Over 15 years, the IFA Zurich has welcomed the most important faces in football – both as speakers and visitors.
Below you will find a selection of speakers from our past events.
- Agnelli Andrea, President Juventus Turin FC
- Al Thawadi Hassan, Secretary General Supreme Committee for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar
- Aulas Jean-Michel, President Olympique Lyonnais
- Bahar Dany, Head of Corporate Projects Red Bull GmbH
- Baptista da Rocha Luiz Eduardo, VP Marketing Flamengo
- Barrow John, Senior Principal Populous
- Bath Neil, Academy Manager Chelsea FC
- Beckenbauer Franz, Member of the FIFA Executive Committee
- Best Benjamin, Journalist, Filmmaker & Author
- Bhatia Amit, Vice-Chairman Queens Park Rangers
- Bienhaus Axel, Partner Albert Speer & Partner
- Bierhoff Oliver, National Team Manager German Football Association
- Biermann Christoph, Sports Journalist & Author 11 Freunde
- Bin Hammam Mohamed, President of the Asian Football Confederation
- Biver Jean-Claude, CEO Hublot
- Blatter Joseph S., President FIFA
- Bleau Riki, Music Executive Tim & Danny Music
- Blitz Roger, Sports Business Correspondent Financial Times
- Bose Mihir, Journalist Evening Standard
- Bravo Ivan, Director General Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence
- Buckley Ben, CEO Football Federation Australia
- Burrows Ian, Director F1 Racing & F1Racing Custom
- Calmund Rainer, Manager Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Campbell Angus, Partner Foster+Partners
- Campodonico Matteo, Founder & CEO Wyscout
- Chadwick Prof. Simon, Chair in Sport Business Strategy & Marketing Coventry University
- Collina Pierluigi, Italian Referee
- Comolli Damien, form. Sporting Director
- Correia Luis, Director Gestifute
- Coward Nic, General Secretary Premier League Limited.
- Cramer Carsten, Director Sales, Marketing and Business Development Borussia Dortmund
- Cummings Steve, Chelsea FC
- De Campos Pinto Marcelo, Executive Director Rede Globo
- de Gregorio Walter, Director FIFA
- Dein David, Former Vice Chairman Arsenal FC
- Dellea David, Director PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Di Matteo Roberto, Former Swiss Player for Chelsea FC
- Dufner Dirk, Sports Director Hannover 96
- Durante Alan, Chairman & Managing Director Mahindra United Football Club Pvt. Ltd.
- Eriksson Sven-Göran, Football Coach
- Prof. Essig Natalie, Architekt Hochschule München Fakultät für Architektur
- Faro Felipe, CEO Santos FC
- Féry Loïc, President FC Lorient
- Fontein Maarten, Responsible International Affairs AZ Alkmaar, Chairman Youth Working Group ECA
- Fuchs Klaus, General Manager Vfl Wolfsburg
- Gandini Umberto, Organizational Manager AC Milan
- Garber Don, Commissioner Major League Soccer
- Gourlay Ron, CEO Chelsea FC
- Grove Victor, Senior Vice President PrivatAir SA
- Haenni Tatjana, Head of Women's competitions FIFA
- Hainer Herbert, CEO Adidas
- Hasenbein Philipp, Managing Director SPORTFIVE
- Heimes Christoph, Manager Content Partner Switzerland Google
- Henrotay Christophe, Agent
- Heusler Dr. Bernhard, Legal Counsel FC Basel 1893
- Hoeness Uli, General Manager Bayern Munich
- Hoffmann Bernd, CEO Hamburger SV
- Holzhäuser Wolfgang, Manager Bayer Leverkusen
- Houllier Gérard, Global Sports Director Red Bull GmbH
- Hughes Rob, Journalist International Herald Tribune
- Jongkind Ruben, Head of Talent Development AFC Ajax
- Kaiser Oliver, CEO Ledavi GmbH
- Kallen Martin, Operations Director UEFA
