World Football Summit Madrid 2025: All speakers and sessions
World Football Summit Madrid brings together speakers from across the global football industry. From club executives and federation presidents to grassroots organizers and sustainability leaders, this year's lineup represents the full spectrum of voices shaping football's future. Below is your complete guide to who's speaking and where to find them across the two-day summit.
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World Football Summit Madrid 2025: Where football meets purpose
Speakers appear in alphabetical order by last name.
Click any session link to view full details and add it to your personal WFS Madrid schedule.
Official links:
- Conference website
- Get your ticket (all sessions are broadcast live)
David Aganzo
Presidente – Asociación de Futbolistas Españoles (AFE)
Nacho Aguilar
CEO – PFC Costa del sol - Profutcamps
Grace Ahrens
Executive Director – Women in Soccer
ZAKARIYA ALANWAH
Aramco Stadium Commercial Manager – Aramco
Khalid Alaraifi
Executive Director of Marketing & Communication – Misk City
Wael Alfayez
Chief Commercial Officer – Saudi Pro League
- No sessions scheduled
Shayne Allise
Founder & CEO – 3XV Sports
Salvador Alonso
SPORTS DIRECTOR – FENWICK IRIBARREN (FIA)
Beatriz Álvarez
President – Liga F
Pablo Alzaga
Photographer & Co-Founder – MATINAL
Gabrielle Amado
Television Presenter – Mediapro
Andre Amaral
CEO – Liga Portugal
Razan Amoush
Football reporter and senior producer – Independent
Anita Asante
Player Advisory Council Member for World Sevens Football and BBC Sport pundit – World Sevens Football / BBC
Rayde Luis Baez
Founder & Chief Connections Builder – The Connect
Júlia Bartel Holgado
Football player – Atletico de Madrid
JEROME BELAYGUE
COMMUNICATION CSR DIRECTOR – LIGUE DE FOOTBALL PROFESSIONNEL
Roger Bennett
Founder and CEO – Men in Blazers (MIB)
Cosme Bergareche
Founder & Creative Director – Pompeii
Greg Bettinelli
Partner – The Chernin Group
- No sessions scheduled
Mayur Bhanji
Chief Communications Officer – Raiola Global Management
- No sessions scheduled
Michael Broughton
Partner – Sports Investment Partners LLP
Luca Campanile
CEO – BUSFORFUN.COM SRL
Pepe Cano Castiñeira
Socio Director – IHWA Consulting
- No sessions scheduled
CARLOS CANTO
CEO – SPSG CONSULTING
- The Scorecard: A Look at Football's Revenue Streams and Media Landscape
- Workshop Carlos Cantó: Football 2030 (INVITE ONLY)
Lara Carballo
Head of Marketing – Club Nacional de Football
Beatriz Carrasco Aguas
Communications and Project Officer – Integrated Dreams
Fernando Carro
CEO – Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH
Fabrizio Caruso
General Manager – M-I Stadio srl
Francis Casado
Co-founder & Chief Revenue Officer – 3D DIGITAL VENUE
VALERIO CASAGRANDE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – PARMA CALCIO
- No sessions scheduled
Marco Castellaneta
Marketing Director – Juventus
Arianna Cattonaro
International Strategic Operations Manager – BusForFun.com
Carlos Cendra
Partner and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer – Mabrian
Mariana Chamelette
Vice-president of Sports Court of Justice – São Paulo's Football Federation
Jara Cisneros
Digital Director – Sevilla FC
Aldo Comi
CEO – Soccerment
- No sessions scheduled
Henrique Conceição
Head of Sustainability – Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Jone Conde
Head of Creators and Public Figures – TikTok Spain
- No sessions scheduled
Chris Davis
Chief Marketing Officer – New Balance
Federico De Vicente
Founder & CEO – KOP Stadium
- No sessions scheduled
Alban Dechelotte
CEO – G2 Esports
Dieter Deprez
Scientific account manager – Cosmogroup
- No sessions scheduled
Kristian Dobrev
Deputy CEO – The Football Business Academy
Katie Ellis Carrigg
Head of Partnerships – LFC Foundation
Aintzane Encinas
President – Tximist Foundation
Alejandra Fenwick
Senior Architects, Marketing & COMMS at FIA – Fenwick Iribarren Architects (FIA)
Mark Fenwick
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER – Fenwick Iribarren Architects (FIA)
Bernd Fisa
Owner – FISA CONSULTANCY
Roger Forns
Technology & Innovation Director – RCD Mallorca
Ricardo Fort
Founder – Sport By Fort Consulting
Juan Fuentes Fernández
Director Global Testing Lab – GSIC Powered by MICROSOFT
PAULO FUTRE
Football Legend – null
Marc Garnica Caparrós
Lead Data Engineer – Gemini Sports AI
Sayak Ghosh
Founder and CEO – StepOut
Oscar Gonzalez Peinado
Co-Founder & Licensed FIFA Agent – The Marketing Jersey
Chris Gratton
Managing Director – Ticketmaster Sport
Toshiki Habutsu
President – Skylight Consulting Inc.
Masaaki Hamada
Managing Director – Asuene APAC Pte. Ltd.
