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Coming Soon on 6th April!




The Sports Development 

& Peace Online SUMMIT


Enhance Your Skillsets & Learn From 20+ Experts In 

The Sports Industry 



On Monday 6th April is International Day of Sports for Development & Peace.


On this day Amy Wanday (Founder of Africa Sports Network) & Ed Bowers

(Founder of Education2sport) will host a free LIVE Summit on Facebook.


Join the VIP list & be notified about this Online Summit

The Summit Team:

Ed Bowers

Founder of Education2Sport.

Emmanuel Manu Obam 

The African Sports Network Team Member

Amy Wanday 

Founder at The African Sports Network

 Cyprian Kimutai

The African Sports Network Team Member

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The FREE Summit

Summit Speakers

Allistair McCaw

High Performance  Expert

Allistair McCaw is recognised as one of the world's leading figures in human performance, team culture and leadership. For over 25 years, he has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies, Olympians, Grand Slam Champions, NCAA Colleges and Professional Sports Teams. An author of three best-selling books and a much sought-after keynote speaker, Allistair resides in Delray Beach, Florida

Sabrina Buljubasic

Sabrina Buljubasic

CEO at FC Sarajevo

An American and Bosnian National currently residing in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sabrina is an LLB in International Law and a masters degree from ISDE (Madrid) for International Sports Law. Guest lecturer at ISDE and other speaking events for club and football management. First ever woman to be the General Manager of FK Sarajevo.

Brian Wesaala 

Founder at The Football Foundation for Africa

Brian is an experienced IT professional with strong interest and expertise in innovation and project management. His main focus is  the Football Foundation for Africa a social enterprise that seeks to drive investment in grassroots development in Africa, with the ultimate goal of creating job opportunities. He also aims to protect the foundations of African football, namely talent and passion, through the promotion of better governance of the beautiful game at all levels.

Leonardo Biscaro

Leonardo Biscaro

International Sports Lawyer

He is a International Lawyer with experience in the labor, contractual, media, entertainment, and sports practices. Strategic legal advice on business transactions, investment operations, sports events, sponsorships, and intellectual property.

Misha Sher

 Vice President, Sport & Entertainment at MediaCom

Misha is a senior commercial & marketing executive with more than 15 years international experience developing some of the most iconic brands, rights holders and talent. Having operated at the cross section of sport, media, tech, talent and advertising, have an intrinsic understanding of how to unlock growth to drive commercial and strategic objectives.

Diaa Salah

Business Development Manager Middle East & North Africa at Sportrader AG

I have always had the passion for sports, over the years I have been engaged in several activities on both professional and voluntary side.

I truly feel that any successful sports entity strongly needs and depends a solid foundation which is achievable through a well trained and prepared professional individuals in a similar way it is in the successful business environments today.

Eric LeGrand

Keynote Speaker & Founder of Team LeGrand EricLeGrand52.com

I am Eric LeGrand, and in 2010, I was paralysed playing college football for Rutgers University.I truly believe that I have found my purpose in life and that is to motivate and influence. I love being able to come into a room filled with people, share my story and motivate people to be the best I can be.

Thomas Preiss

Thomas Preiss

Co-Founder of Common Goal

Thomas Preiss is a social change strategist and entrepreneur. His avid passion for social innovation and purpose-driven business has led him to create and develop social ventures across multiple industries, ranging from e-commerce to e-mobility. In his current role as Co-Founder and COO of ‘Common Goal’, a philanthropy movement that sees professional football players, managers, fans and businesses pledging a minimum of 1% of their earnings to NGOs using the power of football to advance the UN Global Goals, he is working to build a bridge between the multi-billion dollar football business and football as a tool for social transformation.

John Amaechi OBE

CEO of APS Ltd.

John is a respected organisational psychologist, Chartered Scientist, best-selling New York Times author and CEO of

APS, a consultancy that partners with organisations to help leaders move from being transactional to transformational. He focuses on improving performance, solving intractable people problems and creates thriving workplaces. Prior to founding his own firm, John spent several years as a professional athlete, becoming the first Brit to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Vickie Saunders

Co-Founder at The Brand Builders

By her own admission, Vickie is completely obsessed with teaching others how to connect with opportunity.Author of 4 books, and a popular speaker at sport and business events, Vickie is fast becoming the world’s leading expert in brand and sponsorship education, and loves working with a diverse range of people and organisations.

Charlotte Woods  

Communication Manager at The Brand Builders

Charlotte is passionate about helping athletes succeed on their brand and sponsorship journey. She is the co-author of The Athlete Brand and Communications Manager at The Brand Builders. Charlotte loves working 1-1 with athletes and mentoring them through the brand building process; she offers support, guidance and creative ideas for athletes of all types and abilities around the world.

