consultancy to brands wanting to leverage people’s passions to meet their marketing and commercial objectives. Malph Minns is the founder of the agency. He has 20 years of international experience in developing sponsorship strategies and delivering marketing campaigns across sport, entertainment, culture and the arts and has worked in-house at sponsor brands like Sky and Barclays, commercial rights holders (e.g. Team Sky), and provided advice through agency services for the likes of The Premier League, FIFA, O2, World Rugby, SailGP, British Airways, 21st Century Fox, and BT. He also advises private equity and venture capital investors on sports investments. Malph loves to take concepts and learnings from outside of the work of sport sponsorship and introduce them to evoke new ways of thinking and as solutions to recognised problems.
Anaïs Guillemané Mootoosamy
Bio
Anaïs Guillemané Mootoosamy is Strategy General Manager at W Conran Design Group, where she has spent the past 15 years shaping brand strategies that connect meaningfully with culture and accelerate transformation. From leading the brand strategy for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to revitalizing hospitality, mobility, and service brands, her work focuses on crafting new imaginaries and helping organizations speak to emerging audiences. She believes in the power of brand to reveal what makes a company truly unique – and to turn that uniqueness into a compelling, relevant, and desirable force. Anaïs supports companies and institutions in aligning purpose, storytelling, and strategy to turn brand into a lever for impact and cultural relevance.
Nick Meacham
Bio
SportsPro is a global media and events company at the forefront of sports business, technology, and innovation, Nick Meacham is its Chief Executive Officer. With over a decade of leadership, Nick has helped shape SportsPro into a leading authority, with nearly 20 million annual content views and 4,000 attendees from more than 50 countries at its events. A recognised thought leader, Nick shares his insights at major industry conferences and as host of the StreamTime Sports podcast. His expertise spans digital media, content strategy, and commercial growth across the evolving sports landscape. He has also served on the board of British Volleyball and held roles in media sales and sports operations in the UK and Australia.
Emil Tedeschi
Bio
In addition to his prominent role as President of the Cedevita Olimpija basketball club, Emil Tedeschi serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Atlantic Grupa, a leading food producer and distributor in Southeastern Europe. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards recognizing his professional achievements and contributions to economic development, including the Award of the President of the Republic of Croatia for Special Merits in the Economy. Tedeschi played an active role—alongside key authorities—in Croatia’s path toward European Union accession. He also serves as the Honorary Consul of Ireland in Croatia. As a successful entrepreneur, Tedeschi is a frequent speaker at prestigious conferences and leading business schools, including Harvard Business School, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, New York University, the University of Michigan, London Business School, Vienna University, and IEDC-Bled School of Management.
Michael Harvey
Bio
Michael Harvey is Head of Strategy at WePlay, a performance-driven sports marketing agency from London working with global rights holders including the UFC, PSG, SailGP and Ironman. With a background in driving commercial growth through data-led strategy and digital creativity, Michael helps rightsholders and brands deliver measurable results through audience-first campaigns.
Maher Labban
Bio
Maher Labban joined the Clios as the Director of Clio Sports in New York in 2023 and was promoted to Executive Director in 2025. He has led the program to record growth and results, with a large focus on ensuring teams, leagues, brands, and creative agencies from all around the world felt included in the recognition program. Previously, Labban has led event and program content, planning, and strategy for Minor League Baseball headquarters and Hashtag Sports. He has been fortunate to spend the duration of his career in the sports industry, spanning nearly 20 years.
Sha Rasti
Bio
Sha Rasti is an Executive Director – Sports Partnerships at OMD EMEA, part of Omnicom Media Group. He leads and oversees Apple’s sports partnerships strategy across the EMEA region. With nearly 15 years of experience in sports marketing and commercial partnerships, Sha has worked extensively with leading brands, rights holders, and agencies across the sport and entertainment industry. His consultancy work has included high-profile clients and projects such as FedEx, Santander, EE, HSBC, Allianz, Subway, Formula 1, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the LTA, Arsenal FC, UEFA, and Team GB. Sha has primarily specialized in rights management, commercial sales, brand strategy, and partnership activation.
Colin Jackson
Bio
Colin Jackson is a legend of world athletics and one of the most recognizable figures in track and field during the 1980s and 1990s. He held the world record in the 110-meter hurdles (12.91 seconds) for an incredible 13 years, was a three-time world champion, an Olympic silver medalist, and remained undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years. Between 1993 and 1995, the successful Welshman went unbeaten in 44 consecutive sprint hurdle races.
Today, Jackson is a prominent television commentator for athletics. For the past 12 years, he has also served as the international sports director of the Wings for Life World Run, an event organized by Red Bull to raise funds for spinal cord injury research.
Meet some of the speakers & guests from past editions:
MARC CUBAN
Dallas Mavericks | Owner
ALEKSANDER ČEFERIN
UEFA | President
PATRICK NALLY
West Nally | Founder
MICHAEL PAYNE
Payne Sports Media Strategies | Chairman – CEO
KIM SKILDUM-REID
Power Sponsorship | Founder & Director
MATT ROGAN
Two Circles | Co-Founder
SHAUN WHATLING
Redmandarin | CEO
NASSER AL-KHELAÏFI
PSG | President & CEO
JOHAN ELIASCH
International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) | President
RICHARD AYERS
IMG | Advisor & Rematch | Founder
SALLY HANCOCK
Y Sport | Managing Partner
PAUL ROGERS
AS Roma | Head of Digital
SCOTT KEGLEY
Minnesota Vikings | Executive Director, Digital Media & Innovation
MARZENA BOGDANOWICZ
The FA | Head of Marketing & Commercial (Women’s Football)
MISHA SHER
Essence Mediacom | Global Head of Sport, Entertainment & Culture
SHARON FULLER
NBA (EMEA) | Head of Content & Social Media
LUKA DUKICH
Chicago Bulls | Senior Manager of Digital Content
DIDAC LEE
FC Barcelona | Board Member
PATRICK CARBERRY
Guinness | Global Sports Marketing Manager
THOMAS VAN SCHAIK
The Athlete Brand | Co-Founder
PETER MORGAN
AC Milan | Marketing & CRM Director
BEN WELLS
PTI Digital | CEO
PEDRO OLIVEIRA CORTEZ DE MIRANDA
LaLiga | Senior Sponsorship Manager
AMAR SINGH
MKTG | Head of Content & Communications
ARTHUR GUISASOLA
TikTok | Global Partner Manager (Sport)
CRAIG HOWE
Rebel Ventures | Founder & CEO
PETER SCOTT
Warner Bros. Discovery | VP of Emerging Media & Innovation
JERRY NEWMAN
Facebook EMEA | Head of Sports Partnerships
JOEL SEYMOUR-HYDE
Octagon | Head of UK
JOHN ALLERT
McLaren Group | Marketing Director
ALEXANDRA WILLIS
AELTC | Head of Communications, Content & Digital
FREDDA HURWITZ
Gingernut Thinking | Founder
CARSTEN THODE
Synergy | Chief Strategy Officer
JERAMIE MC PEAK
Super Bowl 2017 Host Committee | Social Media QB
JEREMY EDWARDS
Activative | Director of Content
ELLIE MOSS
Cake | Strategy Director
PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ
5-time Grand Tour Winner
TINA MAZE
Alpine skiing great