* subject to final confirmation
Dame Louise Martin DBE
President, Commonwealth Games Federation
Sarah Lewis
Secretary General of the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the Association of Winter Olympic International Federations (AIOWF)
Roberto Daneo
Founding Partner, WePLAN; Candidature File and Project Management, Milan-Cortina 2026
Ian Reid
Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee
Antonio F. Arimany
Secretary General, International Triathlon Union (ITU)
David Lappartient
President, Union Cycliste Internationale
Leanne Coddington
Chief Executive Officer, Tourism and Events Queensland
Sir Craig Reedie GBE
Member, International Olympic Committee
Dr Bridget McConnell CBE
Chief Executive, Glasgow Life
Paul Bush OBE
Director of Events, VisitScotland
Katie Sadleir
General Manager Women’s Rugby; World Rugby
David Graham
CEO, Oman Sail
Stefan Kürten
Executive Director, Eurovision Sport
Sven Bossu
CEO, AIPC (International Association of Convention Centres)
Tim Briercliffe
Secretary General, AIPH, the International Association of Horticultural Producers
Mandy Keegan
Director Media Operations, Expo 2020 Dubai
David Tunnicliffe
UK Commercial Director, GL Events
Liese Abili
Director of Sports Development, Florida Sports Foundation
Rogier Lecluse
Manager Operations, Saan Trucking
Susanne Blaas
Marketing & Communications Manager; Rotterdam Ahoy
Alban Dechelotte
Head of Esport Partnerships and Business Development (Europe), Riot Games
Daniel Cordey
Chairman, Association of Global Event Suppliers
Cyril De Greve
Managing Director, ESSMA
Lars Lundov
Chief Executive, Sport Event Denmark
Markus Stenger
Managing Director, DFB EURO 2024
Julia Amour
Director, Festivals Edinburgh
Esther Britten
Head of Major Events UK Sport
Jonathan Gray
Senior Partner, Control Risks
Sam Hollis
Partner, Portas Consulting
Michael D’hulst
Co-founder and CEO, Super League Triathlon
Frank van der Peet
Manager Big Events; The Hague
Neil Carney
Programme Director, 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham City Council
John Langford
Chief Operating Officer, AEG Europe
Marek Fišer
Councillor for Culture, Brno City
Matt Wilson
Director, Consulting; The Sports Consultancy
Iain Edmondson
Director, Legacy Delivery Ltd; Director, International Association of Event Hosts (IAEH)
Marcel Ridyard
Senior Associate, Sports and Leisure, AFL Architects
David de Behr
Head of Sales Aggreko Event Services, Aggreko plc
Spencer Hidge
Event & Partnerships Director, Teqball
Kevin Menk
Head of Sales Sport & Event, RÖDER Group
Dr. Christoph Wirtz
Secretary-General, INTERKULTUR
Martin Stemerdink
COO, Party Rent Group AG
Viren Gandhi
Head of Procurement, Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Alex Burmaster
Co-founder, caytoo
Russell Samuel
Vice President, Creative and Integrated Marketing; Viacom Velocity International
Benedikt Brandmeier
Head of Locations & Strategy, Drone Champions AG
Frederic Sanz
Head of Cycling, Eurovision Sport
Nelia Smith
Head of Sponsorship, Oman Sail
Darren Whitehouse
Head of Strategy and Partnerships, Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA)
Adam Nelson
Deputy Editor, SportBusiness Professional
Arda Ates
Head of VDO (Venue, Village Development and Overlay) Central Services, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee
Frederik Nemeth
CFO, Roskilde Festival Group
James Paterson
Principal, MI
Alex Crimmens
Commercial Director, Zwift
Emily T. Blitz
Director, Conferences International AIDS Society (IAS)
Katie Traxton
Managing Partner Marketing Communications, WeAreFearless; Board Director, European Sponsorship Association
Thomas Williams
Managing Director, Enabling Abilities
Matthijs Smit
Client Manager Sports Events, Movico
Kirsty Garrett
Sports Development and Physical Activity Manager, Glasgow Life
David Bickley
Senior Sports Development Officer, Glasgow Life
Francesca Scott
Senior Producer, Eurovision Services
Guillaume Dupuy
Project Manager for Sport, VisitOSLO
Monique Verhoeven
Global Account Manager, Aggreko Event Services
Becky Artmonsky
Director, Apollo World Touring
Nick Prichard
Global Alliances, Cirque du Soleil
Franck Choquard
Head of Content & Servicing, Eurovision Sport
Colin Grahamslaw
Secretary General, World Curling
Ron Chakraborty
Lead Executive, Major Events, BBC Sport