Joanne Love

Director at Proactive Performance Australia

With over 25 years’ experience as a high-performance expert, Joanne knows what it takes to succeed in any environment. Joanne is passionate about helping others realise their full potential through the implementation of psychology and neuroscience. She has worked with Schools, Athletes and Business Executives to achieve impressive outcomes; including Olympic potentials who have gone on to achieve high-level success, including Olympic Gold and World Championship Titles.

 Charlotte Gustausson

CEO | Non Executive Director | Public Speaker | Mentor

Charlotte has over 10 yrs as a CEO,  with experienced leader skills with a track record of building company culture, business development creating new business and revenue streams. Also, Charlotte is a mentor at The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC) she mentors brilliant young female entrepreneurs across the continent. 

Lucy Mills

 Regional Project at Fundació Barça, FC Barcelona

 Lucy joined the Barça Foundation in 2018 following 14 years working in the football for development sector.

Lucy´s most notable achievements during this time were working on the 2010 FIFA Men´s World Cup official legacy project in 16 African countries and managing the UK branch of Grassroot Soccer. Lucy´s passion for football extends far beyond watching or playing it – it is driven by the impact that it can have on the lives of people around the world. She is particularly committed to unlocking the transformative potential of the game for girls and young women.

John Archibald

CEO of Resolution Promotions

John is the CEO of Resolution Promotions, a digital marketing firm that works with a variety of small businesses and mid-size companies throughout New Jersey that are clients of the firm, and the company also works directly with athletes and influencers such as two-time FIFA World Cup champion Christie Pearce Rampone, Super Bowl winner David Tyree and motivational speaker/entrepreneur Eric LeGrand.

Beverley Agbakoba

Sports& Entertainment Lawyer

Beverley is a Sports & Entertainment lawyer and Entrepreneur. She is an accredited mediator with the Lagos High Court Multi Door Centre and also a member of the panel of neutrals at the Lagos Court of Arbitration.she is passionate about sports and youth development and founded the Lagos Tigers Football Club in 2012 and the Little Tigers Football Foundation in 2017 as well as a social network for women called Gratia Fidelis Caritas (GFC).

Dev Kumar Parmar

International Sports Lawyer
& Principal Director at Parmars Sports

Dev is an international sports lawyer, and the principal director at Parmars, a boutique sport law practice with bases in the UK and Spain, and a breadth of experience around the globe. Dev is also the academic director at the world renowned Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) where he teaches international sports law. Dev has experience in supporting elite federations, clubs, coaches and athletes with both their legal needs, and strategic, sporting requirements. In addition to this, Dev has been a professional mentor for over a decade, and has mentored over 100 people from around the world.

Xavi Bové

Xavi Bové

Sports Marketing Consultant

Xavi is a Sports Marketing Consultant in Women’s Football. He believe in a world where brands are engaged in a meaningful way. His mission is to create meaningful brands in sports.For example he helped developed the marketing and commercial area at Nàstic, the oldest rally in Spain, Rally Costa Brava to sign its first title sponsor.

Marios Christos Sfantos

Marios Christos Sfantos

Co-Founder of The Athen’s Women's Football Summit

A partner at the International Sport and Business firm IBF Intelligent Business Forces, and the Head of Communications for the Valencia CF Academy New York. Marios is a former prosecutor and an attorney, marketer, public speaker and executive consultant with over two decades of experience in law, sport and business. As part of his life mission to grow women’s football and to promote equality, inclusion, diversity and positive social change, Marios is the co-founder and co-organizer of the groundbreaking annual Athens Women’s Football Summit (www.athenswfs.com), a year-round unifying force and the new global home for the girls’ and women’s game.

Michael Finnigan

Founder of i2i -Impossible 2 Inevitable

Michael  helps people and organisations develop a culture of high performance thinking with psychological strategies that help develop, change and inspire success.  

Fernando Soler

Sports Industry Consultant

Fernando is a consultant in the field of sports, media and entertainment working with clients include IMG, Kosmos and Sela Sports. Where he specialises in client management, event management and sponsorship sale.  

Chris Robb

 CE0 of Mass Participation World

Chris is the CEO of Mass Participation World with 35 year Mass Participation veteran which has seen him at the helm of events for over 1 million people including the 60,000 runner Singapore Marathon. He is also the author of Mass Participation Sports Events as well as being an international speaker who has spoken in 15 countries.

Matt Rogan

Co-Founder of Two Circles

Matt Rogan has built a 25 year career in the international business of sports. Graduating from Cambridge University, his career began in strategy consultancy before stints at MTV, NBA and then running a leadership development business. In 2011 Matt co-founded Two Circles, a data driven sports agency. The agency is now working with the biggest rights holders in the world, and was purchased in early 2020 by Bruin Sports Capital.

Matt is a Non Exec Director of English Institute of Sport and a Trustee of Halton Tennis Centre. In addition he writes and speaks regularly on the evolution of the sports industry. He has co-authored a book on the Olympic Games, and is proud to feature in Harvard Business Review’s 2019 Title “Top 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports”.

Let's Unite The Sports Industry Together!