Frans Hammer
Vice President – Danish Olympic Commitee
Adrian Jacob
Head of Football – World Sevens Football
Ben JACOBS
Sports Journalist – Freelance
Hans Jagnow
Director – Esports World Cup Foundation
Courtney Jeffries
Founder / CEO – VRTL
CINDY JOHNSON
CHIEF LEGAL, HR AND CORPORATE OFFICER - PRESIDENT OF TFC FOUNDATION – TOULOUSE FOOTBALL CLUB
Matt Jones
Supply Lead - UK & Ireland – Klook Travel Technology
Nadine Kessler
Director of Women's Football – UEFA
Lise Klaveness
Football President – Norwegian Football Association
Kike Levy
Head of NJF Sports and Media – NJF Sports and Media
Mark Lewis
CEO – The Sports Effect
Manuel Leyes Vence
Head of Traumatology & Orthopedic – Grupo Quirónsalud - Olympia
Vladimir Liulka
CEO – Blocksport
- No sessions scheduled
Pablo Longoria
President – Olympique de Marseille
- No sessions scheduled
Rafael Louzán Abal
President – Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Mafalda Magalhães
Museum Director – FC Porto
Pedro Malabia Sanchis
Chief Strategy Officer – Liga F
Thomas Marsden
Head of Global Sports Marketing Football – New Balance
Elias Mastoras
Freelancer Trainer – GRiiiS - Global Research institute innovation inclusion Sport
Diana Matheson
Founder and Chief Growth Officer – Northern Super League - Canada
Jovin Matovu
Chief Commercial Officer – Uganda Premier League
- No sessions scheduled
Tom McCann
Venue Director – Arsenal Football Club
Luke McCoy
Co-Founder and CEO – LIGR
Andrew McGarty
Director Sports Marketing Global Football – New Balance
Emma Meehan
Founder, CEO & CTO – KinetikIQ
Marc Menchén
CEO – 2Playbook
Albert Minguillon Planell
Major Events - COO – Atos
Maheta Molango
Chairman – PFA
Camilo MONROY
Partnerships Manager – World Football Summit (WFS)
Ignasi Montes Carbo
Sports Strategy Consultant – IMC
Peter Moore
Founding Owner – Santa Barbara Professional Soccer, LLC
- Starting from scratch: How to build a USL Championship team?
- Clubs, Leagues & Federations Cocktail by FXP
Sara Moreno Montero
Head of Operations – TikTok Spain
Chloe Morgan
Head – She's A Baller
Eymeric Moura
Partner - Continental Europe and Middle East – Excel Search & Advisory
Nuno Moura
Managing Director Iberia – Legends Global
Jorge Mowinckel Sagnier
Global Sports Executive – Global Sports Executive
Ainara Muga
Project Manager at Fundación Real Sociedad – Fundación Real Sociedad
Sergio Muster
Customer Success Manager – Riterz
- No sessions scheduled
Imani Naki
Founder & Creative Director – DAR
Armel Negret
Sports Lead, France – Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seiya Nobuta
Executive Director – J. League Europe
Óscar Ocaña Urwitz
Chief Marketing Officer PRISA MEDIA – PRISA MEDIA
Vasily Odintsov
CFO – FC Zenit
Marian OTAMENDI
CEO – WFS
Stephen Pagliuca
Co-Chairman – Atalanta B.C.
Quentin Paquelier
Mkt Director – Club America
Urko Pardo
CEO – MentisVR
- No sessions scheduled
Pedro Parellada Olarte
CEO – DruID
Lorin Parys
CEO – Pro League
- Business of the Beautiful Game: Innovation driving success on & off the pitch
- The Connected League: Inside the rise of Belgian Football (By Sportian)
Matias Patanian
Vicepresident – River Plate
Madeleine Penfold
Photographer & Director – Madeleine Penfold Studios Ltd
- Foundations for good: Power of storytelling in sports for a better society
- Workshop: Madeleine Penfold
Luca Percassi
Chief Executive Officer – Atalanta B.C.
Jesse Perl
Former Vice President at Major League Soccer (MLS) – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Pau Pia
Director – 25 Gramos & Lenders Magazine
Pedro Pinto
CEO – Empower Sports
- Opening Ceremony
- Starting from scratch: How to build a USL Championship team?
- Fireside Chat: Foundations and Future of Women's Football Development
Gaia Pretner
Head of Sustainability – European Club Association
Rupert Robinson
Partner – NEWMA360
Hector Romero
CEO – FXP
Lola Romero Martin
directora femenino ATLETICO DE MADRID – ATLETICO DE MADRID SAD
Alvaro Sebastian Romero Zarate
Performance Analyst & Head of High Performance Rayo Vallecano Academy – Rayo Vallecano Academy
Grant Russell
Marketing Lead – West Ham United Football Club
Mina Rzouki
Sports reporter and Broadcaster – The National
Elma Saiz Delgado
Ministra – MINISTERIO DE INCLUSION, SEGURIDAD SOCIAL Y MIGRACIONES
Dimitrios Sakellaris
Founder & CEO – Statathlon
- No sessions scheduled
Consuelo Sanchez
Deputy Director – Florida's Sports Coast
- No sessions scheduled
Enrique Sánchez
CEO & Visionary Officer – ADmefy
Sandra Sánchez Riquelme
Journalist – DAZN/Disney
Carmelo Sanz de Barros
President of FIA Senate and President of RACE – Royal Automobile Club of Spain and Federation International del Automobile
Rafael Sardinha
CEO & Co-Founder – Sports Bion, Lda.
Julio Senn
Managing Director and Founder – Senn Ferrero Sport & Entertainment
Audra Shallal
CO-Chair EBAN Sports – EBAN SPORTS
Nozibusiso Sibiya
TV, Radio and Multimedia Journalist – SABC Sport
Claire Singer
VP Partnerships – Condé Nast
Bex Smith
Founder CEO – Crux Football
Ignacio Solana
Director – Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
Adam Thomas
Executive Director – Florida's Sports Coast
Zubair Timol
Partner & Global Vice President, Culture – Meltwater
Rocio Torres Torres
Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business – Club Atlético de Madrid
Rocío Trujillo Alba
RGM - Spain, Italy & Portugal – Fever
Habib Turki
Chief Development Officer – FIA
- No sessions scheduled