Based in Brussels, William has for many years helped ESA with its work amongst the European institutions, especially in providing research data and sponsorship trends used for policy decisions. He co-authored a report on alcohol sponsorship which ESA was commissioned to provide in 2011 and frequently represents ESA by speaking at conferences and has signed a good number of new ESA members in Europe.

He has worked in sponsorship for 27 years and is co-author of The Sponsorship Handbook. He holds the Market Research Society’s Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research Practice, and is a founder member of ESA’s Continuous Professional Development scheme.

Sophie has been developing and implementing marketing strategies for the last 20 years with Director-level experience in financial services.

She now runs Millharbour Marketing, a strategic marketing and sponsorship consultancy, focused on designing research-led business processes and tools for rights holders and sponsors that improve efficiency, relevance and commercial performance.

Sophie is a Chartered Marketer, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, an Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Sport Business at Loughborough University London, an Advisory Board member of the Danish Sponsorship group ‘SPOT:ON Club’, a judge of both the UK Sponsorship Awards and ESA Awards, and a Business Ambassador (Partnerships Management) for School of Hard Knocks charity.

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https://www.spotonclub.com/home.html

https://sponsorogeventforeningen.no/english/

http://sponsor-consult.ru/

Risto has worked with several sponsorship projects, including sports and culture. He has been active in the Finnish Sponsorship & Events Association since the very beginning (Sponsorointi & Tapahtumamarkkinointi ry) as board member, chairman and now CEO. Risto is also is CEO of Red Carpet Brand Alliances Oy.

Risto’s sponsorship assignments include:

COB/CEO, The Finnish Sponsorship & Events Association | Sponsorship specialist in strategic communication agency Ellun Kanat Oy

Marketing Director, The Finnish Football League Association (Veikkausliiga) | Sales cooperation with Williams F1

Marketing Manager, MyPa (Football) | Marketing Manager, The Fazer League (Ice-Hockey)

Managing Director, SaiPa (Ice-Hockey) | Managing Director, KooKoo (Ice-Hockey)

Arranger, Sponsor Contacts, Trade Fair, Helsinki | Consulting on several cultural projects within classical and popular culture

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Dragan is a passionate advocate of strategic approach to marketing communications and sponsorship. In the role of Project Director at Sport Media Focus Agency, he has worked with many leading brands and sports properties, including UEFA, Toyota, P&G and world boxing champion Dejan Zavec. Specialised fields include: sponsorship strategy, athlete branding, Olympic marketing, branded and digital content.

Dragan is responsible for the development of the SPORTO brand, an international platform for professional networking and knowledge sharing within the sports business industry. He also serves as Head of Content at SPORTO Conference, the leading sports marketing and sponsorship event in Southeastern Europe and is Editor-In-Chief of the SPORTO Magazine.

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https://ses.se/

https://www.sporsora.com/

https://sponsoringschweiz.ch/