Over 14 years, the IFA Zurich has welcomed the most important faces in football – both as speakers and visitors.
Please find below a selection of speakers from our past events.
Former speakers (positions mentioned at their appearance):
- Jean-Michel Aulas, President Olympique Lyonnais
- Dany Bahar, Head of Corporate Projects Red Bull GmbH
- Franz Beckenbauer, Member of the FIFA Executive Committee
- Amit Bhatia, Vice-Chairman Queens Park Rangers
- Oliver Bierhoff, National Team Manager German Football Association
- Joseph S. Blatter, President FIFA
- Rainer Calmund, Manager Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Pierluigi Collina, Famous Italian Referee
- David Dein, Former Vice Chairman Arsenal FC
- Roberto Di Matteo, Former Swiss Player for Chelsea FC
- Alan Durante, Chairman & Managing Director Mahindra United Football Club Pvt. Ltd.
- Sven-Göran Eriksson, Famous Team Coach
- Klaus Fuchs, General Manager Vfl Wolfsburg
- Umberto Gandini, Organizational Manager AC Milan
- Don Garber, Commissioner Major League Soccer
- Marcelo Figueiredo Portugal Gouvêa President FC São Paulo
- Herbert Hainer, CEO Adidas
- Uli Hoeness, General Manager Bayern Munich
- Bernd Hoffmann, CEO Hamburger SV
- Wolfgang Holzhäuser, Manager Bayer Leverkusen
- Gérard Houllier
- Rob Hughes, Journalist International Herald Tribune
- Peter Kenyon, CEO Chelsea FC
- Simon Kuper, Journalist/Author Financial Times
- Roger Lemerre, National Team Coach France
- Urs Meier, Famous Swiss Referee
- Marc Michel-Amadry, Vice President Marketing International Ebel
- Frank Rijkaard, Famous Coach
- Sir Bobby Robson, Famous Coach
- Francisco Roca, General Director Spanish La Liga
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Vice President Bayern Munich
- Frank Rutten, CEO Dutch Eredivisie
- Christian Seifert, CEO German Bundesliga
- Amit Sen, Board of Directors Kingfisher East Bengal FC
- Urs Siegenthaler, Chief Scout German Football Association
- Ferran Soriano, Vice President FC Barcelona
- Fatih Terim, Famous Turkish Player and Coach
- Sebastian Turner, Chairman of the Board Scholz & Friends AG
- Jérôme Valcke, Director FIFA Marketing & TV
- Max van den Doel, Sports Marketing Director adidas Asia/Pacific
- Mel Young, Founder and President Homeless World Cup
- Leonardo, Brazilian Star
- Angus Campbell, Partner Foster+Partners
- John Barrow, Senior Principal Populous
- Jean-Claude Biver, CEO Hublot
- Patrick Nally, CEO West Nally
- Toby Shaw, Head of Football Sponsoring Sony Europe
- Alexey Sorokin, CEO Football Union of Russia
- Ben Buckley, CEO Football Federation Australia
- Tatjana Haenni, Head of Women's competitions FIFA
- Sandro Rosell, President FC Barcelona
- Nic Coward, General Secretary, Premier League
- Loïc Féry, President FC Lorient
- Philipp Hasenbein, Managing Director SPORTFIVE
- Ron Gourlay, CEO Chelsea FC
- Martin Kallen, Operations Director UEFA
- Jochen Rotthaus, Managing Director TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