- Kaltenborn Monisha, Team Principal and CEO Sauber Motorsport AG
- Kenyon Peter, CEO Chelsea FC
- Keuter Paul, Head of Sports Germany Twitter
- Prof. Antonio Carlos Kfouri Aidas, Director of Control FGV Foundation
- Kirkwood Alistair, Managing Director NFL UK
- Klos Stefan, General Manager Proprojekt
- Köksal Ebru, Executive Board Member Galatasaray Istanbul
- Kuper Simon, Journalist/Author Financial Times
- Lange Edward, CEO Allianz Brazil
- Lavigne Jonathan, Co-Founder & CTO Onefootball
- Lehmann Jens, former German national goalkeeper
- Leiweke Tim, CEO of AEG
- Lemerre Roger, National Team Coach France
- Leonardo, Brazilian Footballer and Coach
- Lyttleton Ben, Journalist
- Marcelo Figueiredo Portugal Gouvêa President FC São Paulo
- Meier Urs, Swiss Referee
- Mennerich Stefan, Director New Media FC Bayern Munich
- Michel-Amadry Marc, Vice President Marketing International Ebel
- Miller Glenn, Sports, Entertainment, Media Strategic Partnership Facebook
- Moreira Carlos, VP Business Devel. WISeKey
- Nally Patrick, CEO West Nally
- Ogi Adolf, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General
- Paes Eduardo, Mayor Rio de Janeiro
- Palme Heinz, Director BD ICSS
- Patel Praful, President of AIFF and Indian Minister
- Pozzo Gino, Owner Watford FC
- Prof. Antonio Carlos Kfouri Aidas, Director of Control FGV Foundation
- Prof. Essig Natalie, Architekt Hochschule München Fakultät für Architektur
- Payne Michael, Former Head of the Marketing Division Olympic Committee
- Radmann Fedor, German Advisor
- Rangnick Ralf, Sporting Director Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig
- Rebelo Aldo, Sports Minister Brazil
- Reiter Dr. Gregor, Sports Lawyer RA Grueter
- Rijkaard Frank, Football Coach
- Rink Paulo, 2014 World Cup Ambassador for Curitiba
- Sir Robson Bobby, Football Coach
- Roca Francisco, General Director Spanish La Liga
- Roettgermann Thomas, CEO VfL Wolfsburg
- Rosell Sandro, President FC Barcelona
- Rosenberg Luiz Paulo, Vice President Corinthians
- Rotthaus Jochen, Managing Director TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
- Rummenigge Karl-Heinz, Vice President Bayern Munich
- Rutten Frank, CEO Dutch Eredivisie
- Satin Bruno, Agent
- Schmid Fritz, Purecoaching
- Schmidt Carsten, Chief Officer Sports Sky Deutschland
- Seifert Christian, CEO German Bundesliga
- Scudamore Richard, CEO of F.A. Premier League
- Sen Amit, Board of Directors Kingfisher East Bengal FC
- Shaw Toby, Head of Football Sponsoring Sony Europe
- Siegenthaler Urs, Chief Scout German Football Association
- Sir Broughton Martin, Chairman Sports Investment Partners, & Chairman British Airways
- Sir Robson Bobby, Football Coach
- Soares de Oliveira Domingos, CEO SL Benfica
- Soriano Ferran, Vice President FC Barcelona
- Sorokin Alexey, CEO LOC Russia 2018
- Stiegenroth Henning, Head of Sports Marketing Deutsche Telekom
- Terim Fatih, Turkish Coach
- Trade Ricardo, CEO Brazil 2014 World Cup
- Tulett Darren, TV presenter beIn Sport France
- Turner Sebastian, Chairman of the Board Scholz & Friends AG
- Valcke Jérôme, FIFA General Secretary
- van den Doel Max, Sports Marketing Director adidas Asia/Pacific
- Verhaeghe Bart, Chairman Football Club Brugge
- Villiger Marco, FIFA Director of the Legal Affairs Division
- Wagner Martin, Delegate of the Board Team Marketing
- Wiele Dr. Andreas, Member of the Board Axel Springer SE
- Young Mel, Founder and President Homeless World Cup
- Zahn Frank, CEO Exozet
